Tabitha > Recent Status Updates

Finished ch 17.

stopped at Ch 17.

E laughed at the "slate incident". She says she is enjoying this book now. We are ready to start Ch 16.

The text initially drilled into music history and was hard to engage with the content. The audiobook includes audio of the pieces mentioned or demonstrating examples. As the author has shifted to brain related content, the book has improved.

We are on p 147/429 so I think the % may be off somewhat.
Read aloud with E. She thinks its slow and misses that it doesn't have a mystery. I asked her if she knew what had happened to the amethyst brooch before the reveal.. she didn't. But I get that it is very different reading from ger norm. I hope she comes to enjoy it. If not, she is excited about The Hobbit.

I'm struggling to stay engaged.

I really liked the first book in this series. I'm not enjoying this one.

I don't remember anywhere near this level of language in the first book. I will likely finish it but the trash of having a very conservative person act wild at a party with a bunch of strangers when its completely out of character is pushing me toward a DNF.

On pause. I made it halfway before I ran out of time with the audiobook. This is a slow, dense read but it gives a lot of food for thought.

I like the way he is incorporating impacts of science, technology, and literacy in a time when all were rather exclusive. The descriptions of "heretics" appear to be based on historical accounts but they are violent, vivid, and hard to read/hear.

This is cracking me up.

I didn't catch the new page number but we are on ch 7.

R: Wow, Peter has some good burns on his brother.