Quote:
Originally Posted by pdurrant
Next up: another random pick, A Short History of England by Simon Jenkins. I picked this up on special offer in February 2016. I'm not sure why, but perhaps it's time for some non-fiction.
|
This was OK. A bit too much detail on recent centuries, and at least one common fallacy gone uncorrected (the murdered archbishop was Thomas Becket, not Thomas à Becket). Far too little on the crimes of empire and slavery, but perhaps excused because of the concentration on England itself.
Next I read another random choice,
Odd Interlude by Dean Koontz. Written after the main series, but set during it, it doesn't affect the later stories, nor is it referenced by them. An interlude indeed. Enjoyable, although introducing even more weirdness into Odd Thomas's already weird universe.
Next up:
The Last Emperox by John Scalzi. The last volume of his Collapsing Empire trilogy, which I recently got on special offer.