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THEY FOUND FRIENDS IN ERRANTRY!? WHAT!?

We're finally going to see Dulci!? I'm so happy right now. Hooray for part 2, which strikes the perfect balance between depth and hilariousness. I love Sancho, but obviously DonQui is a most lovable, truly adorable, valiant Knight of my Literally Life.
¡Con la Iglesia hemos topado, Sancho!
I'll steal that, oh I will, this is the perfect quote. I've found it. I love this book, I haven't been this excited since EoE.

Progressing slowly through the 2nd book. I know it's going to be great and I'm enjoying it, but it feels chunkier, more substantial, and expansive, therefore I'm going slowly, taking the scenic route. It is touching on topics of class ascension—not that it didn't in book 1— this time more directly. It feels like I'm experiencing a story turn into an immortal discussion on the Human Experience. I couldn't be more glad

First Part is read! It is not necessary for me to tell how much I adore this book. This edition, though the translation and notes are amazing, is very disappointing: no illustrations and they crammed 1000 pages in a flimsy paperback, which makes it so weird. I shall buy a box set, maybe one in Spanish.

Couldn't progress too much today, busy day, going through it... siiiigh.
But it never fails to amaze me how Cervantes ends an arc and immediately hooks you in for the next one. Maria Zoraida's arc was amazing. The inn keeps getting fuller and fuller. Onto the muledriver's son arc.

This book is so interesting, even the lulls are amazing! The captive's story is fascinating.

Don Fernando didn't deserve a hero's end because he's a vile villain. I didn't really like the conclusion to Dorotea's arc, she deserved way better. But oh well. The story within the main story had a more satisfying end and juxtaposing them had an effect on me I don't yet comprehend. They felt similar but the story read by the priest was tragic and the main one left me wanting a crueller ending for Don Fernando.

"The Man Who Was Recklessly Curious" is an amazing short story. It feels it was meant to be social commentary at the time. Nonetheless, it was very pleasant to read it, the characters were all very interesting and felt like they were made of flesh and blood.
I liked how at the end Cervantes pulled us back into the main story with the whole wineskins debacle (hilarious, btw) and I never felt uninterested in what was