But it's a more mature, considered book. And there's a wry, almost weary humour to it. I like what Vodalus said about it.
(Sorry, I'm not very well at the moment so can't give you a proper answer.)
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Happy 2016! What are you reading in January and February?
- 01/01/2016 03:04:47 PM
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I need to finish my book on the Russo-Japanese War
- 01/01/2016 08:12:47 PM
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Picking through a book on Tolstoy and a book on Germanic hero epics of the Middle Ages. *NM*
- 26/02/2016 03:08:00 AM
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I've decided that 2016 is the year that I make a sizeable dent in the classics
- 04/01/2016 02:09:57 PM
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I would start with Mansfield Park as it's the most boring.
- 05/01/2016 03:38:00 PM
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Seconded. Every likeable character in Mansfield Park is, apparently, considered a villain.
- 05/01/2016 06:29:45 PM
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Persuasion is the best.
- 05/01/2016 09:30:15 PM
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Interesting. Care to elaborate?
- 05/01/2016 10:14:28 PM
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I think it's mostly the relationships.
- 10/01/2016 08:44:38 PM
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Have decided to take a break from First Man In Rome.
- 23/01/2016 11:48:53 AM
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Fantasy rereads, for a change - feeling nostalgic, I guess.
- 23/02/2016 08:17:45 PM
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Re: Fantasy rereads, for a change - feeling nostalgic, I guess.
- 24/02/2016 01:42:39 PM
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It wasn't exactly a major plot point or anything. But it was ugly.
- 24/02/2016 08:43:04 PM
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Merill? Merith? Something like that?
- 25/02/2016 07:45:18 PM
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Merel, yes. Kind of odd to see a Dutch name popping up in a Norse setting, but okay.
- 25/02/2016 10:00:45 PM
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