I can probably count on one hand the number of times I have ever started a book and not finished it. The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books, however, was a total snorefest for me. I was so excited to read this book after seeing promotional blurbs hyping it as the story of Christopher Columbus' illegitimate son, Hernando, and his quest to accumulate every book, image, and piece of music for his library. However, in the few chapters I read, I felt as though the story was more a history of the times and Christopher Columbus' troubles, voyages and relationships with the royal court than one about his son's accomplishments.
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