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I finished reading The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster to our oldest daughter last night before bed. I never read it when I was a kid, and I never got around to it when I was older. We had gone through all of our bedtime reading books we had to get through, so I decided to start on that. What a wonderful book, as good as everyone says. I think I enjoyed it more than she did, I think some of the wordplay works better on the page than hearing it read aloud. I think I'll be reading it again at some point.
For my own reading, I just finished The Monuments by Peter Cossins, about the five "monument" one day cycling races (Milan-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders, the Tour of Lombardy, and Liege-Bastogne-Liege). Each race gets three chapters and goes into the formation of the race, the history of it, and some of the more notable performances. It's pretty straightforward, I started mostly speed reading some parts, and I could have done without some of the more detailed descriptions of route changes over the years. The human stories were more interesting. Worth reading if you're a cycling fan.
I finished reading The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster to our oldest daughter last night before bed. I never read it when I was a kid, and I never got around to it when I was older. We had gone through all of our bedtime reading books we had to get through, so I decided to start on that. What a wonderful book, as good as everyone says. I think I enjoyed it more than she did, I think some of the wordplay works better on the page than hearing it read aloud. I think I'll be reading it again at some point.
For my own reading, I just finished The Monuments by Peter Cossins, about the five "monument" one day cycling races (Milan-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders, the Tour of Lombardy, and Liege-Bastogne-Liege). Each race gets three chapters and goes into the formation of the race, the history of it, and some of the more notable performances. It's pretty straightforward, I started mostly speed reading some parts, and I could have done without some of the more detailed descriptions of route changes over the years. The human stories were more interesting. Worth reading if you're a cycling fan.
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