Read this on galpod.com. I'm reading Moby Dick this term. I'm lucky enough to be able to participate in a study run by the London Lit Salon, which is awesome, by the way. It's a part of my unofficial quest to read everything, or at least, to read the classics, "must-reads" of English literature. I read terribly slowly, mostly because English is not my first language but also probably because I can't skip words or sections. I know a lot of people who skip sections of the book

Read this on galpod.com. Another book from our reading group, this one I managed to finish on time for last week's meeting. It's a retelling of Homer's Iliad from the point of view of Briseis, a Trojan princess who is taken captive by the Greek and given to Achilles. The book is written in modern language, which I like. English is difficult enough as it is, and reading old language is fine, but I need to know what I'm getting into. So I was glad to see this book didn't requir