I had tried to read The Pillars of the Earth twice, and both times I was so bogged down by the introduction that I just moved on to a different book. I had no idea why people were so interested in this book.
On my 3rd attempt at reading it, because I had just finished
Half Broke Horses, which is a fantastic read too, and did not want to research which book to read next, just picked one on the Kindle. So I skipped the introduction and was hooked by the very first page. What an amazing book this was about dreams and goals and facing down your demons...even when they continued to resurface. I was so enthralled with it, that I was not ready to have it end. In the 1100's life was so much different than it is today, and yet you can see that people struggle with life no matter what the year is. Life always comes full circle, and I really enjoyed reading a book that fulfilled that promise, even when at times it seemed like things were too bleak to ever come around.
What a great read, and I am excited to start on his second book about this place!
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