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This is pretty much it. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 14/09/2009 09:09:18 PM
Honestly, I believe it has to do with hype, combined with quite bad prose and research.


Hype doesn't bother me (I love Harry Potter, after all) but his writing is atrocious and his plots daft.
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Non-Fiction survey Tom - 14/09/2009 05:38:04 PM 1408 Views
Heh. jh - 14/09/2009 05:58:59 PM 1115 Views
You associate non-fiction with work? Are you a non-fiction book reviewer by day? Tom - 14/09/2009 06:35:59 PM 943 Views
Nah... jh - 14/09/2009 06:56:41 PM 946 Views
I like non-fiction as long as it's not preachy. Darth_Katie - 14/09/2009 06:25:42 PM 1138 Views
So...Bill O'Reilly's out but Aleister Crowley is in, right? Tom - 14/09/2009 06:34:38 PM 1014 Views
I didn't say I wanted to read occult books. Darth_Katie - 14/09/2009 09:40:40 PM 1536 Views
Fun. Legolas - 14/09/2009 06:31:28 PM 1241 Views
Machiavelli is a good case study for translation vs. original language Tom - 14/09/2009 06:48:46 PM 957 Views
Fact not fiction. Rebekah - 14/09/2009 06:43:32 PM 1150 Views
I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio Tom - 14/09/2009 06:58:46 PM 1032 Views
Re: I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio Rebekah - 14/09/2009 07:10:01 PM 1034 Views
You're going to force me to start a Dan Brown discussion in a different thread. Tom - 14/09/2009 09:00:32 PM 960 Views
Well, I can do it here, no worries, just think of it as non-non-fiction. jh - 14/09/2009 09:06:34 PM 1017 Views
This is pretty much it. Rebekah - 14/09/2009 09:09:18 PM 1010 Views
Re: Fact not fiction. Cockatiel of Doom - 17/09/2009 12:40:31 AM 1057 Views
Re: Fact not fiction. Rebekah - 17/09/2009 03:08:34 PM 964 Views
Re: Fact not fiction. Cockatiel of Doom - 17/09/2009 11:57:22 PM 909 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey mapthis - 14/09/2009 07:25:20 PM 957 Views
Legacy of Ashes sounds interesting Tom - 14/09/2009 08:59:38 PM 952 Views
Re: Legacy of Ashes sounds interesting mapthis - 14/09/2009 09:09:30 PM 982 Views
So nossy - 14/09/2009 10:14:47 PM 921 Views
Re: So mapthis - 14/09/2009 10:35:40 PM 945 Views
I do read sometimes. Craig - 14/09/2009 08:01:03 PM 1169 Views
If you liked Jesus, Interrupted... Tom - 14/09/2009 08:58:26 PM 1028 Views
Added to The List. *NM* Craig - 14/09/2009 10:28:14 PM 430 Views
I read it quite a lot, obviously. Camilla - 14/09/2009 09:20:40 PM 1074 Views
I have Antonia Fraser's bio of Oliver Cromwell. Tom - 15/09/2009 05:14:06 AM 986 Views
Re: I have Antonia Fraser's bio of Oliver Cromwell. Camilla - 15/09/2009 08:07:28 AM 1031 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey random thoughts - 14/09/2009 09:24:35 PM 1177 Views
I'd be interested to know the title of that Lincoln book. *NM* Tom - 15/09/2009 05:11:14 AM 467 Views
Tried by War by James M. McPherson random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:01:30 PM 1011 Views
Thanks! *NM* Tom - 17/09/2009 03:07:50 PM 475 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey ranagrande - 14/09/2009 10:05:56 PM 964 Views
I'm sorry. I just can't take "pro wrestling" seriously enough to comment on it beyond this. *NM* Tom - 15/09/2009 05:15:13 AM 460 Views
What, pro wrestling is awesome! ranagrande - 16/09/2009 05:59:44 PM 1168 Views
Sweet nossy - 14/09/2009 10:09:21 PM 1110 Views
My problem with Fisk is his naivete Tom - 15/09/2009 05:10:00 AM 972 Views
If you're referring to the passages I think you're referring to... Legolas - 15/09/2009 11:06:04 AM 1105 Views
I need to read more American Indian books random thoughts - 16/09/2009 07:01:21 PM 955 Views
Good survey! smaug - 14/09/2009 11:40:58 PM 1127 Views
Ah...but where do you draw the line on the occult? Tom - 15/09/2009 05:07:14 AM 924 Views
Intent. Craig - 15/09/2009 06:02:39 AM 967 Views
Yea, I would tend to agree. smaug - 15/09/2009 11:10:03 AM 989 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey Chas - 15/09/2009 12:25:57 AM 970 Views
You should consider reading more non-fiction. *NM* Tom - 15/09/2009 05:04:55 AM 496 Views
It's under consideration. Chas - 15/09/2009 11:50:47 PM 862 Views
I read a lot of it for my classes, so I read very little of it for leisure. Ghavrel - 15/09/2009 12:46:23 AM 1122 Views
As someone who read Ab Urbe Condita in Latin...the book you reference "delenda est". Tom - 15/09/2009 05:04:05 AM 973 Views
It's infuriating, yes. *NM* Ghavrel - 15/09/2009 06:22:36 PM 451 Views
Mea culpa; the book in question is Zoch's Ancient Rome. Ghavrel - 15/09/2009 06:45:22 PM 896 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey Vodalus - 15/09/2009 01:07:13 AM 1036 Views
I did a survey about personal libraries, too... Tom - 15/09/2009 05:01:12 AM 973 Views
great survey. Avendesora - 15/09/2009 02:17:26 AM 1274 Views
Re: great survey. Tom - 15/09/2009 04:56:50 AM 1038 Views
Interesting questions! Sophy - 15/09/2009 07:20:05 AM 1172 Views
I'm not sure if it's a translation issue, but Tom - 17/09/2009 03:10:49 PM 1048 Views
That's the English titel yes! Sophy - 18/09/2009 07:03:45 AM 1245 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey Jonielle - 15/09/2009 11:35:48 AM 1284 Views
Try reading something new you think you'd like and post a review! *NM* Tom - 17/09/2009 03:11:47 PM 407 Views
Books on Napoleon.... Napoleon62 - 15/09/2009 08:03:55 PM 995 Views
Narcissist. *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 425 Views
David Chandler's The Campaigns of Napoleon is wonderful. *NM* Tom - 17/09/2009 03:13:03 PM 412 Views
i like non-fiction! temeraire - 15/09/2009 09:40:40 PM 1036 Views
Lots of people have recommended The Omnivore's Dilemma to me *NM* Tom - 17/09/2009 03:14:09 PM 464 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey Cockatiel of Doom - 17/09/2009 12:49:35 AM 1253 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey ajah - 26/09/2009 01:49:16 AM 1004 Views
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