What are you currently reading?

Began Dark Places from Gillian Flynn last week, already better than the movie...

I'm reading a couple of books simultaneously: Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra,
and Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary. The latter two books are about the histories of Asia (from the Mediterranean coast to China,
I believe Japan might be included as well. I haven't gotten too far into the book yet.) and the Middle East, respectively. Having graduated from
college recently I haven't had time to read for fun; it's mostly been books on Western history with the occasional modern Middle Eastern history
thrown in.

"Broken", an XCOM fanfic.

You have my respect for being a history scholar. I got a few years left on the path to my degree.
(Also respect to Nim for having an English degree.)

The Paladin Caper by Patrick Weekes. It's pretty much the popcorn flick of books, but quite entertaining. Must admit I went into the series with some fear of full on sjw propaganda, but there really isn't much of it and what there is fits the setting.

Dude really hates knees, though... Poor bastards get kicked 10 times per fight.

Nothing, I'm a damn heathen.

I've been thinking getting this but since I really don't have time to read... Well maybe in winter then.

"Mercedes" by Stephen King and "Fragile Things, short fictions and wonders" by Neil Gaiman

I'm only just getting to the meat of the story, so I can't really speak too much to that yet, but I am enjoying it quite a lot--which is a bit of a surprise, because I usually don't like first-person narratives that much. This one was really easy to get into; Haldeman's writing style is very punchy and accessible, even when he's dealing with the more technical, sciencey set-up bits. 

I'll report back when I'm done (now I have a motivation to actually finish it. )