After already sending me a book from one of her favorites, seamonkee found two more books from my favorite genres, history and math. The first book, and the one I've already started reading, is "Island of Vice" by Richard Zacks. The picture doesn't do it justice, it's an absolutely beautiful looking book, one of the best covers I've seen, and about a topic that I knew very little, Teddy Roosevelt's tenure as police commissioner here in New York. I'm only about 30 pages into it, but it's very well written and quite enjoyable. Very much recommended.

The second book is Sautoy's "The Music of the Primes", which is by a French mathematician who I remember seeing speak on television once before about the majesty of prime numbers. It looks to be both a historical account and a love-letter to prime numbers. I'm excited to start reading this one.

So two more great picks from Stephanee!

seamonkee (Stephanee) sent me an awesome gift, 'Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal'. She says that Moore is one of her favorite comedy authors, and he seems to be in the vein of Vonnegut and Heller, so I'm pretty excited. Thanks seamonkee!