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Monk was able to return to the Schama reading on the French Revolution this afternoon, and it is not because he is in any way disappointed with Eversz' first Nina Zero book. Instead of devouring the novel in one reading, he wants to draw it out a bit and make it last. I marvel at Monk's self-discipline.
I was thinking that it might have been unfortunate to have read the last two books of the series before coming back to the earlier books, but I was happily mistaken. Each book is fairly self-contained, and I feel that the familiarity that comes from reading those books only makes me appreciate learning more about Nina. It is perhaps like having fallen in love with someone and then learning more about their childhood and growing up and their life before you came to know her. It just feels special, and you only fall more deeply in love.
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Monk was able to return to the Schama reading on the French Revolution this afternoon, and it is not because he is in any way disappointed with Eversz' first Nina Zero book. Instead of devouring the novel in one reading, he wants to draw it out a bit and make it last. I marvel at Monk's self-discipline.
I was thinking that it might have been unfortunate to have read the last two books of the series before coming back to the earlier books, but I was happily mistaken. Each book is fairly self-contained, and I feel that the familiarity that comes from reading those books only makes me appreciate learning more about Nina. It is perhaps like having fallen in love with someone and then learning more about their childhood and growing up and their life before you came to know her. It just feels special, and you only fall more deeply in love.
