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Originally Posted by dreams
...I'm on Part Two of The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, this month's book club book. It was a bit slow in the beginning until I realized that it was written in the late 1800's (before TV) and the long, detailed descriptions were probably used to "paint" a picture for readers of the era. ...
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Originally Posted by dreams
...I'm still making it through this month's Book Club book, The Mysterious Island. So far, I've decided this would be a good book to have if stranded on a desert island.  ...
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Hand in there, Dreams! In Part III it gets cranking! It makes up in spades for the slow pace of Parts I and II!