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Don Quixote
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Greg
UPDATE: The ex-President of the USA still thinks he is President and says he will be reinstalled shortly. Which means he isn't President right now...talk about quixotic! Our titular Don has nothing on...well, you know.

UPDATE: The President of the United States of America has announced that windmills cause cancer and 40% of Americans, therefore, agree. I'm canceling my trip to Holland and hunting for a job in a coal mine to improve the health of my lungs. Whew, that was a close call!
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Jess Penhallow
One of the funniest books I have ever read. I love it.
Kaycie
Feb 25, 2015 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1001_read
Unfortuantely, I was way too familiar with the story of Don Quioxte before reading this book to get much out of it. Its still a 3 star book as I realize I wouldn't have received so much pleasure from the Don Quioxte story without the book, but the read was a slog to get through and became very repetitive and dull by even 25% of the way through. ...more
India Lavoyce
Jul 15, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: owned, audiobook
I read from the Penguin Classic Book, but mostly listened to the Edith Grossman translation audiobook. This was hilarious and well written. I see why this book has stood the test of time.
John
May 05, 2014 marked it as on-hold  ·  review of another edition
Ryan
Sep 24, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Biblio Curious
Dec 04, 2014 marked it as skim-abandon-revisit
Shelves: classics-western
Ying Ying
Dec 26, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Ashley Jacobson
Jan 07, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-fiction
Taz
Jan 27, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Borum
Jul 24, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Jeannie
Feb 23, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Harry Collier IV
Oct 20, 2017 marked it as to-read
Jayda M
Nov 30, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
RobPalindrome
Mar 27, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Kim
Mar 15, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Christopher (Donut)
Jul 02, 2019 marked it as books-that-are-whales  ·  review of another edition
Borum
Oct 07, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Jana
Jan 24, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: next-read