Don Quixote is a long, long, book. I know this undertaking is supposed to be educational, and intellectual, but with the pace my life has been taking lately, I imagine that it could take me the better part of my lifetime to read this monstrosity. Okay, now that I've had a good rant about the stack of pages and teeny, tiny print I see sitting beside my reading chair...
I have to admit that I actually find this book to be very amusing. I've only made it through chapter 3, but I love the scene in which the sordid inn where he stays for the night becomes the castle, the prostitutes are the "damsels in distress" and the muleteers become his hapless victims. Finally in exasperation, the innkeeper knights the lunatic and sends him on his way.
On to chapter four...if I can stay awake. The only problem with reading at night is that it is, well, night time and I tend to not retain what I've read as much. The problem with reading in the morning is that I have my quiet time when I first get up. I've also undertaken to read the entire Bible chronologically. I've never read the Bible cover-to-cover, though I've probably read all or most of the Bible. This morning I finished Leviticus. I began that reading journey on November 3, so I'm covering a lot more territory reading the Good Book. Can't help but say I find it far more inspiring, interesting and thought provoking than Don Quixote so far.
Face it, as busy moms and homemakers, life gets in the way. I'll excuse myself if D.Q. takes a while. It doesn't look like Cervantes meant for it to be read in a rush, anyway.
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