Status Updates From A History of the World in T...

I gave up on Chapter 3 and jumped ahead to Chapter 6, the only non-Mediterranean or European wreck in the book...

... managed a whopping FIVE PAGES in my 30m lunch break.

Think I'll finish this chapter, jump ahead to one or two that sound more interesting, and then mark this DNF'd. I have other books to read, y'all.

I'm so torn about this book. It's very dry and VERY British--the people he quotes, the discoveries he references are mainly Western, even when he's talking about Ancient Greek, Roman, Syrian, & Egyptian histories.

He also makes statements expecting the reader to just accept them, like "Mycenaean weapons were unlikely to be exported to Cornwall," but not explaining why that is.

Also, these paragraphs are TOO LONG.

This is a tough read, y'all...

Oh boy. I'm trying, but I dunno if I can get this book done in one week...

Fairly dismayed at the lack of any maps for reference.

Oh. This is SO much denser than I expected it to be. Again, I'm here for it. I am the intended audience here, I think. But uhhhhhh sorry book club members. This might not be your jam.

Okayyyyy. So, already, this is better than listening to that audio narration. HOWEVER, this book is much more dense than I anticipated. That isn't necessarily a bad thing! I'm a shipwreck girly. No, really. I had a FAVORITE shipwreck as a kid (Lusitania, fyi). I am here for the depth (pun intended).

My book club just... might not agree with me on this one.