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Giving this one a third read since my students keep wanting to talk about it lately, thanks to BookTok. I’m a better (more in-shape?) reader than I was the last two times, so bring it on, Ms. Brontë.

Slowly working our way through this one. My son and I read at aloud before bedtime, and I’m struck by the verse’s rhythmic power, even on the lips of my middle schooler.

It can be a slog whenever Homer goes on for pages telling us the names of the warriors and who their fathers were and lots of trivia about characters I’ve never heard of and don’t really want to know. Can we get on with the story?