Cheryl Drury

So the first one is Don Quixote, which was a total surprise to me.

I had never read it before.

And it's written in the 1600s.

My only knowledge of Don Quixote until I had read this book, there's a Picasso pen and ink drawing, and it's very scribbly.

And I know that everybody has seen it.

And it's Don Quixote on his donkey with Sancho Panza with him.

And it's just like a scribble, and it's black and white.

And I thought, ooh, it's going to be a yucky book.

And it's like, I'm not going to like it.

And I open it up, and it is delightful.

It's so funny.

And Cervantes is making fun of his main character, but he's doing it gently.

And there's these fun adventures.

And Cervantes has so much to say about reading in that book.

It's hilarious.

At one point, some of Don Quixote's neighbors get worried about him and they think he's having delusions.

And so they decide his problem is too many books.

So they go over and burn some of his books.

To help him out, you know, and so it's just like, it's just a charming, charming book.

And I didn't expect that.