Have you worked through TWEM as self-education?

[Anna]

If you've gone through the entire book, how many listed works did you read from each chapter before moving on to the next chapter?

Chapter 5- history with the novel
Chap 6- autobiography and memoir
Chap 7- tales of historians and politicians
Chap 8- history with drama
Chap 9- poets and their poems

[TeacherZee]

I am doing it right now. I started with Don Quixote but had to give up as it just wasn't my type of book. I am taking a break from the list right now because I had some other books I needed to finish but I plan on getting back to the chapter 5 books soon. I plan on at least trying all of them. I have done some substitutions and I have read (or will be reading) some out of synch because I am doing a survey course in British and American lit at uni right now an some of the books from the chapter are in the course. But other than that...

[MamaT]

I just finished reading through the book in preparation for my son to use it next year. I started Don Quixote but think I'm going to move along, as it's not my type of book either.

I don't feel too bad. In one of C. S. Lewis' books, he says he wrote "Never Again" on the back page after he finished reading Don Quixote!

[Alice]

I'm reading through the novels now. I actually really liked Don Quixote. I've been humming along until now...I'm reading Moby Dick and can't say I'm enjoying it.