I'm a few days late with this post, but it’s week three of the 2021 Chapter-a-day Read-along, and we’re twenty-four cantos, or chapters, into Inferno, the first part of Dante’s The Divine Comedy. We've only got ten more days in Hell, after which we will accompany Dante into Purgatory. This post gives you an opportunity … Continue reading Divine Comedy Read-along Update: Week 3
Divine Comedy Read-along Update: Week 2
It's week two of the 2021 Chapter-a-day Read-along, and we're over a third of the way through Inferno, the first part of Dante's The Divine Comedy. This post gives you an opportunity to share your thoughts, quotes, and questions about the book up to canto thirteen. Some Quotes from the Past Week "Men of sound … Continue reading Divine Comedy Read-along Update: Week 2
Divine Comedy Read-along Update: Week 1
Welcome to the first of what I hope will be weekly updates for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along. The plan is to make a very brief post each Wednesday to give readers a place to post their thoughts, questions, or reactions to the chapters read in the past week. If you’ve read ahead or if you … Continue reading Divine Comedy Read-along Update: Week 1
War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Wrap-Up
Congratulations on reading War and Peace, one of the great works of world literature! Whether you finished it early, on time, or not yet, thank you for participating. I hope the read-along was as enriching for you as it was for me. (If you liked the experience of reading classic literature in one chapter a … Continue reading War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Wrap-Up
Preparing for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Divine Comedy
The 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along begins in a few days and it's time to get ready for our first book! If you've been part of our read-alongs the last few years, you know that we've already read some of the greatest novels of all time -- works like War and Peace, Don Quixote, and The Count of … Continue reading Preparing for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Divine Comedy
Announcing the Aubrey/Maturin Chapter-a-Week 4 Year Read-along Odyssey
This is the official sign-up post for the Aubrey/Maturin Chapter-a-Week 4 Year Read-along Odyssey. Yes, you read that right. This is a four year challenge to read what some call the greatest historical fiction series ever written, the Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin nautical series by Patrick O'Brian. Join me in a long, slow read of this … Continue reading Announcing the Aubrey/Maturin Chapter-a-Week 4 Year Read-along Odyssey
Announcing the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-Along
This is the official sign-up post for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along. This marks the fourth year of the read-along, and we are once again back to reading several books instead of just one. As you might remember, there aren't too many books that have exactly 365 chapters, and we've already read the most well known: … Continue reading Announcing the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-Along
War and Peace Chapter-a-day Read-along November Update
As we get ready to say goodbye to November, we flip the pages closer and closer to the end of the War and Peace Chapter-a-day Read-along. I hope you have enjoyed the book as much as I have in this very challenging year. Although I haven't been able to blog during these last months, I've … Continue reading War and Peace Chapter-a-day Read-along November Update
War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along Comment Post – Week 2
We've just finished week 2 of the War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along. If you're reading according to the schedule then you read chapters 6 through 12 this week. How do you feel about Tolstoy's writing style so far? Does War and Peace read the way you expected it would? Leave comments on those questions or … Continue reading War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along Comment Post – Week 2
War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along Comment Post – Week 1: Book I, Part I, Chapters 1-5
Welcome to week 1 of the War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along. Each Monday morning during the read-along I am going to try and publish a short post to give everyone a chance to comment on the previous chapters. These posts will be very brief, because their main purpose is to provide a forum for us … Continue reading War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along Comment Post – Week 1: Book I, Part I, Chapters 1-5