Wow. What an ordeal THAT turned out to be! The early days of highlighting endless quotes and revelling in Ishmael’s witty chatter seem a dim and distant memory. Hanna and I are now even for the Hope: A Tragedy debacle.…
Moby Dick Read-Along: Belated Week Four Thoughts
I was away last week and didn’t get to pitch into Hanna’s passive-aggressive assault on Week Four’s chapters. I have some feelings and they need sharing. Also, I didn’t at all get time to do Week Three’s prompts either so…
Moby Dick Read-along: Week Two – Chapters 22 to 41
Wow. This week was not easy. I know that I wasn’t alone in breathing my sigh of relief when this week was over, thankfully. Ah, the beauty of a read-along. 1) We’ve met Captain Ahab now. What do you…
Moby Dick Read-along: Week 1 – Chapters 1 to 21
21 chapters down already! Thank goodness Melville decided to mix in some short, snappy chapters among some of the epic ones to keep things moving. Thanks go to Hanna as always for her handy prompts! Let’s talk Moby Dick. 1)…
Moby Dick Read-along: Week Zero – Introductions
And so it begins! As per the War and Peace read-along, Hanna has posted some prompts to help us all muddle our way through the whaling extravaganza. This week is introductions and expectations! If you haven’t signed up yet and…
Moby Dick Read-along: WHAT AM I DOING?
Back in Spring, a troop of readers fought our way through War and Peace, valiantly led by Hanna at Booking in Heels. It actually turned out to be not quite as much of an ordeal as I think we’d all…