tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027982062971332677.post1139867617106673536..comments2024-03-11T18:29:33.077-07:00Comments on ReadingWorld: BOOK REVIEW: The Professor and the Madman. A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon WinchesterSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567954521782974033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027982062971332677.post-14101657521809469182013-05-27T05:39:29.820-07:002013-05-27T05:39:29.820-07:00YAY for getting another TBR book read. It's al...YAY for getting another TBR book read. It's always such an achievement. Sorry you didn't love this one. It's sitting in my TBR too. I bought it a 100 years ago when it first came out in hardback. Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187730620736345378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027982062971332677.post-56097716783585687872013-05-10T19:47:49.579-07:002013-05-10T19:47:49.579-07:00I read an different nonfiction history book recent...I read an different nonfiction history book recently that I felt could have been a good magazine article. Isn't it often the case that a writer either needs to narrow his topic (from WW 2 to some aspect of the war) or expand to fit the particular length required? anyway, I enjoy The Professor and the Madman and didn't notice the padding that you mention. At least, I don't think so; it's been a couple of years.<br />My review: http://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=1571Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664642293286996220noreply@blogger.com