What are you reading? Oct 8, 2014

In this series I note what I am reading and people comment with what they're reading.  Sometimes, on Sundays, I post a special edition on a particular genre or topic.

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Just finished

How not to be wrong: The power of mathematical thinking by Jordan Ellenberg.   Ways that people misuse mathematical arguments and how to set them right. full review

The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a forgotten genocide by Gary Bass.  I doubt that Nixon and Kissinger have many fans on this site, but this is a new chapter in their infamy (at least, to me). They not only did nothing to prevent the Pakistani genocide of the Bengalis, they did a great deal to promote it. Yet we hear very little about it. This book helps to correct that. Full review:

Now reading

John Quincy Adams: American Visionary by Fred Kaplan.  An admiring look at a somewhat neglected president.  Well written but could have been cut somewhat from it's 700 pages.

The Recursive Universe by William Poundstone.  About recursion; quite a bit about the Game of Life that was invented by Conway.

Gridlinked by Neal Asher.  Far future SF, part of the polity series. Pretty good but a little confusing

Just started
Nothing this week, time for some new books

Readers and Book lovers schedule

Readers & Book Lovers Series Schedule

DAY	TIME (EST/EDT)	Series Name	Editor(s)
SUN	6:00 PM	Young Reader's Pavilion	The Book Bear
Sun	2:00 PM	What's on Your E-Reader?	Caedy
Sun	9:30 PM	SciFi/Fantasy Book Club	quarkstomper
Bi-Monthly Sun	Midnight	Reading Ramblings	don mikulecky
MON alternate Mondays	2:00 PM	Political Books	Susan from 29
Mon	8:00 PM	Monday Murder Mystery	michelewln, Susan from 29
Mon	11:00 PM	My Favorite Books/Authors	edrie, MichiganChet
TUES	5:00 PM	Indigo Kalliope: Poems from the Left	bigjacbigjacbigjac
alternate Tuesdays	8:00 AM	LGBT Literature	Texdude50, Dave in Northridge
alternate Tuesdays	8:00 AM	All Things Bookstore	Dave in Northridge
Tue	8:00 PM	Contemporary Fiction Views	bookgirl
WED	7:30 AM	WAYR?	plf515
Wed	2:00 PM	e-books	Susan from 29
Wed	8:00 PM	Bookflurries Bookchat	cfk
THU	8:00 PM	Write On!	SensibleShoes
Thu (first each month)	11:00 AM	Monthly Bookpost	AdmiralNaismith
alternate Thursdays	11:00 PM	Audiobooks Club	SoCaliana
FRI	8:00 AM	Books That Changed My Life	Diana in NoVa
Fri	8:00 PM	Books Go Boom!	Brecht; first one each month by ArkDem14
Fri	10:00 PM	Slightly Foxed -- but Still Desirable	shortfinals
SAT (fourth each month)	11:00 AM	Windy City Bookworm	Chitown Kev
Sat	12:00 PM	You Can't Read That! Paul's Book Reviews	pwoodford
Sat	9:00 PM	Books So Bad They're Good	Ellid