Mark Reads ‘The Princess Bride’: Eight

In the eighth and final chapter of The Princess Bride, things go exactly as planned. By “exactly as planned,” I mean “horribly wrong and weird.” Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to finish The Princess Bride.

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Mark Reads ‘The Princess Bride’: Seven

In the seventh chapter of The Princess Bride, Inigo, Fezzik, and Westley scheme to end Buttercup’s wedding to the Prince. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Princess Bride.

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Mark Reads ‘The Princess Bride’: Six (Part II)

In the second half of the sixth chapter of The Princess Bride, yeah. Yeah okay, so I should have never said I was prepared for this book. I wasn’t. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Princess Bride.

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Mark Reads ‘The Princess Bride’: Six (Part I)

In the first half of the sixth chapter of The Princess Bride, everything is pretty damn chaotic, and I’m sure I’ve fallen in love with William Goldman. Help? If you’re intrigued, then it’s time for Mark to read The Princess Bride.

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Help choose Mark Reads Bad Fanfic / Bad Novels

Hello, everyone! As I’m sure you know by now if you follow my Twitter accounts, or my Facebook, or the newsletter, or you read the links at the bottom, I’m participating in my fifth consecutive AIDS/LifeCycle Ride. This is a charity bike ride where I spend seven days biking from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Along the way, I help spread awareness about HIV/AIDS in California, and in order to ride, I must raise $3,000 for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation!

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Mark Reads ‘The Princess Bride’: Five (Part IV)

In the fourth (and final) part of the fifth chapter of The Princess Bride, Westley and Buttercup must brave the Fire Swamp and Snow Sand and R.O.U.S. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Princess Bride.

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Mark Reads ‘The Princess Bride’: Five (Part III)

In the third part of the fifth chapter of The Princess Bride, we learn how heartbreaking Fezzik’s past has been, and Westley faces off against the remaining two foes. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Princess Bride.

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Mark Reads ‘The Princess Bride’: Five (Part II)

In the second part of the fifth chapter of The Princess Bride, INIGO BACKSTORY OH MY GOD. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Princess Bride.

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Mark Reads ‘The Princess Bride’: Four / Five (Part I)

In the fourth and (part of) the fifth chapter of The Princess Bride, Buttercup’s presentation to the kingdom of Florin goes awry when she is kidnapped, and my god, I already adore this book with all of my heart. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Princess Bride.

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Mark Reads ‘The Princess Bride’: Three

In the third chapter of The Princess Bride, Prince Humperdinck decides who to marry to give his father an heir to the throne after himself. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Princess Bride.

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