I know we were reading this book on the way home from Cindy’s wedding, because that was when we decided to stop the “read one character at a time” method and switch to a regular read-through. That was August of 2013. We have been reading this book for a very long time.
(Note authentic Spartan Race scratches on Matt’s arm.)
Had you read it before? What did you think of it?
I read the first three books many years ago. When the show came on, I had a hard time getting into it because I was trying to remember who everyone was. So then I decided to read the books again. I gave up about a third of the way through the first one because they’re very long and I have so many other books on my reading list.
Then I gave up on the show. Problem solved. Haha.
I can think of a few times in my life I would have been more receptive to this kind of book. The summer of 1996, comes to mind. I had one class, and I wasn’t getting very many hours at my Blockbuster Video job. I had no friends in town. I read a lot. Maybe even 100 books that summer. I could have torn through the whole series, easy. Of course, the whole series didn’t exist yet. And also of course, it’s not a finished series, and probably never will be.