Pregnancy Update + Classic Novels
For My friend, I'll give a brief update. Unfortunatly there's not much to update. She's now wrapping up week 14, 2 weeks now into the 2nd Trimester. She's still tired and still nauseous, we haven't hit that Mystical day where suddenly you feel terrific.
However, she is more up and around than before, at least by my countenence.
She's not showing, or at least very very slightly. She's gained one pound since the pregnancy, so the kid's still a lightweight.
Now onto something that disturbed and upset me. I tend to listen to Audio CD's to and fro work, because i got bored with NPR and music radio. Well, I went to the library and saw Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. SCORE! I thought. A classic horror novel. And it's unabridged. JOY!
Well, I hate to say I was dissapointed, but dear Lord, it's so wordy and slow.... Pages and pages of descriptions that moves the plot NOWHERE! Then BOOM we have the monster.. great... then pages about his depression on what he did... then we get to the point where the creature finds Frankenstein to talk about his life thus far.... He got much pleasure and countenence... and he was BORING! I'm sorry, i really am... but classic novels have way to much exposition. Some of it is necessary, but I felt it was way to much. I stopped at Disc 5, I just couldn't do it. I feel like I failed or something, as I should appreciate these novels. Now I'm afraid to try Dracula, the Invisible Man, etc.
It should have a warning label on it: "Warning: if you cannot stand the Scarlet Letter or the Great Gatsby, then this novel may not be for you."