All right, so. I have again changed my mind as to how I’m going to read through the list. What I’m going to try is checking out one book from the top of the list and one from the bottom of the list from the library each time and reading them simultaneously.
So far this is working perfectly. I have Aesop’s Fables by Aesopus and The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble sitting on my desk in my dorm room at this very moment. So far I have read ten fables and the first 16 pages of The Red Queen. Both are excellent.
I was immediately drawn in to The Red Queen. First off, this book has no chapters, just two parts. A bit annoying, but it sure makes you not want to put the book down. It tells the story of a girl growing up in Korea during the Enlightenment period. That’s about as much as I’ve gotten so far. However, reading from the back cover of the book I found out that she becomes the Crown Princess of Korea. It promises to be quite fascinating.
The thing with Aesop’s Fables is that they’re making me think. Horrible. I know. The version that I have is in verse so I’ve found that I really have to dig through the iambic rhythm to find the meaning behind the quaint little stories. Some of them are giving me a bit of a problem.
Side note: I was interested to see that the Amazon.com page for The Red Queen said that people often bought The Sea by John Banville at the same time. If that means anything than I think I will love Drabble’s second most recent work of fiction.
Anyway, I need to get to class. More later!
