# What are you reading? **URL:** \ **Category:** Movies/TV/Book/Music/Etc\ **Tags:** Book\ **Created:** [September 28, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398 "2020-09-28T18:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 47
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/927 "2022-06-05T21:06:49Z")
Picked up “Catcher in The Rye” from the family library. Another “classic” I should have read in earlier times. ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/928 "2022-06-05T23:53:20Z")
Oh, I did a video: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qPsami4IY6E/hqdefault.jpg "Read with Meep -- Spring 2022") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsami4IY6E) I believe I mentioned some of the books above. ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/929 "2022-06-06T18:50:18Z")
_Boom Town_ by Sam Anderson, not Garrison Keillor. Not typing out that long subtitle. It’s about the Thunder Basketball team but also about the history of Oklahoma City. Kinda fun for nonfiction. ---
**Author:** ![knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/knoath/32/65607_2.png) [@knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/knoath)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/930 "2022-06-06T20:52:59Z")
I heard a 99% invisible podcast where he was interviewed about it. I seem to recall that there was a previous connection with Seattle (before the NBA team) in the 60s(?) where they were testing supersonic jets in Oklahoma City. ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/931 "2022-06-06T21:11:48Z")
Yes that’s in the book. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/932 "2022-06-10T03:30:14Z")
Listening to Where the Crawdads Sing on audiobook. Got about 60% through it on my road trip today. I’m not sure I like it. ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/933 "2022-06-10T11:38:24Z")
The Fabric of Civilization - by Virginia Postrel history of textiles - each chapter is thematic (fiber, thread, cloth, dye), and within the chapter, it’s chronological not sure what I was expecting, but I got really surprised by some of the stuff, and yeah, number theory, accounting, and banking wasn’t all that surprising once I thought about it But I really didn’t expect cloth used as currency. I highly recommend. Also, what I should have expected, but forgot about – my undergrad university shows up a lot. (they’re known for their College of Textiles) ---
**Author:** ![ALivelySedative](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/alivelysedative/32/1337_2.png) [@ALivelySedative](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ALivelySedative)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/934 "2022-06-10T13:29:25Z")
> [@meep](#): > > my undergrad university shows up a lot. (they’re known for their College of Textiles) I forget about this sometimes as well. Just don’t think about it coming out of a generally ag-associated school. But also SAS and engineering. I remember the birth of Under Armour now that I think about it. The dri-fit tech all started there. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/935 "2022-06-10T14:48:08Z")
> [@meep](#): > > The Fabric of Civilization - by Virginia Postrel > > history of textiles - each chapter is thematic (fiber, thread, cloth, dye), and within the chapter, it’s chronological > > not sure what I was expecting, but I got really surprised by some of the stuff, and yeah, number theory, accounting, and banking wasn’t all that surprising once I thought about it A book I recently read that I think you might enjoy is “The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live.” When I was in high school in the 1960’s boys took Shop and the girls took Home Ec. Thus I didn’t know what went on in Home Ec class. This book was thus quite eye-opening for me as to the broader impact of Home Economics and how it changed women’s role in America. I highly recommend it. It is also interesting how Home Economics changed over the last 100+ years. ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/936 "2022-06-10T15:01:49Z")
Finished Backman’s Anxious People this week. I didn’t love it as much as others seem to. Currently finishing up The Authenticity Project. My reading group that was reading this devolved into just a talking group. Both of these books have a ton of characters and it can be hard to keep track, especially via audio. More than once I’ve backyracked thinking I missed something only to realize that I was just hearing from a different perspective this time. ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/937 "2022-06-10T15:04:16Z")
I also started my “summer project” book: Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings. It’s 45 hours in audio. I’m about 2 hours inprobably need to relisten to the second hour bc I kept falling asleep. (Because I was tired, not because the book is boring.) ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/938 "2022-06-10T15:35:36Z")
> [@dr\_t\_non-fan](#): > > Picked up “Catcher in The Rye” from the family library. Another “classic” I should have read in earlier times. Just started this. Going through other random books in my personal time. I was going to pick up this historical book about Pearl Harbor (“At Dawn We Slept”), but I just went through a historian’s slog about pre-Civil War (fun fact: both books were published after the principal author’s death with the help of assistants), and this one was even longer, 900+ pages, and Heavy. And First Edition. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/939 "2022-06-10T15:55:27Z")
> [@Ajstudies](#): > > Finished Backman’s Anxious People this week. I didn’t love it as much as others seem to. Would suggest you not waste your time watching the related tv series than as it is not even as good as the book! ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/940 "2022-06-10T16:28:59Z")
Yeah, I watched the show out of curiosity of how they handled the book. ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/941 "2022-06-10T17:32:19Z")
> [@Cooke](#): > > A book I recently read that I think you might enjoy is “The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live.” Thanks, I love that sort of thing. (just wrote an article for the Stepping Stone on Julia Child) ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/942 "2022-06-10T21:07:31Z")
_Goodbye for Now_ by Laurie Frankel. Might be hard for those who’ve lost someone they strongly loved but also might better identify with it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/943 "2022-06-12T14:55:21Z")
Re-Reading “A Confederacy of Dunces” to see if I still find it humorous. ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/944 "2022-06-12T16:33:09Z")
I dug up a copy of it for the opposite reason (to see if I still don’t find it humorous, that is), but haven’t gotten around to starting it. Looking to see if it is still humorous seems better than looking to see if it’s not, as far as motivation goes. ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/945 "2022-06-12T16:37:59Z")
I agree. I find it hilarious. I love Miss Trixie. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398/946 "2022-06-12T17:02:34Z")
People are polarized about “A Confederacy of Dunces”. I thought it was the funniest book I had ever read when I read it about 40 years ago. Maybe my tastes have changed since then (but probably not). [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398.md?page=46) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-are-you-reading/398.md?page=48)