I am reading Les Miserabls, and I have to admit, most of this book is more boring than any other book I have ever read. But I am only 150 pages in, so I have my fingers crossed.
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Well, I hope you can get into it eventually; if not, my apologies for talking it up so much. I've been away from it for a week or so and I'm a little lost again.
I hope so too Ann, I hate to let you down on this one. Are you finding that I'm not a very timely reader in comparison to you?
No, I do not think you are an untimely reader. I re-read the part for which I have only been reading snipits and I have found the section much more enjoyable, and am enjoying it much more.
Which I think just confirms that Les Mis. is a book that must be read in deliberate chunks, and if not, it is less enjoyable.
Well that would indeed explain a lot. I am almost finish with The Library by Battles and then hope to give Les Mis my udivided attention.
Is no one else reading?
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I read Moby Dick two weeks ago and had planned to read it again last week but only got about a third through despite thinking it the most freshly tongued and semantically salinized fiction book I've ever read (which I figure a pretty worn response to Moby Dick but now I know why the commendation comes so easy for people who read it). This week I hope to read some Henri Bergson in preparation for Proust, who I know very little about beyond 'Bergson influenced him'. I notice your and Chris' library keeps jockeying for second place so LT must not have lost its charm for you yet.
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