Book of the Week: Moby Dick

18 May 2014

I decided to read Moby Dick months ago, but it has been a long and arduous journey. One that I do not wish to continue for the time being. The quest for Moby Dick has caused me to suffer and slip in other subject areas. When I started reading the book, I didn’t know it was ridiculously long. I kept flipping through pages on my Kindle, but the progress bar barely moved after a few days. Moby Dick written in a time when books were a primary form of entertainment. It amazes me that a person can just make up enough stuff to fill all those pages. Moby Dick seems to be one of those books that everyone knows is about crazy Captain Ahab going after a white whale, but few people have actually read. When I started reading the book, the white whale and captain were no where to be found. So far, the book is definitely interesting. The Kindle is useful to look up Hebrew and seafaring words. This is one of those books that you need to read on a week long vacation to read. I’m putting it off till I get one of those. The white whale still eludes me.