For all of its flaws, it's a wonderful world filled with interesting characters and events.
I am glad we share several of the same books, though. 
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I have Massie's Nicholas and Alexandra but can't bring myself to read it because I've read so much already about them and I suspect even with Massie's brilliance it would just be needlessly repetitive. I also have Norwich's The Middle Sea but haven't read it. His Byzantium trilogy was great but his history of the popes was substandard to Eamon Duffy's.
I have Massie's Nicholas and Alexandra but can't bring myself to read it because I've read so much already about them and I suspect even with Massie's brilliance it would just be needlessly repetitive. I also have Norwich's The Middle Sea but haven't read it. His Byzantium trilogy was great but his history of the popes was substandard to Eamon Duffy's.
Yeah, if you've read a lot about one subject, it can get to a point where there's is nothing new to learn and no new perspective, no matter how wonderful a new book about it might be. Still, it's an excellent book if you ever do decide to read it. I've never been disappointed in a Massie book, even if I like some much more than others.
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Since this was originally a book site...top ten (or so) favorite books?
- 20/01/2024 02:40:49 PM
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The million dollar question. This one, I can do.
- 21/01/2024 01:40:13 AM
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Re: The million dollar question. This one, I can do.
- 21/01/2024 02:27:32 AM
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'favorite' vs 'best' book
- 22/01/2024 02:17:12 PM
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I interpreted this to mean best books we've read
- 22/01/2024 02:59:20 PM
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I wasn't qualifying it based on quality, or else it never would have made an honorable mention 
- 23/01/2024 06:22:26 AM
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- 23/01/2024 06:22:26 AM
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I haven't read Go Set a Watchman, but what I've heard was... bad. Is it actually good?
- 23/01/2024 05:27:31 PM
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I loved it because it tore my childhood hero to shreds in a way that I needed to see.
- 23/01/2024 08:34:54 PM
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that's why other people hated it, then.
- 23/01/2024 09:23:53 PM
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- 23/01/2024 09:23:53 PM
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I need to split fiction and non-fiction
- 22/01/2024 02:02:41 AM
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Re: I need to split fiction and non-fiction
- 22/01/2024 03:20:03 PM
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Cooper's DARK IS RISING and Jones' HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE would make my top 20 for sure.
- 23/01/2024 06:26:38 AM
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Favorite Books. I too need to split between Fiction and Non-Fiction
- 22/01/2024 01:59:19 PM
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I loved SHOGUN so much as a teenager. No idea how it would hold up on a read today.
- 23/01/2024 06:24:08 AM
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Same - and that also goes for Mists of Avalon. Even aside from the MZB ickiness. *NM*
- 23/01/2024 05:29:02 PM
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Speaking of Shogun...
- 23/01/2024 12:43:04 PM
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Re: Speaking of Shogun...
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Re: Speaking of Shogun...
- 23/01/2024 09:39:50 PM
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At the moment these
- 22/01/2024 05:59:14 PM
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Ah, I forgot Wolfe. BOOK OF THE NEW SUN might be on my top ten. I need to reread it. *NM*
- 23/01/2024 06:27:34 AM
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All y'all are cheating by listing a series as one of your favorite books.
- 25/01/2024 04:38:56 AM
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As I create my own list, I see I've made a mistake in my derision of the use of series. *NM*
- 25/01/2024 05:04:43 AM
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*NM*
FALSE!
- 25/01/2024 02:48:27 PM
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Re: FALSE!
- 25/01/2024 04:20:08 PM
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OMFG! This was so difficult.
- 25/01/2024 08:20:05 PM
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Sir!
- 25/01/2024 08:30:18 PM
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I see you listed 4 of my favorite non-fiction, so I will forgive your listing WoT
- 26/01/2024 12:11:04 AM
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Ain't no guilt here!
- 26/01/2024 08:32:54 AM
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So many Novik fans! I think you've tipped me over onto reading Temeraire. *NM*
- 26/01/2024 06:59:57 AM
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