Challenge #01951-E127: Posthumous Communication

Sandwiched between cardboard, or up-market leather they colour our lives, change the way we see the world, and of course they never age. Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, James Bond, Mr Darcy, Alice, Tom Sawyer. -- Anon Guest

"And then there's the curious incident of the dog in the night-time," Alpex read out loud. Like all new readers, the reading was painful and slow and almost monotonous. Ze stopped. "You do know this method of information sharing is the one least likely to convey a love of reading, yes?"

"This is a communal sharing of skill for assessment. It is not meant for loving reading. That's why we select older texts with interesting words in the text."

"This is testing my patience for reading at all," sighed Vix. "Why do we have to read these things that are centuries old?"

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