The Odyssey, Book 3

Book three is about Nestor. Telemachus meets with Nestor in Pylos to ask him about his father. The whole book is Nestor telling Telemachus about Ulysses and everything he knows. There are also tales of others who fought in the battle of Troy.
I thought it was a very boring book. It was also very long and wordy. There were not many things to catch your attention, or to interest you in the slightest. It seemed like one huge block of information after another, put in your way to reading the Odyssey. Not my favorite book, that I can say.
You did meet alot of people along the way, in many of Nestor's words he includes other warriors, and some of those who had fallen in battle. Some of it was very hard to focus on.
At the end of the book, Telemachus and Pisistratus set off to talk to another man recomended by Nestor. Here they seek more news of Telemachus's father. (Pisistratus is one of Nestor's sons)

The Odyssey, Book 2

At the begining of book two,  Telemachus was getting ready to face the suitors that have taken over his fine estate. With the courage given to him by Minerva, he was ready to take a stand against their awful behavior and habits. He talks of his father, Ulysses, and how, without a father, this has effected him. The suitors hold their own. Telemachus tells them theat he will find a way, even if it is by some "heaven-sent message" that may direct him.
Later, Minerva gets him a boat and a crew of twenty men. She tells him what to prepare for the journey, and says that she will go with him herself. Telemachus takes "twelve jars of their very best wine, - with lids - leathern bags with barley meal - about twenty measures in all."
With all ready to go, they set off. Minerva takes the voice and form of Mentor, and Telemachus orders the crew, and they did as they were told.
The boat sails away into the night.
I thought it was a fairly short chapter with not much to inquire about. You can obviously tell that in the next chapter they will stop at Pylos, to visit someone about Ulysses. I don't think they will have any trouble.

Frustration!

I am very depressed right now. After the weekend, I have just logged on to my blog to check and see if there was more to add, and there was. A lot.
My whole blog has been deleted except book one, which was up first. Now I will have to write reviews for all the books, again. Six more reviews, plus the new books from the upcoming week. They were even deleted from my drafts!
Great...  :(