Current Reading Material

After finishing Great Expectations, I was faced with the dilemma all readers feel--it can grow into a kind of intellectual panic for some--regarding what to read next. The list of books to read is so long, the categories so varied, it's hard to decide what to dive into and why I should choose this over that.

Before I began Great Expectations, when I was browsing the books-on-tape selections at the library, I stopped on Don Quixote. You know what they say about Don Quixote.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/13/print/main666701.shtml

Well, I thought, "Maybe it's time I tackle that thing." So I tossed the very fat plastic book-on-tape container into my book bag as an option. When I got home, I looked for the first tape and realized, "Oh my heavens! This is part 2 of 2!" Whew! That is one long book, if read unabridged! So I returned it and read Great Expectations.

Then, oddly enough, a few days ago a good friend wrote in an email that she and two friends were going to read and discuss Don Quixote together. Due to this surprising coincidence, especially because I was at that very moment trying to decide what title to tackle next, I returned to the library in search of the box containing part 1 of 2. I checked it out and started listening to and reading it, depending on my circumstances. I had no idea it was so funny! I don't know if I'm supposed to be laughing, but the guy who is reading it seems to be offering a humorous delivery.

I'll be at this one for a while. I think I'm on tape 5 or 6, and there are 14 in box one of the two. I'm listening as I jog or when I'm out by myself.

In case you wondered, I'm listening to Edith Grossman's translation.

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