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Carissa Green Reads
I read widely from many genres. Perhaps this blog will feature fewer ratings and reviews, but I certainly intend to write about my reading life - it's the subject I most find myself wanting to talk about.
Currently reading
D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of WWII
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
The Path Between the Seas
Chekhov Four Plays
The Gay Science: with a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
A Kierkegaard Anthology
Notes from the Backlist: Read the Notes
Sometimes, when one reads non-fiction, it's tempting to skip the "Notes" - especially when the narrative has been as carefully crafted as Larson's. The great majority of novels don't need footnotes, and his nonfiction practically reads like a novel.
But in this case, read the "Notes" section. There's an Easter Egg, a tidbit, an anecdote, a diversion, or a little story on practically every page. Like DVD extras. Stuff that would be awkward in a fast-paced war journey but right in place in a giant list of whatnot.
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