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Somehow I missed this one...

I dunno - I've slowed down on this. Maybe it's because I know so much of the story already; maybe because it's not where my head is right now; maybe it's because it feels like the nation is currently betraying its founders.

I dunno if I can finish this. It's distant omniscience and it's full of distasteful characters with whom I have little empathy or common ground. It's a book club selection but even so...

If you're a woman, this book will make you angry. It is eye-opening in the breadth of what it analyzes but not surprising.

Not doing it for me. Self-congratulatory in a weird way.
I think I shall not finish.

Slowly savoring this - a few entries at a time.

This is just the most delightful book!
I'd love to have Dame Judi to supper just to listen to her.

Some day I shall finish. It's difficult, I find, to hold a hardback book these days, even though the paper/binding are light-weight. It's the size. But...this is the type of book you cannot read on an e-reader or tablet--the illustrations are numerous and too important to miss.

very good book. why am I so slow?

very good book. why am I so slow?

This is an amazing book.

Making progress. I don't know why I read Beard so sl-o-o-wly. Maybe my compulsive interest in ancient Rome has waned? So far, this is wonderfully readable and interestingly organized, with a lovely, lush selection of illustrations. I just read it it snippets.

this book is very dense and not what I anticipated
too science-y poor moi dunno if i shall finish