i'm a stephen king fan from way back, but at some point i stopped finding his work worthwhile, but i recently decided to take up some of his more recent work. just finished fairytale: the novel and later. fairytale was okay, but didn't wow me. later on the other hand i found really compelling, a great shorter story.

right now i'm reading a self-published book one of my college history instructors wrote years ago. it's about a guy in 1968 who has to decide what he's going to do about the draft. while it's a bit clumsy in some ways and really calls out for an editor i'm finding the local historical aspects of it pretty fascinating.

i'm also still reading an indigenous people's history of the u.s.. it's fascinating and well written, but non-fiction tends to get set aside for novelty. i'm still commited to finishing it.