I chose to go with Oliver Twist next because I want to read A Christmas Carol in December to prepare for Christmas. However, I wanted to get into a Dickens mood first, so I picked a story with which I was familiar, mostly from the Broadway version "Oliver!" which is a little different so far but not much. So far we have seen Oliver born and growing up in a workhouse, asking the obvious "Please Sir, I want some more," and then getting shipped off to the funeral parlor. That's as far as I've gotten what with so many other things going on. I'm determined to get through this one and then A Christmas Carol, which I'm pretty sure I've read at least parts of before back in seventh grade...like I was able to figure out what it was saying then, HA! (Why is it English teachers always pick books that kids don't really care about and can hardly decipher anyway? says the future English teacher).
With all the homework and Thanksgiving preparations I have ahead of me in the next two weeks, I am not sure at what pace I'll be reading Oliver Twist, but I hope to make at least some progress on it. I'm currently on page 29 out of 419, so I have not even made a dent yet. I plan to get to at least 100 before I write again and make any judgments on the book. Still trying to keep an open mind...trying being the key word. Ah well. Maybe something a little more substantial and interesting next time.
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