Scott Douglas’ Terse Bloviation

Toward the end of last year I started wondering how many books I finish in a year, so for lack of a more convenient place to keep a list I’ll keep up with, I’ve decided to do so here.

I recently joined the first book club of my life, and have the sense that doing so will, oddly, result in fewer books finished, because I’ll always be focused on getting one done for the monthly meeting and maybe then want to take a break from what might come to feel like assigned reading. (I don’t recall reading a lot of books other than textbooks during the school year in college, for instance.) Anyway…

#1: Why Read Moby-Dick, by Nathaniel Philbrick.