A fascinating journey through the history of the company that has changed the world in so many ways and indirectly determined my career for over fifteen years,

JB - I also only tried read A Farewell to Arms once, couldn't get through it. At the time I felt that Hemmingway's dialogue felt stilted, maybe because his characters spoke the way someone would write formally, i.e., no contractions. Still, that was a long time ago and, like you, I might give Hemmingway another go someday. 

Brian - if you enjoy Dungeon Crawler Carl, I would emphatically recommend you look into some of the works by Terry Pratchett. I know it can be daunting because he wrote more than 40 books, but if you just wanted to check one out, maybe The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents would be up your alley, if not a book like Small Gods.

Joe - I recently re-purchased the Dark Tower series in hard copies because at some point in time or another, many of my older books got donated I think. I like the Drawing of the Three, but the next in the series, The Waste Lands, remains one of my singular favourite pieces of fiction I've ever read. I've never read a book before or since that felt so cinematic in my mind's eye. Such good stuff.

Anyway, I'm thinking about deleting my social medias this summer and turning that time and attention to more books. I might take Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon for a spin, it's been more than 20 years since the last time I read it.