Books, The Reading Of.

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I've given myself permission to quit reading A Princess of Roumania (Paul Park) because it is boring and I've been halfway done with it for two weeks (because it is boring). The writing is too dry for my tastes and the characters almost inaccessible. Mmm, or shallow. Insubstantial? Yeah, we'll go with that. Also, I dislike the way the Baroness Nicola Ceausescu was written (it's hard to dislike a villain when she doesn't understand her own thought processes or motives. Or root for an anti-hero, same problem).

I'm also giving myself a pass on Tongues of Serpents (Naomi Novik) and Changes (Jim Butcher) - I've lost interest in both series.

Instead, I've cracked open Library: An Unquiet History (Matthew Battles) and it's an excellent read thus far.