The Far Side of the World

I'm reading "The Far Side of the World," by Patrick O'Brien. It's one of the series about Capt. Jack Aubrey, a Royal Navy officer of the early 1800's. Parts of the book were used in a recent movie, but the vast majority of it were not in the movie. It is quite interesting if you like historical fiction and especially, detailed historical fiction.

There's quite a bit of nautical jargon that's not essential to the plot for the most part. I find it interesting and so I got a companion reference called, "Sea of Words," so I can get definitions for the nautical terms and also the other words that had particular meaning for that period of history.

I'm a slow reader so I only read 5-10 pages a night and it can take weeks and even months to finish a book. Maybe that's why I don't finish a book unless I like it a lot. It doesn't bother me a bit to put a book down after ten pages or ten chapters, if I decide I'm not enjoying it. Another reason it can take a while is that I'm usually reading 2-3 books at a time- going from one to another every few days.