#1: People of the Book

I've started over counting since this was my first book for 2010. I won't get anywhere near my goal of 100 books this year, but I would like to get at least 10 by the end of the year.



People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I thought the story was really interesting and made me want to learn more about the actual book that the story was about. I liked that each modern discovery made about the book was followed by a chapter set in the past explaining that part of the book's history. I did get a little confused on the timeline, though. I think there should be an illustrated version of this book, with actual pictures of the real book, a detailed timeline of the story, and some explanations of what we actually know about the history of the book and which parts of the story were embellished.



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