So the bookmines have embarked on a new project wherein all of the “miners” are supposed to hand sell specific titles to customers. Every store has a weekly quota for each title, etc… My general attitude can be concisely summed up with one syllable: meh. I sell shit I haven’t read all damn day…whatever.
But a recent title caught my eye and I thought I might as well read at least one of these damn things. So two days ago I finished City of Thieves by David Benioff.
The book opens with a quick intro about a grandson traveling to Florida to spend some time with his grandparents. The author realizes that, though everyone in his family knows that grand dad stabbed two Nazi’s in WWII, he doesn’t know any of the specifics. So he sits for a week listening to grandfather tell the story. The intro ends with: