A Novel Idea: White Whale of a Book
CAUTION: SPOILER ALERTS Well, today I finished reading the novel Moby Dick . I believe I began the book back in July 2017. I know I was reading it up in Lake Placid in mid-August but I think I had started before then. The Kindle App says that it takes about 13 hours total to read. I can't imagine reading it in a weekend though (13 hours worth, straight, no chaser). Better to bite off small pieces and chew. Or sip, to continue the liquor allusion. I promised myself that I would read at least some of it every day and I think I did. Except a couple of days ago when the end of the book, like land, was in sight. The tide of the narrative would carry me to port at that point. Although I have read many books, it is pretty rare for me to read a novel. When I was a kid, I would read a novel that my parents would have on the bookshelf or maybe pick a book off another sibling. I recall reading the Stephen King novel The Dead Zone which I borrowed from my older brother. First and las...