Pinned What are you reading this week?

The open thread. Title, one line on whether it is any good, and whether you would want it as a monthly pick.

A history of the postal service, which sounds dull and is somehow a page-turner. Monthly pick: yes, if people can handle 400 pages.

A novel about a night shift nurse. Accurate in ways that made me put it down twice. Monthly pick: only if we agree to be kind about it.