I started reading "The Historian" today

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Spock · #1 Post by **Spock** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:35 pm

I have been eyeing it for awhile and I picked it up at the library today.

I am happy with it so far. I enjoy the Archival History Mystery genre (Both fiction and non-fiction).

Sometimes, I think my true calling would have been as an archivist.

MarleysGh0st · #2 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:16 am

I've seen that in the audiobook section of the library but haven't had a chance to borrow it. Let us know how you like it, when you're done.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #3 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:09 am

I started the book when it came out and could never finish it.

starfish1113 · #4 Post by **starfish1113** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:33 am

I read this last year and loved it. It does get a little slow in the middle, but picks up quite nicely at the end.

#5 Post by **eyégor** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:25 am

starfish1113 wrote:I read this last year and loved it. It does get a little slow in the middle, but picks up quite nicely at the end.

A little slow???!!!!

The author needs to realize that she doesn't need to cram every last piece of background info she has obtained into the book. The travels through Europe read like a travelogue. It would have been a great read at 2/3 the length.

starfish1113 · #6 Post by **starfish1113** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:17 am

eyégor wrote:
starfish1113 wrote:I read this last year and loved it. It does get a little slow in the middle, but picks up quite nicely at the end.
A little slow???!!!!

The author needs to realize that she doesn't need to cram every last piece of background info she has obtained into the book. The travels through Europe read like a travelogue. It would have been a great read at 2/3 the length.

Hey, my attention span is such that if I'm able to get through an entire book, it can't be THAT slow!

I guess it helps that I became very interested in the subject matter. Because of that book, I went out and bought Bram Stoker's Dracula (the book, not the movie), which I had never read before. It's great to read a book that is the genesis of what has become an iconic figure in popular lore and see how the original differs from what the story has become.

fantine33 · #7 Post by **fantine33** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:13 am

starfish1113 wrote:I read this last year and loved it. It does get a little slow in the middle, but picks up quite nicely at the end.

Like Eyegor and PSM, I couldn't get through it, and I have slogged to the end of a lot of long books with no payoff (Crimson Petal and the White).

I just went over to the bookcase and checked, since the flap is still marking my place several years later. I made it to page 404. Is it close to starting to pick up?

Of course by now I've pretty much forgotten pp 1-403. Ha!

fantine33 · #8 Post by **fantine33** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:15 am

Okay, I reread and it's unclear as to whether eyegor made it through or not.

Maybe PSM and I are the only underachievers.

Marley, I can't imagine this as an audio book, but I sure wouldn't listen to it while I was driving, operating heavy machinery or doing anything else that required a certain level of alertness.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #9 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:23 am

fantine33 wrote:Okay, I reread and it's unclear as to whether eyegor made it through or not.

Maybe PSM and I are the only underachievers.

Marley, I can't imagine this as an audio book, but I sure wouldn't listen to it while I was driving, operating heavy machinery or doing anything else that required a certain level of alertness.

I totally agree!

I have the book in a cabinet in my bedroom, but I can't check what page I got up to because Jebbers is sleeping off a night shift. It would be funny if it was page 404.

MarleysGh0st · #10 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:56 am

fantine33 wrote: Marley, I can't imagine this as an audio book, but I sure wouldn't listen to it while I was driving, operating heavy machinery or doing anything else that required a certain level of alertness.

Oh. Since I do listen to the audiobook CDs while in the car, I guess I can avoid this one, then. Thanks for the warning!