30,000 and Counting!

My book blog Bookworm Burrow has been doing wonderfully. I hit 30,000 views today and I also finally finished The Pillars of the Earth. It was great but really long 973 pages to be exact. For those of you who have been wondering you can see my opinion here or go to the book blog and read the summary as well as my thoughts. Here's my opinion from the book blog:

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I was interesting in the book right from the start. A friend recommended it to me and wanted me to read it and let her know if it was worth finishing. This intrigued me because not only do I love recommendations but it was flattering that she wanted to know what I thought. For me it started well enough but it was slow. Around 250 pages into it I started reading it because I wanted to and I was thinking about it when I wasn’t reading and thus showing interest. By page 400 I decided I had to finish because it was so good and I was thoroughly engaged in the story. It was also at this point that many of the horrible and disturbing scenes with William Hamleigh stopped. I have to admit that was the only failing the book presented to me. William rapes quite a few women and I feel that there is needless detail and while it does secure the readers hate for William it also removes some of their virtue. I feel that the book would have been better if these scenes were smaller because I do see the need for them but not the length.

Overall it was a great book not something to be taken on lightly as it will demand time but it is well worth the effort.