The Man from Berlin   Luke McCallin
Fairly interesting and well-enough written novel about a German Abwehr officer investigating a double murder in Nazi occupied Yugoslavia. Plot moves a little slowly with the protagonist’s self-examination that doesn’t really help us get to know him. Good enough I guess.

Karl Jaspers: A Biography: Navigations in Truth   Suzanne Kirkbright
May be one of the worst books I’ve read. Clunky, pretentious writing that says almost nothing, incredible lack of information about Jaspers and his life. Didn’t get any information about him and the development of his ideas that I was looking for. Terrible waste of time.

Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields   Wendy Lower
Excellent history of women who became part of the Nazi killing fields in the Lebensraum areas along the Eastern front in World War II. Very well written and documented, 55 pages of notes. Provided extensive information about Nazi culture and how these women got involved. Excellent history.

High Heat: A Jack Reacher Novella   Lee Child
Another deeply entertaining Reacher plot about mobsters, a New York City blackout, and even the Son of Sam. Child’s usual excellent prose and intelligence. Very enjoyable.

dot.dead   Keith Raffel
Lame and predictable mystery set in Silicon Valley about a tech startup executive framed for murder. Weak plot and lame characters. Read quickly enough, but still a regrettable waste of time. Too bad.

A Working Theory of Love  Scott Hutchins
Entertaining and kind of sweet novel about a guy trying to work out his relationships while using his father’s journals to help create an A.I. to pass the Turing test. Enjoyable, but it felt a little weak thematically and in characterizations.