Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Chapter-a-Day Read-along, whether you read all five books or limited yourself to just a few of them. In this post I’ll 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 … Continue reading 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap Up
2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along
David Copperfield Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap-Up
Yesterday was the final chapter of David Copperfield in this year's Chapter-a-Day Read-along schedule. This post is the place for you to leave your thoughts about your experience in reading Dickens' own favorite novel of his. What did you gain from reading it? What challenged you? What uplifted you? What surprised you? It had been … Continue reading David Copperfield Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap-Up
Preparing for the 2021-2022 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Three Musketeers
Here we go! Tomorrow we begin the final book of the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along and the first book of the 2022 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. There's not much to prepare for in getting ready for the The Three Musketeers except to buckle up and get ready for a wild ride! Try … Continue reading Preparing for the 2021-2022 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Three Musketeers
Announcing the 2021-2022 Musketeer Chapter-a-Day Read-along
This is the official sign-up post for the 2022 Musketeer Chapter-a-Day Read-along! You're invited to join me in reading one of the great adventure series of all time, the D'Artagnan Romances. Each chapter averages about 8 pages, so you should only have to dedicate 10 to 15 minutes a day to reading. And if you … Continue reading Announcing the 2021-2022 Musketeer Chapter-a-Day Read-along
Preparing for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: David Copperfield
As the bells of Notre Dame cathedral begin to echo and fade away, we get ready to close the book on the story of Quasimodo and Esmerelda and pull the next Chapter-a-Day Read-along book off the shelf, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I have read several Dickens novels, and of them all I have the … Continue reading Preparing for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: David Copperfield
Quo Vadis Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap-Up
Today is the final day of reading Quo Vadis, the second book of the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along. If you were able to adjust to the little schedule mix-up, then today is the day for reading the Epilogue and finishing the story of Vinicius and Ligia. This post is the place for you to leave your … Continue reading Quo Vadis Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap-Up
Preparing for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
We're only three days away from beginning Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the next book in this year’s chapter-a-day read-along. Published in French in 1831 and English in 1833, it was originally titled Notre Dame de Paris, referring to the great Notre Dame cathedral. Reading it this year is my tribute to the cathedral, … Continue reading Preparing for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quo Vadis Chapter-a-Day Read-along Schedule Change
For those of you who are reading Quo Vadis as part of the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along, there is an important revision to the schedule. The original schedule was based on the freely available translation by Jeremiah Curtin which has 73 chapters and an epilogue. If you are reading Curtin's translation then you have nothing to … Continue reading Quo Vadis Chapter-a-Day Read-along Schedule Change
Divine Comedy Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap-Up
Today we have reached the final chapter of The Divine Comedy, the first book of the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along. For the past 100 days we have accompanied Dante through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, and it has been quite the journey. I have to admit that this was one of the most challenging chapter-a-day read-alongs for … Continue reading Divine Comedy Chapter-a-Day Read-along Wrap-Up
Preparing for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: Quo Vadis
Tomorrow, April 10, is the one hundredth day of 2021, the day we finish The Divine Comedy in this year's chapter-a-day read-along. I'll post a wrap-up of The Divine Comedy tomorrow, but today we look ahead to our next book, Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz. I have been looking forward to reading Quo Vadis ever since I … Continue reading Preparing for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: Quo Vadis