Glad you were so excited for Big Book Summer! That's quite a stack! James Swanson is a good writer. Yes, I agree with what you said - if it's 400 pages with notes, you can count it if you read the notes :) Have heard great things about Nathanial Philbrick, but I haven't read any of his books yet. We have In the Heart of the Sea on our shelves. Our used bookstore accept all kinds of books. But I already have more credits there than I can ever spend for the rest of my life - ha ha. I've never read Dosteovsky. I have plenty of books I REALLY want to read that I haven't gotten to yet! The Kennedy Women and Code Breaker both sound interesting. Suite Francais was wonderful! Really enjoyed that novel. Looks like a great summer of reading for you! I saw your comment on my blog, but most people will miss your link there. Just add your link for this video to the Sign-Up links list toward the end of the post (there are two links lists - the first one, with other links already added, is for sign-ups). Click the "Add Link" button there - it will help others find your video (they'll probably miss the link here in the comments). Glad you're participating again this year!

Enjoy your Big Book Summer! I love The Idiot so much! If you read it let me know what you think!

A psychologist I follow here on KZfaq once said that Einstein was a narcissist so it makes sense that he was manipulative.

I've never read anything by Walter Isaacson but I'm now putting the Leonardo da Vinci book on my TBR list.

It made me laugh when you talked about Prometheus being a high maintenance toddler, but low maintenance teen because that is how my youngest is. My oldest was so low maintenance as a kid and is now much higher as a teen. Maybe that’s the norm to switch? 😅 That is a big pile of books! Will look forward to hearing what you read!

I have yet to figure out what my local Half Price wants. I haven't made a decent amount on anything there since I sold them some Doctor Who DVDs a few years ago. I'm going to try a different location and see if they history better.

Hi, hello and that's a lot of big books! The only Isaacson book I've ever read was Steve Jobs and I really enjoyed it. I've been struggling to find a big non-fiction book for this summer, I want something based on a wild event kinda like the Donner party book or the failed Everest summit book but just can't find something that catches my interest. Goodreads and StoryGraph are letting me down too! Any suggestions?

Rambling? I am the King of rambling. You can be the Queen of Rambling! I did not realize how much History books you have or read. That's nice. I love history. I have read once somewhere that Benedict Arnold was actually a pretty decent fellow and a good military man. I hope you find a book of his side of the story. I'm curious about him as well. It's raining outside so I am going to make some soup and watch a few or maybe more of your earlier videos. Thanks for sharing -James, & Bella.