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I heard #dark and my brain went right to dark academia! My whole life goal is to be one of these mood boards or aesthetic videos you have no idea 🥰 #scarathlon #skeletoncrew #autumnplease

The writing is really good, but the author made some questionable statements and assumptions without providing any foundational evidence for the sweeping statements. I did check the notes and bibliography, but for some of the big sweeping assumptions, particularly about Christian biblical history, there are no citations or endnotes provided which was a problem for me. If you can ignore those statements, it could be a good book for you.

26-30 Jul 23 (audiobook)
Not sure why I chose this, but it was well-researched, if a little repetitive, and Richard Fidler is an amicable guide (who I was previously only familiar with as one of the DAAS) through this period of history. I knew little of the Byzantine empire and do feel more informed at the end. Not a period I could imagine reading up on further - there seemed to be a lot of palace intrigue, war and blood.

Hoping to finally finish this one. I started it years ago and got busy with life. Time to settle in and conquer!

I finally finished #Byzantium, my first #nonfiction #read of the year?! Wow. It was alright. I felt like I learned quite a bit but I wasn't a fan of the narrator (I don't generally like British accents for narrators, NGL, it's a bit hard to understand sometimes, doesn't flow as smoothly as I'd like). After a while I did get bogged down by names and dates but I would read again, maybe a physical copy tho. 4/5.

My second #nonfiction read! Decided to pick this one up because it reminded me of someone from my university. It's been ok. I didn't expect there to be so much #religion talks. But I also went in blind, not really knowing what #Byzantium was soooo 🧐 interesting so far

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