Sunday, September 11, 2022

Second Abandoned Book of 2022: Strange But True Mysterious and Bizarre People by Thomas Slemen

No guilt this time: I'm not talking about War and Peace. 

This is a book I picked up from a filled bookshelf labelled free when I was walking Jace around the neighborhood. I hesitated to take it but thought it might be fun. 

The book consists of short entries (three to ten pages) of various persons including Richard III, John Wilkes Booth, Edgar Allan Poe, Robin Hood, vampires, and doppelgangers. It was convenient to have short things to read before going to sleep, but I just didn't think this book was worth my reading time. 

2 comments:

  1. I almost gave up on Yanagihara's "To Paradise," but I slogged through it. Maybe I should have given it up. Perhaps it was just a lesson in persevering?

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  2. I struggled finishing One Hundred Years of Solitude, but recognized it was well written. This book wasn't particularly well written or researched.
    I hope to pick up War and Peace another time.

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