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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Books
I finally finished reading The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin... overall, I didn't enjoy this book. Ben spent WAY too much time talking about printing, printing presses, pamphlets, and procedures. Zzzzzz
However, I did enjoy when he worked on his List of Virtues. He had a list of 13 virtues, and worked on one a week, adding a second, third, etc., to each subsequent week. I'm not sure how good he was at it since he said he went over these 3 times a year... obviously, none of them were easy for him, especially the whole chastity and temperance thing.
Now I'm onto The Adventures of Tom Sawyer... MUCH more readable. I feel like I've already read parts of it, since stories like white-washing the fence are famous. Tom's pretty much a brat so far, so I have trouble feeling any sympathy for him. Typical boy.
However, I did enjoy when he worked on his List of Virtues. He had a list of 13 virtues, and worked on one a week, adding a second, third, etc., to each subsequent week. I'm not sure how good he was at it since he said he went over these 3 times a year... obviously, none of them were easy for him, especially the whole chastity and temperance thing.
Now I'm onto The Adventures of Tom Sawyer... MUCH more readable. I feel like I've already read parts of it, since stories like white-washing the fence are famous. Tom's pretty much a brat so far, so I have trouble feeling any sympathy for him. Typical boy.
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