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So I started reading my last book of the summer challenge, Homer’s Odyssey.  And about 3 pages in, I thought to myself, “Gee, how the fuck did I read this when I was in college?”  Perhaps it’s the archaic language or the reference to various Greek gods in every other line, but I just ain’t gettin’ in to this behemoth right now.  This book strikes me as something that one would read in the winter time, sitting by the fire with a mug of grog.  Whatever the fuck grog is.

So maybe some other time….but for now, I’ve decided upon A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith as my replacement book.  I just got this book from Bookmooch and I don’t even remember what it’s about, and haven’t even started reading it, but I have a really good feeling about it.