So if yesterday was somewhat boring, today was even more so. The best part was when we got to see a bit of the movie version with Tim Curry; the book discussion left something to be desired. At this point I’m more enamored with the books we’re reading than the professor, so instead of doing a review of what we did in class I’m going to do a review of the first book we read, Three Men in a Boat.
Tomorrow: Some P.G. Wodehouse short stories, which I haven’t read yet. Don’t tell my prof!
143. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Publication: Penguin Book (1978) originally published 1889, Paperback, 185pp / ISBN 0140012133
Genre: Fiction, Travel, Humor
Rating: 
Read: July 5-6, 2010
Source: Bought
Summary from Amazon:
Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a ‘T’. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks – not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.’s small fox-terrier Montmorency.
Review
I had tried reading Three Men in a Boat before this class, a few months ago when I was looking for something short and amusing. I suppose I wasn’t in the right mode of thought or something, because three pages in I flung it away from me and pretended it didn’t exist. And then it was assigned as reading for my class. Oh, the horror.
Well obviously I made it past the first three pages and must have been in a much better frame of mind because I absolutely ADORE this book! It has its rough points, some places where the translation doesn’t go well from Yesterday to Today, but I honestly can’t remember laughing this much because of a book since the last time I read a David Sedaris memoir. Even just remembering some funny scene in Three Men in a Boat will make me laugh– my most favorite being the scene where the three men are trying to open a can of pineapple without aid of a can opener, knife, or any other sort of useful instrument. I’ll reproduce it here: Continue reading »
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