"Read 'Em Yet?" Wednesday: Sir Walter Scott

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"Read 'Em Yet?" Wednesday asks you to be honest: have you read this author yet, or just ignored 'em?

(Now, instead of having to participate only on Wednesdays, you can participate all week!)

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Your mission:

* Find a title by this week's author on your TBR list, OR put one on your TBR list.
* If you've read this author before, write a blog post about them and/or their book you've read in the past. (This can be as quick and painless or as sentimental as you want.) If you haven't read them yet, write a blog post about the book title you selected for your TBR, and why it intrigued you.
* BONUS: Set a challenge for yourself: Announce when you plan on reading this selection (no longer than a month), then rush to meet that self-proclaimed deadline. If you succeed, write a review and link back to the original post. Everyone who does this challenge option will be entered to win bookish prizes!


That's it!

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This week's author: Sir Walter Scott





Wrote: series novels, poetry, short stories & nonfiction

Famous for: Waverly; Ivanhoe; Rob Roy

Books Published: Over 30

"Chivalry! - why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection - the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant - Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword."

My answer: I first read Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe in high school, and still remmeber it as a passionate, enthralling story that I could hardly put down to answer the assignment questions for the day. It was one of the few books in which I actually read ahead of schedule!


Perhaps because of his beautiful grasp of words, Scott remains one of the masters of literature, in my mind. The beginning descriptions of the landscape in the opening paragraphs of Ivanhoe, though long-winded, are certainly stellar. The beauty of his language caught me from the very beginning. This book is still on my all-time-favorites list, and I hope one day to come back to it to be wrapped up in the romanticism and chivalric tale all over again.

How about you? Have you read Sir Walter Scott yet? If not, what's stopping you?