http://17dots.com/2008/01/29/audiobook-club-lets-do-this/ notes from the digital underground Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:14:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://17dots.com/2008/01/29/audiobook-club-lets-do-this/#comment-11994 kreizjo Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:37:14 +0000 http://17dots.com/2008/01/29/audiobook-club-lets-do-this/#comment-11994 I read Devil in the White City about 3 months ago. I had resisted it thinking "what could be interesting about a world's fair in the 1890's?" I thought, great, the next big book is going to be about the 1964 New York World's Fair. I finally read it because I had heard so many good reports about it. Despite what seemed to be a boring subject, it worked. It held my interest. I think it would have worked even without the serial killer aspect. It shows that a good writer, as with a good teacher, can make what appears to be a boring subject interesting. I kind of hope that Larsen's next book is about the 1964 New York World's Fair. I read Devil in the White City about 3 months ago. I had resisted it thinking “what could be interesting about a world’s fair in the 1890’s?” I thought, great, the next big book is going to be about the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
I finally read it because I had heard so many good reports about it. Despite what seemed to be a boring subject, it worked. It held my interest. I think it would have worked even without the serial killer aspect. It shows that a good writer, as with a good teacher, can make what appears to be a boring subject interesting. I kind of hope that Larsen’s next book is about the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

]]> http://17dots.com/2008/01/29/audiobook-club-lets-do-this/#comment-11993 History Book Club Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:36:19 +0000 http://17dots.com/2008/01/29/audiobook-club-lets-do-this/#comment-11993 [...] Audiobook Club–Let’s do this! [...] [...] Audiobook Club–Let’s do this! [...]

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