Awakened by James Murray - This book has been written thousands of times and movies have been made, with a few variations to include billionaire Nazis. NYC has grand opening of an extensive, and expensive, new subway line. VIPs include, of course, the mayor and the president. But the creatures from the deep make an appearance, and all does not go according to plan. Much death and violence ensues. I won't get into the involvement of the billionaire Nazis because that's spoiler material. I can't really say it's a fun read, but it is entertaining in its way, and appears to be the first in a series.
Blue Moon by Lee Child - The latest in the Jack Reacher series. Typical Reacher. Although I haven't really kept count of how many people Reacher kills in each book or how many he's killed overall, but this one does seem to be a tad over the top. Clearly Lee Child is having fun with it. If you can call about 50 killings fun. On the plus side, only the bad guys are killed. Child ties together fake news, Ukrainian and Albanian mobsters, crooked cops (unseen, which I guess is what makes them crooked), health care, Russian interference in the US, and more. If you're not a Reacher fan, this won't make you one. If you are, you'll have a blast (almost literally).
Raised in Captivity by Chuck Klosterman - I don't know how to describe this book of, I guess you'd call them vignettes. Stuff that makes its way to Klosterman's mind, hits a few bumpers along the way, and comes out in off-the-wall stories.
Empty Hearts by Juli Zeh - A German writer. I tried one of her books some time ago. Liked it but hit a wall. Sort of the same here. I interrupted this one to read Awakened (above). I'm not sure where this is going, but it appears that a couple of entrepreneurs have figured out a way to monetize terrorism as a business model. Not sure where it's going, but so far it's all pretty matter of fact, which is creating some cognitive dissonance. I'll get back to it an see where it goes.
1984 - Everyone knows and claims to have ready 1984 in high school. TBH, I'm not sure I did. So I thought I'd give it a try. Started the audiobook earlier today. Even a few pages in, the parallels to 2019 America are startling. Along with Mein Kampf, it's a playbook for the American - and probably the international - RW nationalist movements.
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