It's Monday! What are you reading? September 11

So my plan is, each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week.

Currently Reading:

Title: The Cookbook Collector
Author: Allegra Goodman
Date Started: September 11
Note: CNJ JASNA Reading Group

Currently Listening:

Title: Atlas Shrugged
Author: Ayn Rand
Narrator: Christopher Hurt
Date Started: August 31
Note: Listening to Part 2 of 7

Finished Reading:

Title: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Author: Timothy Snyder
Date Finished: August 30
Stars: 5
Comments: Short read. Must read.

Title: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Author: Mackenzi Lee
Date Finished: September 1
Stars: 2 1/2
Comments: It was okay, a bit over the top for my tastes.

Title: The Paper Menagerie
Author: Ken Liu
Narrator: LeVar Burton
Date Finished: September 1
Stars: 5
Comments: LeVar Burton Reads

Title: Devil's Cut (The Bourbon Kings #3)
Author: J.R. Ward
Date Finished: September 3
Stars: 4

Title: Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt
Author: Sarah Jaffe
Date Finished: September 4
Stars: 3
Comments: Book 3 for the 2017 NYPL Reading Challenge

Title: Avery: The Case Against Steven Avery and What "Making a Murderer" Gets Wrong
Author: Ken Kratz
Date Finished: September 7
Stars: 4

Title: The Collector
Author: Nora Roberts
Date Finished: September 11
Stars: 5
Comment: Reread

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