A little browsing on Netflix brought me to a series of DVDs called Rocketbooks. They seem to be some combination of onscreen text, audio text, and commentary of the form of Cliff’s Notes or Spark Notes. I’m not 100% sure on that; it could just be text on the screen and reading aloud, but one DVD doesn’t seem long enough for that. I am recording my pre-viewing commentary here for posterity. Tomorrow I’ll provide a follow-up post with more accurate descriptions as well as some commentary on the quality.
I received the first of the Rocketbooks in the mail today: The Great Gatsby. It’s a book I always heard great things about but never got around to reading. I intend to view it after my wife goes to bed (as she has no interest in reviewing literature or teaching English classes). I am eagerly curious about what mysteries this DVD will unlock. I hope it’s worth the effort.
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Cool, I will have to check that out. It’s too bad they didn’t have this while we were in high school…