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I think I am in love with this book. More to come.

This is excellent Autumnal reading.

I’m shedding my other two books for a time to have a sort of reading holiday.

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“One Mile” is perhaps one of the most devastating chapters written in a book and it would not hit nearly as hard without everything that has come before it.

Was slightly baffled by old Italian poetry so of course the next logical step was to move on to an ancient Germanic epic poem.

Pray for my back it’s coming back to work with me

Slowly but surely…

Speedrun to never finished started

I think the part I’m up to is one of the emotional cruxes of the book - Robert Moses builds a road through Sunset Park that essentially kills the neighbourhood, and he never cares despite ruining people’s lives.

The slow, inexorable march continues. Still good!

Estimate on the percentage. I’m enjoying myself, but man dies the book keep going.

2nd book I’m taking to work in the big book saga. I originally grabbed this one looking for something pulpy, but I’m afraid it’s slowly turning into one of those “imma need to get the whole series, aren’t I?” Kind of books.

I love Ciri and her weird family.

So far this is a book about how, through cheating, lying, and general nastiness, the guy in charge of the parks became the most powerful political force in New York city for almost half a century.

So I’m taking this book to work while reading the Power Broker at home. My back is thankful for this development.

This book is fantastic but I think it physically hurts my back to take to work in my bag

I physically can’t hold this book for long periods of time.

So I ordered the Power Broker while ignoring my ginormous pile of books I’ve acquired and if I don’t read this book a friend lent me it could be 30 years before I get to it