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Books and Mischief

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Two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two pages. Three short stories, a collection of three short stories, seven novels, and a graphic novel I say that February was a great reading month for me. Despite being a classic and its enormous size, once I began reading Don Quixote, I realized that the intimidation I initially felt was silly. As I embarked on this adventure with Alonso Quijano, a simple man nearing his 50s, who decided to become a knight due to his obsession with chivalric romances, was that I was in for a hilarious treat. Alonso becomes Don Quixote. He then dedicates his new career change to Dulcinea del Toboso, a local peasant woman whom he has deemed to be a mythical woman of great beauty. He acquires a trusty but greedy sidekick Sancho Panza and along with his horse Rocinante and Panza's donkey, they embark on wacky adventures throughout the Spanish countryside. Yesterday, while in Asheville, North Carolina, I visited Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar with a friend. The ambiance of this unique destination was out of this world, or at least not what I had anticipated. It almost felt like we had stepped right into an Agatha Christie novel. Well, without the murder and mayhem. “It's designed to addict you, to prey on your insecurities and use them to make you stay.” “When you read, you see all kinds of characters, basically every kind of person who exists in the world, and so I feel like it's prepared me for what to expect from most people" “According to you the only way to love someone is to let them treat you like shit.” ‘With or without soap, her handwriting was always almost indecipherably minute, and she had easily managed to post the following message up on the mirror: ‘Raise high the roof beam, carpenters.’ “Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive–it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we know all about everything would it?” “The law was all set up to keep people convinced their fears were well-guided. They came up with ways to prove themselves right about people who seemed a little different.”

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