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I finally finished Mayflower and Devil in the White City. I started them last year, shortly after Steve purchased them, but abandoned them. I love history, so these books were right up my alley.
Mayflower really opened my eyes to what the Pilgrims really went through. It seems in my Catholic school upbringing, they left out the part where the Pilgrims drank beer on the way over and many other things.
As for Devil in the White City, it left me wondering why I had never heard about this time in our country's history. The hardest part of both books, was all the names that were thrown at me. I was determined to keep them straight, even if I had to read and reread til I could keep them straight.
So, techinically, I've finished 2 books this year, as I didn't count them in my books finished last year. Time to head back to the thrift store and see what I can find to read next.
