Scarlet Letter

There is practically nothing better than curling up with a good book on a cold day (not that we’ve had any of those lately) and losing yourself in the escapades of a different time and a different place. Lately we’ve been reading some good classics together. We’ve read The Phantom of the Opera and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, both of which we greatly enjoyed. (Okay, Amy even cried at the end of The Phantom.) We are now plowing through The Scarlet Letter. We are about a third of the way through and are not liking it at all. It’s way too descriptive and the sentences drag on forever about seemingly irrelevant and boring subject matter. It’s like: get to the point! Tell the stupid story already! But, since we are not quitters, we will continue. And, maybe we’ll even like it in the end.