{"id":8441,"date":"2021-12-31T07:42:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T15:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=8441"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:20:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T02:20:44","slug":"2021-chapter-a-day-read-along-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/2021-chapter-a-day-read-along-wrap-up","title":{"rendered":"2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thank you to everyone who participated in this year\u2019s Chapter-a-Day Read-along, whether you read all five books or limited yourself to just a few of them. In this post I\u2019ll share a few of my reflections on the year, and I would love to know your thoughts about the experience. I invite you to leave a comment on this post to share what reading a chapter a day was like for you.<\/p>\n

The Divine Comedy<\/em><\/strong> – From my wrap-up post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

There is so much depth to Dante\u2019s poetry and there were so many footnotes that I feel I just scratched the surface of the poem. A daily read-along is probably not the best way to read the poem in the way it deserves to be read, but still I feel like this read-along has given me a good sense of the poem\u2019s overall organization and layout. I believe that a deep reading of a work of literature should always begin with an initial reading of the book all the way through, and I think I now have enough of an understanding of\u00a0The Divine Comedy<\/em>\u00a0that I would be in good shape to study it more thoroughly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Quo Vadis<\/em><\/strong> – From my wrap-up post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read\u00a0Quo Vadis<\/em>\u00a0a few times already, and this reading reaffirmed all that I love about the novel. Henryk Sienkiewicz brings the apostolic era alive in a way that stirs up my admiration for the early Christians and encourages me in my own faith journey. Perhaps the best thing I can say about the book is that it makes me want to be a better disciple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It was good to finally get this book read after seeing it on my shelves for decades. It was more tragic and sensationalized than I expected, but it was still worth reading.<\/p>\n

David Copperfield<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a relief to find out that this book was as good as I remembered, and even better in some respects. It unfolded beautifully and ended just the way it should have. Not as dramatic as other Dickens novels, which is not a bad thing. I will likely read this novel again, if for no other reason than to once more encounter the compelling cast of characters: Copperfield, Pegotty, Barkis, Tommy Traddles, Agnes, Steerforth, Micawber, and Heep. Even just seeing their names makes me want to read it again!<\/p>\n

The Three Musketeers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I don’t know how I can read this book so many times and still be surprised by it. I enjoyed this reading as much as I have ever enjoyed The Three Musketeers<\/em> before. I can never get enough of D’Artagnan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos. Just thinking of them brings a smile to my face. And Milady is still one of the most cunning of all literary villains.<\/p>\n

The good news is that the adventure is only beginning, as we continue into 2022 with the rest of D’Artagnan’s story.<\/p>\n

As you hopefully know already, next year\u2019s chapter-a-day read-along starts tomorrow and consists of all the sequels to The Three Musketeers. <\/em>The next book finds our musketeer friends twenty years older. Are they wiser? That remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t joined up yet, see\u00a0the announcement post<\/a> and get ready for more musketeer adventures!<\/p>\n

Thanks again for participating, and please leave your comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year\u2019s Chapter-a-Day Read-along, whether you read all five books or limited yourself to just a few of them. In this post I\u2019ll share a few of my reflections on the year, and I would love to know your thoughts about the experience. I invite you to leave a comment on this post to share what reading a chapter a day was like for you. The Divine Comedy – From my wrap-up post: There is so much depth to Dante\u2019s poetry...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap Up #musketeerreadalong","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,1219],"tags":[1137,1156,1157,1139,1138,467,1155,625],"class_list":["post-8441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-chapter-a-day-read-along","tag-2021-chapter-a-day-read-along","tag-2022-chapter-day-read-along","tag-dartagnan","tag-david-copperfield","tag-divine-comedy","tag-quo-vadis","tag-the-hunchback-of-notre-dame","tag-the-three-musketeers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2021_readalong_complete_banner_final.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pOucj-2c9","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8444,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8441\/revisions\/8444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}