And I have the neverending mostly-translated epics of the (shapeshifting? demi-god?) Icelandic Vikings (?), with two hundred(ish) different reocurring characters to keep track of, who randomly break into poetry that appears to have nothing to do with the actual story, in order to prove their ablities to talk themselves up at any given moment. It's like reading the Bible, but worse.
And The Once and Future King, conveniently sized to fit in the side pockets of a pair of ODU pants, which is my flightcon book.
Jan’s Story by CBS’ Barry Peterson. It’s a story about his wife, Jan’s coming down with early Alzheimer’s in her 40/50’s and what he should do. She is still alive but just not there.
You would like “Paul Revere’s Ride.” (The recent history book, not the Longfellow poem.) John Adams is in it, talking a lot.