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Reading Schedule: This book is divided up into days so I went with sectioning off the days and giving a bit more reading days to accommodate the number of pages. Again, please read at your own pace. This sounds like a really good book and I am excited to get started when finished with The Iliad. May 1 - May 11: Naturally, A Manuscript/First Day
Pages 1 through 105 (105 pages)
May 12 - 22: Second Day
Pages 109 - 191 (82 pages)
May 23 - 30: Third Day
Pages 196 - 274 (78 pages)
May 31 - June 9: Fourth Day
Pages 277 - 354 (77 pages)
June 10 - June 18: Fifth Day
Pages 357 - 435 (78 pages)
June 19 - June 30: Sixth Day/Seventh Day/Last Page
Pages 439 - 579 (132 pages)
Oo, I can't wait to see what everyone thinks of this one! I really liked it, but it has some difficult and sometimes tedious sections, but the overall plot is very interesting!
A very helpful companion book is The Key to The Name of the Rose: Including Translations of All Non-English Passages, which I was able to download from my e-library. It translates all those Latin phrases and annotates sections with supplemental info in chronological order with the page numbers, plus it has little bios on all the real-life historical characters mentioned.
I've actually just read this but it could do with a reread so I'll be joining in. I've worked out that I'm not very good at reading books to a set schedule as I find it too slow and I get caught up in other books and often lose interest in a book I can only read a few pages at a time but seeing as I've already finished it, it might be a better reading fit. I'll just keep quiet about any spoilers and my 'predictions' will be based on my thoughts when I first read it. I've really just finished it so they are very fresh in my mind.
I so want to start this book. It sounds really good.
It's quite good. I read it back in the 80s, which means I've forgotten so much that it's like a new book. Also, it's rich with historical details and philosophy so there's a lot for your brain to play with.
I hope to get started this weekend.
I enjoyed it when I read it last year, lots of good intrigue :)
I started it. Made it to page 13. LoL sleep overtook me last night.
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The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon - all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where "the most interesting things happen at night."