Tag Archives | Cervantes

My Thoughts on Don Quixote

By on April 19, 2010 in Classics, Fiction, Reviews

Wow! After more than a month reading it, I have finally finished Don Quixote. I found it to be very amusing. There were some parts where it was slow, but for the most part, I enjoyed reading about Don Quixote’s adventures. I found the book to be very humorous, and it’s definitely the foundation of [...]

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Teaser Tuesday – Don Quixote

By on March 30, 2010 in Classics, Fiction, Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  (make sure that what you share doesn’t give [...]

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Teaser Tuesdays – Don Quixote

By on March 23, 2010 in Classics, Fiction, Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.  Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  (make sure that what you share doesn’t give [...]

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Last Week in Review

By on March 22, 2010 in Classics, Fiction, Week In Review

Last week, I began the week around page 100 of Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote.  During the course of the week, I have managed to get through to page 265, which is Chapter XXXIII of the first part.  So far I am finding the book to be very interesting, and definitely much more entertaining than [...]

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Teaser Tuesday – Don Quixote

By on March 16, 2010 in Classics, Fiction, Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.  Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away!  You don’t [...]

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Now Reading – Don Quixote

By on March 12, 2010 in Classics, Fiction

I have decided, for my next book, to take on the massive novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.  I have never read a piece of Spanish literature before, and I’m pretty psyched to be reading this novel, I’ve been looking forward to it for quite some time now.  I’m reading the Barnes and Noble [...]

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