Update on outside reading

For my outside reading I am currently reading "For whom the bell tolls" by Ernest Hemingway. This reading is my first book out of three on my author study of Hemingway. I am currently around page 80 of the book, where things are starting to get interesting.
Aside from popular beliefs, the book is not that hard of a read than people think it is. Even though the book was written more than 70 years ago the language is mostly the same, and it is far better than reading Shakespeare where you can't understand half of what he is saying.
The book has a slow start, but apart from that I like everything else about it. The plot is interesting since it based on Hemingway's experience during the Spanish Civil War as a news reporter. The protagonist is a dynamiter named Robert Jordan who's mission is blow up bridges behind enemy lines.
Now to the caviar of the blog (As Mr.Mullins would say) on why this book is an AP-Caliber work. As I said previously I'm only 80 pages into the book so don't bash me if I leave out something later into the book. I believe the element that makes this book AP-Caliber is its unique language. It uses specific English words to make it sound like a Spanish word with the same meaning. For example instead of saying "you" Hemingway writes "thou" which is similar to tú, the Spanish word for you. This unique form of writing, called archaism is what makes this work AP-Caliber.
To summarize, I would recommend this book to anyone, especially to people who are interested by war theme. I will probably write a blog in the future to further talk about this amazing piece of literature by Hemingway.