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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 06 January (self.books)
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Holidays are over! Happy New Year!

I didn't get much to read over the holidays, but I finished The Black Company by Glen Cook. The story was interesting but the way it is written made it hard for me to read. Still, going to continue with the trilogy and see if second book is any better in that regard.

Currently reading Dead Beat by Jim Butcher. Loving the book. The series just keeps getting better and better.

What about you? What have you been reading or listening?

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[โ€“] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Earth Transformed - this is a much longer read than I was expecting. It is certainly still interesting, but also continues to include a LOT of detail and examples that make it difficult to keep in mind the overall points that the author is making. I have read a good few 'popular histories' - which is what this ultimate is - that are clearer. I'm going to continue though.

[โ€“] dresden 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Any recommendations? ๐Ÿ˜€

[โ€“] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One I recently enjoyed is 1177 BC: The Year Civilisation Collapsed by Eric H Cline. Totally different subject, but all his examples clarify rather that obscure the point.

Another on a similar topic is John Perlin's A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization which I found to be very dismissive in a couple of areas such as coppice woodland, but still very clear.

And another - a classic - is Oliver Rackham's The History of the Countryside which looks at the UK countryside and is both clear and thoroughly enjoyable.

[โ€“] dresden 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the list, I'll add them to my list and look them up next time at the bookstore!