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NightDrake@dragonscave.space 10 hours ago
@ReadingTheDots I never read books just because an author died. If I wasn't interested in them when they were alive, I'm certainly not going to change my mind because they're no longer here. I might read a book a friend liked if said friend died. But usually not the other way around. I did that with my friend Moose after he died. Reread something by an author he liked. That was way easier than trying to sing one of the songs Moose did for karaoke. @bookstodon
@bookstodon @NightDrake I'm not reading his books because he died. I'm going to read more of them because I liked the first one I read, and I totally forgot about the other nonfiction books he wrote. I think each will be a good fit for me because they're each relevant to history.
NightDrake@dragonscave.space 10 hours ago
@ReadingTheDots Ah, good. I hope you enjoy them. I don't read much nonfiction at all. I read to escape. It did sort of sound from the post like your reason for reading them was because he died. @bookstodon
@NightDrake @bookstodon I read his first book in the summer of 2024, and then I think I just got to reading other things and didn't return to him.
Yes, we read different genres. I switched to reading mostly nonfiction a few years ago, and I find most of it totally enthralling. There is so much that the history books did not cover when I was in school, so now, I have a yearning to read as much of it as I can.