The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

By Agatha Christie

I'm enjoying Christie's novels. They are well written murder mysteries. I was aware of the controversy surrounding the ending of this novel, but it didn't bug me. When I read murder mysteries I never become emotionally attached to the outcome. It's not a competition. The author constructs the reality, builds the characters and shares the facts to mislead and misdirect. Why should I care about that? What matters is the story the author tells, and the skill used to misdirect. Christie does this well.

When Christie wrote The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, this was current, trendy literature. When I read her books, I read them being informed with the legacy she left on other authors. I see strains of Roger Ackroyd in "Knives Out" and "See How the Run."

Misquoting Jesus

By Bart D. Herman

The Bible is an amazing piece of work. The Bible that we know is the product of probably 20,000 different copies of different documents. This book is about that history, plus the types of edits, errors and changes that occurred along the way. 

Soonish

by Kelly & Zach Weinersmith 

Amazing technologies that may be here in the next decade, or century. Or not. The Weinersmith's discuss Fusion, programmability matter, bio printing, space travel, and many other innovations that can happen Soonish. 

Island of the Lost.

By Joan Druett

In the 1800's, ships frequently crashed on Aukland island, south of New Zealand.  

The story focuses on two ships that crashed on Aukland island a few months apart. One set of survivors thrived. The other suffered massive casualties. What made the difference?

Druett points out a few key differences, leadership being a key difference. One captain was positive and tried to make things better. The other because depressed and was fatalistic about their doom.

Ten Little Soldiers.

by Agatha Christie.

This is the first Cristie novel that I've read. What a wonderful little murder mystery! I loved it.