To discuss your weekly readings of books, textbooks, papers, etc.
I’m currently on Chapter 3 Part 2 of Lolita (page 166 of the annotated edition). I have no idea why people say this book is pedophilia apologia, or why some say the main character is “sympathetic”. Humbert Humbert is not just a 
perv, he’s a psychopath as well. 
besides the fact he’s funny and witty. As for the witting, is absolutely beautiful, so many references, wordplay and french quotes, you can tell how great Nabokov was by making such a great book with a such a delicate subject as this.
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soldier, sailor, frogman, spy, airman, gangster, kill or die: how the allies won on d-day by giles milton
first 24 hours of d-day told from...just every perspective. regular american troops and regular german troops and french citizens and resistance and just every possible
normal people who aren't at the top making all the decisions 
group you can think of and IT'S SO FRICKING GOOD. 
i'm only like 100 pages in so far and it's already had a lot of stories i'd already heard (like the british commando who got captured and became rommels bff and rommel went against hitler by making sure the commando didn't get immediately shot after interrogation) but it's all been told in an entertaining/very readable way.
it told the story of the for that very first bridge in france between glider troops and germans from muh both sides. like
hanz german shot his german gun and just missed tommy brit who then fired back and hanz german fled 
which i thought was cool.
i'm such a mark for
boots on the ground 
WW2 stufff
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