You can get a sort of tray that sits across the rims of the bath, I got one as a present years ago so I couldn't tell you what it's called but it has a dedicated stand for books.

The point of it is fairly obvious without any more than a passing knowledge of the events that transpired. But, given that it is supposed to be a critique of those real events, I don't see how it would really be a fault of the work that it corresponds with events transpiring as it was written and blah blah blah. Anyways I don't really care for Animal Farm either.

The Vandals ruled successfully for 100 years, in which period renovation and economic growth took place, the archaeological evidence bares this out, though the written evidence is contrary. There may be something of a conflict of interest in relying on ecclesiastical and Roman accounts with an uncritical eye as regards the Vandal occupation of AP, especially given that still then a great mass of Donatists which inhabited the region were already being actively suppressed by the very same, and found kinship in the anti Niceanism of one another. Funny also you should mention Hippo, where Donatism still flourished to a good extent. The Roman governors and administration in AP were corrupt, Bonifatius and others were disliked by the inhabitants, their ability to govern and protect the region was minimal and they were constantly getting by on the skin of their teeth. One may forget that not the whole mass of inhabitants of AP were Nicene Christians. For your perusal, I have another document I'd like to share but I'll have to wait until I'm on desktop and then we can take it further from there. You may have to wait until tomorrow for me to actually sit down, find them, translate etc, but remind me and I will get around to it.

https://www.academia.edu/27135277/The_Vandal_impact_on_North_Africa

Yeah, it was actually better for the North African inhabitants for the North African centre of power to be in... North Africa. They basically had been eating shit for awhile and the Romans were unable to do much, so fuck it, why not give the Vandals a chance? Hence there was little in the ways of rebellion.

τῶν ἁμόθεν γε, θεά, θύγατερ Διός, εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν.

Don't take it in a judgemental or demeaning way, I still read Roald Dahl books where the target demographic is even lower than for Divergent. Rather, I'm being general, in saying that likely most 25 year olds won't enjoy Divergent in the way a teenager would, and likewise with Roald Dahl.

14 years old is closer to being too old for Divergent than too young for it, though it certainly isn't too old and 12-16 is more or less the target demographic.

Tarquinius Collatinus and Lucretia (Livy 1.57-58)

Covers with closeups of characters on them, in a realistic style particularly or a photo from a movie adaptation.

For sure, Harry Potter, Skullduggery series etc etc. My reading trajectory kind of has nothing to do with what I read at that time, being now mostly concerned with history - but I do credit them for my love of reading.