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PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. I have never been able to get through that book, despite

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Jan 25, 2021, 12:40 AM

Jan 2021

trying it several times over the years.

It's just when they start marching all over the house, apparently re-enacting "Pilgrim's Progress", the point of which makes absolutely no sense, that I just lose all interest. It's stupid and boring and brings the book to a screeching halt.

I did like Little Men, so it's not as though I don't appreciate her altogether.

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I have never been able to get through that book, despite PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #6