Hey everyone, this is Og Maciel from Bellwether, and today I have a very different experience for you. I’m going to share a book that is peculiar because I’m still in the process of reading it. The book is called Hamilton: The Revolution and it contains all the lyrics and behind-the-scenes details of the play Hamilton, by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Even though I haven’t completed the book, I am very familiar with the content from watching the play multiple times on TV.

A few years ago, I read this incredible book that had me hooked right from the start—City of Thieves by David Benioff, and what really spoke to me was its focus on friendship—friendship between two people who couldn’t be more different from each other. Set during the siege of Leningrad in World War II, the story revolves around two main characters: Lev Beniov, a young Russian teenager, and Kolya, a deserter from the Red Army.