Shane Cottle
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| First, I didn't exactly read this volume, but I did read a collection of 25 of the Hercule Poirot short stories, so not 100% sure how much overlap there is. But anyway, I enjoyed the compilation of stories; full-length murder mysteries often feel too ...more | |
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Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City
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| "Under Jerusalem" was okay: I have an interest in both the history and archeology of Jerusalem, and there is some interesting information here. I do think the beginning about the early archeologists was better; while I understand its because the auth ...more | |
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I enjoyed "Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd." It was about a 3.5 I suppose. The five main characters are all unique, and it was interesting to see them gradually grow together as a unit. Alishai was probably my favorite, Rotrog my least favorite, but, as per ...more |
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I know this book has become quite popular, and I know several people who loved it...but I did not. The dragons are cool and great characters. Best part. I loved the dragons. If this was a rating of just the scenes with dragons in them, it'd be a "4". T ...more |
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| I met the author--he seemed nice--and got this book signed for my son, who really enjoyed it, so I decided to give it a read. It's pretty good. Moves quickly, has some funny parts and some touching parts, maybe a bit random but that's all right. The ...more | |
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| This book was...interesting. I've read a reasonable number of ancient Roman writers, and in some variety of genres (Tacitus, Livy, Suetonius for Roman history, Pliny the Elder for natural history, Eusebius for religious history), but I'd never read a ...more | |
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| This was an interesting biography of Cicero, one of the most fascinating--and less dramatic--figures of the late Roman Republic. Cicero knew and tried to compromise with Pompey, Caesar, Crassus, the Senate, Marc Antony, even young Octavian, and Everi ...more | |
































