Continuing with the classic books series is Don Quixote of La Mancha! Written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote is another book I’ve always wanted to read, one suggested to me by a good friend for many years! He was happy to hear that I finally read it.

Don Quixote is a fantastical story written early in the 17th century. As noted in the picture to the left, Don Quixote is a man obsessed with knights and chivalry. He pours through book after book on the subject to the point where he’s gone completely mad for it. He dusts off some old armor and sets about to have adventures and become a knight.

Of course, things don’t go all that well for him as the time of knights is quite over. Everywhere he travels people are confused and put off by his bold insanity. No matter what happens to him though, he always can justify the reasons in his own mind. When he is defeated it is because he failed in his faith, and if he wins he knows he has done right in the world. It’s a very amusing adventure in either case.

This one is not as easy to read as many modern books, but I didn’t have any problems with it. It just goes a bit slower due to the old fashioned writing style. It’s definitely worth that time though, some parts of this book had me laughing pretty hard. I just found out there is a sequel that came out 10 years later, I’ll have to check that one out too.

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