Comments on: The Historian

By: I, Shane › Shane Adams’ personal weblog » Archive » The Friday Hugging Feast

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:04:40 +0000

[...] of textbooks (which I never read cover-to-cover anyway), I read The Historian 2 years ago. 656 pages. I think that’s the [...]

By: I, Shane › Shane Adams’ personal weblog » Archive » Friday Feast

I, Shane › Shane Adams’ personal weblog » Archive » Friday Feast — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:36:51 +0000

[...] Because of it, I didn’t think I would be able to get through The Historian, but I absolutely loved that book. [...]

By: I, Shane » Archive » Favorites of 2006

I, Shane » Archive » Favorites of 2006 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:58:20 +0000

[...] several books this year (I had about 8 that scored higher than 9 out of 10 on my scale, including The Historian, which I called “the best book I’ve read in the last 5 years”), I can’t [...]

By: Final 2006 Reading List at I, Shane

Final 2006 Reading List at I, Shane — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:24:00 +0000

[...] The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova – FINISHED 29 JAN 2006 [...]

By: The Prisoner of Azkaban at I, Shane

The Prisoner of Azkaban at I, Shane — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:02:48 +0000

[...] There was a lot of really cool stuff in this book. I don’t know how Rowling continues to come up with new stuff at Hogwart’s, but there are new secrets, new tricks, and new spells that are all fascinating and have brought me further into the world of Harry Potter and his wizard and witch friends. I am going to try and take a break from the Harry Potter series for a while. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is next in the series and it is a Historian-like length at well over 700 pages. I am determined to finish Ogilvy on Advertising, but I don’t know if it is possible. We shall see. After reading this much fiction, it’s tough to jump back into non-fiction, but I’ll give it a shot. I guess you’ll see by the next book that I review. [...]

By: Creepers at I, Shane

Creepers at I, Shane — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:12:49 +0000

[...] A few weeks back, Brad gave me a book to read. He said that it was a great bookâ€¦I think that I had just completed The Historian, which he loved, and so I thought I would give Creepers by David Morrell a shot. I started the book last Saturday during my downtime of the tournament. Having finished Ogilvy on Advertising, I thought that my trip to Seattle would be as good of a time as any to get the book done. [...]

By: Alli

Alli — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:22:21 +0000

I have been saying it all along…George Clooney! What the heck is Forest Gump doing playing Langdon? I just don’t buy it. I will still see the movie, but I am calling for a re-cast for Angels and Demons.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:40:07 +0000

Glad you liked it. I was a bit more tepid in my evaluation. I liked it (it should have gotten 3.5 stars, not 3, but my rating system doesn’t do halves), but was a little disappointed by the climactic scene (email offline so we don’t give anything away) but still liked the ending overall. Not my favorite book, because it was so long and I think I wanted a bigger payoff for all that work, but I’d recommend it too. I think I would classify it as being a step above Dan Brown books, in the respect that Dan Brown is easily accessible – pop fiction, like Stephen King, if you will – while this is more literary and cerebral and develops characters more.