Chapter 31: We’re Back! What Have We Been Reading?

Today’s AppeTeaser

The Rosetta Stone was discovered on July 19, 1799, in the most amazing case of reduce/reuse/recycle. This iconic and important discovery holds a very mundane message, but it’s still one of the most important finds in Ancient Egyptian studies.

To learn more, check out: The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone, by Edward Dolnick

Book Stacks from this Chapter

Annie’s Stack

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V.E. Schwab

Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus

Yellowface

by R F Kuang

Nia’s Stack

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

by Mary Roach

The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras

by Brantley Hargrove

Sydnie’s Stack

Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

by Sue Black

Assistant to the Villain*

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

* Part of a series


Currently Reading

Graceling, by Kristin Cashore

Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks, by Keith Houston

A Prayer for Owen Meany,
by John Irving

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pedersen

Nettle & Thorn, by T. Kingfisher

Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, by Giles Milton

Namesake, by Adrienne Young


Stack Quote

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
~ Mortimer J. Adler


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