Austerlitz, done with

I just now finished Volume 1 of War and Peace, which ends with the battle of Austerlitz. I feel rather exhausted by this whole reading process, almost as if I had witnessed and watched the battle itself. My attention is heightened, and my shoulders are all bunched up. I do not feel like going back, Continue reading Austerlitz, done with

Following up…

On my only known New Year’s resolution so far: I am at Chapter XIII of Part III of Volume 1 of War and Peace. I don’t think people even usually get that far in a whole summer’s worth of beach reading, or so I would like to believe. The Battle of Austerliz — one of Continue reading Following up…

Just in the book-reading queue

It’s an honest experiment! I, er, needed to see if Amazon could find my Boulder address, and send something there. Really. And the book that’s the subject of the experiment is… “How to Read and Why” (Harold Bloom)