I always found Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" a real mallet to the head. You wouldn't think it was possoble to make that dull, but he managed. In three volumes.
*schnort* Yeah, so much of history is FASCINATING in the right hands and utterly soullessly boring in the wrong hands. The times still studied today should be riveting, dangit! It's not like nothing happened!
Some books seem to me to be much longer than they "needed" to be. I always thought that meant I was an unwashed heathen with no appreciation for fine literature.
Sorry to hear that. While I've been going to bed later and later each night (last night was 3am), I am at least sleeping like a brick once I do... of course, needing to get up at 7 makes me very unhappy.
Oh yikes! Three to seven is not a whole lot of sleep. I know the getting up is in a good cause, but still, I hope you get to catch up on your sleep soon.
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You wouldn't think it was possoble to make that dull, but he managed. In three volumes.
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Sorry to hear that. While I've been going to bed later and later each night (last night was 3am), I am at least sleeping like a brick once I do... of course, needing to get up at 7 makes me very unhappy.
I hope this passes soon.
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