Category Archives: What People Are Reading

What I’m Reading—December 2025

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Ed Battistella

99 Ways to Die by Ed Lin My wife suggested this when I put down a slower mystery I wasn’t getting anywhere with.  I really enjoyed the character and plot of this Taiwanese mystery set in the famous Shilin Night … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading November 2025

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Ed Battistella

The Index by Dennis Duncan A cheery and breezy history of the book, as seen from the index. A bit slow to start but lots of great book information. Clown Town by Mick Herron The latest in the adventures of … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading: October 2025 edition

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Ed Battistella

Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson An engaging sci-fi/murder mystery. The Logis, aliens from an advanced planet, have set up and embassy in New York and use specially-trained translators (from the Londson School of ). However, … Continue reading →

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What I’m Reading, September 2025

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Ed Battistella

Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English by Ben Yagoda. For a time, Ben Yagoda maintained a blog called Not One-Off Britishisms (or NOOB https://notoneoffbritishisms.com/) in which he tracked British usages in the US. In Gobsmacked!, he collected many of … Continue reading →

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