What are you reading?
Thread Topic: What are you reading?
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I'm reading America's Bank by Roger Lowenstein
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I’m reading your post
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Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
pretty good but if you want to read it you'll want to study up on Catholicism first -
Sounds interesting. :0 What's it about?
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it's about a French-born Catholic bishop who is assigned (or whatever the term is) to a Catholic church in New Mexico in desperate need of organization. due to the author's writing and storytelling styles, the book is dryer than a burnt corn tortilla. it plays out less like an actual book and more like a string of vaguely connected stories that are fable-like in nature. the best parts of the novel seem to be in Cather's poetic descriptions of New Mexico's landscape, though she blatantly repeats herself. that being said, it isn't a bad book, it's just...boring. and this is coming from someone who reads out-of-date legal textbooks in his free time.
I know this seems a little different from my earlier comment in which I described the book as "pretty good" but that's only because the prologue and the first chapter kind of dupe you into believing it will be an action packed adventure similar to The Three Musketeers, but perhaps my standards were just too high. I wouldn't recommend a person not read it, but there are so many more substantial and beautifully written books out there that you could be reading instead.
of course, I haven't finished it so maybe it does get better. I wouldn't even be reading it still but I have to for a class I'm in. I will say that the language used is beautifully composed, making it easy to slip into the pages. it reads almost like poetry; very dry poetry with flimsy morals -
EmilyTheElephant NewbieOh, dozens of books!
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ChloeTheCat NewbieA ton as well!
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