JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
Here and everywhere. Except All Other Games.
me said:Blew through Fatherland, and I have to say I ended up really liking it, if not only for the last third. The first 2/3rds of the book were ok, interesting but nothing special, but once you get to the last third it really picks up and takes some interesting turns. Would recommend.
Now I've got City of Thieves in my possession, looks interesting, and should be another one to easily blow through in like a week.
Reading Neil Fergunson's Civilization
After.Is this book from before or after he started being a professional idiot on television?
me in the Tavern said:Finished City of Thieves; short, sweet, and sometimes pretty funny. Not much else to say about it.
Of course, the main library here has just about all the books I want to read checked out or not available (Battle Cry of Freedom ), so I decided to go with Carthage Must be Destroyed. Its not the time period I really want to get into at the moment, but Carthage has always seemed pretty interesting, so learning more couldn't hurt.
Advance warning that I intend to take CV Wedgewood's The Thirty Years War with me to South Africa as aircraft reading, so will let you people know how I find it in approximately one month's time.
You're a glutton for punishment.I've just begun with Dante's Purgatorio.
Yes; the blurb warns that it is dated, but believes that it's the most readable 'good' account out there - which is a bonus when travelling! I'm in a similar boat to you, so hoping it will give me some background at least, and kill some time: plus, and more to the point, it was in the charity shop.
I'm just reading the Tao Te Ching, for about the tenth time. (It is very short.)
No nearer to understanding anything about it.
Have you tried reading any commentaries on it?You're a glutton for punishment.
You can read Italian, I take it?
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I'm just reading the Tao Te Ching, for about the tenth time. (It is very short.)
No nearer to understanding anything about it.