Hey, everyone! How's the Beowulf on the Beach Reading Challenge going? I'm about halfway through Moby Dick and am really enjoying it. It's taking longer than I expected because I'm following Jack's tip #2 for Reading Classics:
Read Slowly
Don't ever let a sentence go by without fully processing it. Too often we drift through paragraphs, sometimes focusing, sometimes not, but still letting our eyes run down the page. With books that merit the attention, slow-read every sentence, all the time. If you miss a line, turn around. Don't let anything escape.
Jack's got thirteen tips like this, featured at the back of Beowulf on the Beach. The first one ("Use a pen") took a little time for me to get used to... "Write in my book? No Way!" But now I'm noting great lines, things to look up, etc.
Jack was kind enough to record a bunch of videos for Books on the Nightstand. In each, he reads his choice for the best line from a classic. There will be at least fifteen videos in the series (though Jack may record more). We'll post one a week here on the blog, through Labor Day. Any extras will join the others on the BOTNS YouTube Channel.
p.s. To all of you who won a copy of Beowulf on the Beach, I finally put your copies in the mail today... sorry for the delay!
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