Patrick’s Reviews > Robinson Crusoe > Status Update

I've been meaning to read this my whole life. One of the 'classics' I missed in school (or anywhere else). How is so far?

Boy. I do my book reading at bed time, and I gotta be honest. It is a TOUGH read. I got the 150 page version. It's got like a 8 font size, and the line spacing is microscopic. No paragraphs...nothing. If your going to read a book with this format, you've gotta be freshly rested, freshly charged with coffee, and read the book straight through. There are absolutely no breaks, so short of marking the spot with a writing instrument, you'll be hard pressed to keep track of where you're at. The story is decent enough, but it's written as a first person journal. He records EVERY detail. ~Today, I walked in the grass. The grass was wet, but cool on my feet. I need to construct some sort of footwear. Oh look. This is where a took a dump two days ago. It was way better than the one today. I need to eat more vegetables. I wish that I could find some seeds from my favorite vegetable. I could grow them on the hill in the sun...~ I'm enjoying the book though. It really makes you think about everything that we take for granted. I appreciate that, because there is an incredible amount of things that we take for granted today well beyond his time of four hundred years ago. I had to stop, because it was just not a bed time book. I switched over to the crusades for a bit. While I really enjoy that, it's too academic for bed time reading. Enter Thrawn, Thrawn, Thrawn, and Tarkin. Next up will be Millennium Falcon. I need to find a way to get back to the other two and get 'em handled too.

Okay, I am glad I asked. I got a pretty good copy I've had on the shelf for years and it looks readable without going blind! I'll get to it one of these days, but not while laying in bed. I'll keep my eye on your Robinson Crusoe progress. :)

I saw that you got Millennium Falcon in your Currently Reading. I'll also watch your progress on that! Enjoy.