I enjoyed Lafayette by Harlow Giles Unger so much I stopped reading it for a couple weeks when I noticed I was almost through it. Did not want it to end.
Alison Weir is one of my favorite authors; two of her best (I think) are Queen Isabella (what a fuckin story) and The Lost Tudor Princess, which sounds vague and flighty but is like a high-beam flashlight into the time period.
It is quite the interesting coincidence that both Twitter and Reddit have driven away scores of intelligent, critical users in the year before an election.
I think Leftism could still pass for a new release. It, Massive Attack’s Mezzanine, and GusGus’ Polydistortion would be my top contenders, cuz that shit has not gotten old yet, for me.
Out of Time by REM would be alright, too! If I can skip “Shiny Happy People,” ugh.
Back off, Warchild. Seriously.