Bookshot #140: The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear

Normally, I don't include the bedtime books I read to the Eldest Spawn on the blog. But after several Redwall books and some 'mice/badger/small furry animal' fatigue set in, we decided after The Bellmaker to switch it up a bit and find something else to read to him that he would hopefully enjoy. The Missus and I did some googling, looked around and the Missus found The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear on Amazon and we both thought it looked interesting enough that we decided to give it ago. Turns out, 13 1/2 lives fills a lot of book, because this bad boy was 704 pages long. 704 pages. So, I figured, I was going to read (along with the Missus) a 704 page book out loud, it was a feat worthy of a book review. When the title says 13 1/2 lives, it more or less means it. Each 'life' constitutes a part of the book and they range in length from the eminently reasonable (Life #8, the 1/2 Life at Peace) to the insanely long and interminable (Life #6, parts of Life #13). B