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Old 03-07-22, 12:32 PM  
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I read that book a couple years ago. While some parts are enlightening, there are many that are very dry. Maybe that's why you're not getting very far -- you're reading it before bed and it's putting you to sleep. Perhaps you should try reading it in the morning. LOL
I started reading it in 2014 on Kindle and never finished
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Old 03-07-22, 12:53 PM  
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I’ve finally started Witness for the Dead, Katherine Addison’s follow up to The Goblin Emperor. I bought it last summer (!) and never could get a start on it. (Goblin Emperor took me several false starts, too, but I ended up loving it.)

So far, it’s going okay. I’ve gotten to the point where I’m interested and understanding the story and able to wade through the verbiage (so much unnecessary world- and word-building in these books!)
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Old 03-07-22, 04:51 PM  
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I started reading it in 2014 on Kindle and never finished
I wonder what the percentage is of readers who have actually finished the book versus those who never have.

Honestly, I just kept plodding along hoping it would get better, especially since there were so many positive reviews on Amazon. Not saying it was a 'bad' book, just not what I expected.
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Old 03-08-22, 01:08 PM  
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Working my way through Diana Gabaldon's A Breath of Snow and Ashes in preparation for the new Outlander season that aired Sunday, March 6th. It's a bit of a slog to get through some of her books when they are such tomes.
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Old 03-08-22, 02:12 PM  
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Pam, I think that was my last Outlander book. If you go further, interested to hear what you think!

I finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue last night. It picked up a bit at the end, although the ending was somewhat disappointing/unsatisfying.
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Old 03-14-22, 10:12 AM  
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I finished The Matrix by Lauren Groff yesterday. It's beautifully written and an interesting meditation on how women may have leveraged what little power and agency they had in medieval Europe.
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I finished Setting Free the Kites by Alex George. It was a really absorbing story about two families in Maine in the late 1970s.
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Old 03-14-22, 08:25 PM  
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I was going through Downton Abbey withdrawal so picked up and finished yesterday American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin. It was just okay. Not sure what I'll start tonight but I have plenty to choose from.
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Old 03-15-22, 08:52 AM  
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I've been listening to JK Rowling's The Ikabog on cd at night, and it's way more violent and dark than I was expecting. Fairy tale stuff, but with murder, political corruption, suffering children, etc. Stephen Fry narrates it very well indeed.
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Old 03-15-22, 10:11 AM  
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I tend to read a whole lot, then shift over to binge-watching a tv series, then back to reading.

I just finished the latest season of Cobra Kai, lol, so now I’m reading M.M.Kaye’s Shadow of the Moon. Maybe next I’ll tackle The Far Pavilions
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