Odyssey Books 1-3 (trans. Wilson)

I have not read the Odyssey since I was in middle school, and (as will rapidly become clear) I remember basically nothing about the poem itself, although I'm familiar with all the elements of the story. Thanks to selenak, I'm reading the Emily Wilson translation, which I'm enjoying! I had a lot of fun with my Aeneid read a while back, and in the interest of spurring Classics salon discussion I am gonna semi-liveblog my Odyssey read too.

I have not yet read any of the copious intro notes (which I always enjoy) as I didn't want to be spoiled for this, uh, thousands-of-years-old epic. I'll read them at the end, remind me if I don't!

( Books 1-3: Don't tell me about a complicated man, tell me about his son. )