The Odyssey: Book 2

Well, yet again I had to read and comprehend the story paragraph by paragraph. Although, I did feel that I could understand the story better without having to do as much "active reading". The more I read it, the more I could feel myself getting hooked on it. Yes, it is a pretty heavy read but, I have decided that I have to stay open-minded and just read it. I have to admit when I saw what we had to read, I felt a bit disdraught. I really didn't want to read books II-IV. But the more I read, the more I felt that The Odyssey may make it in my "Top Ten Best Books of all Time" list. And it's pretty hard to make it on the list. I know that compared to the rest of the book, we haven't read very much yet and it should be hard to tell if I'll like this book or not but, the way the book has been going, it's hard not like it. Active reading has helped me a lot though. I decided that the first time I read it I would write side notes and highlight things instead of just reading it through. Let me just say, actively reading all of this is a lot of work! But if it helps me understand the book better, I feel like it is a necessity.