What swanky things are you reading?

[Alex]

As for me, I've just given up on The Wettest County in the World. Sometimes you just know immediately that you're not going to get along with a writing style. I did this time and I don't think I made it 40 pages in. The reviews are generally positive so I'm going to take the blame for this failure.

Started in its place both Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates about the Puritans and American Lion, the new Andrew Jackson biography from Jon Meacham. Since I consider Andrew Jackson a good candidate for worst person (not necessarily worst president) to hold the office it'll be interesting to see if my opinion changes (I haven't done deep reading on Jackson since college; maybe I've mellowed since).