>>6349354She's holding the book of the week, "Around the World in 80 Days" by the late author Jules Verne. It was published a few decades ago, before the frost. Evangeline eagerly ushers you over to sit in your own armchair, accompanied by a tiny end table for warm drinks. You take your seat and after exchanging pleasantries and a little gossip, start to discuss the book...
>I didn't read it. I just didn't have the time or interest in reading it, and had to attend to other things. I'll tell her this.>I didn't read it. I just didn't have the time or interest in reading it, and had to attend to other things. I'll try to bluff my way through, repeating her own points back to her to convince her I read it.>I read it, and really enjoyed it! The vivid description of Fogg's journey across this strange, no-longer world was fascinating, and it's intriguing to wonder how much of this is truth, and how much is a creation of the author.>I read it, but didn't think much of it. The characters were often larger-than-life and irritating, but the real difficulty was relating to any of them. The world they lived in just doesn't exist for us anymore, and it feels almost too-saccharine at points. 