I've been spending the last three weeks reading "Swann's Way" for my literature seminar, and, I have to admit, I didn't quite read the whole thing. Yes, it's incredibly well written. But it's also really, really tiring to read. I've taken more naps in the last three weeks than I have since nursery school. I'm happy to be putting it aside for something else.
It seems I have a poor track record with some of the long, great novels of history. I am currently half-way through both "Anna Karenina" and "Moby Dick." But, in my defense, I have also recently read "Crime and Punishment" and Beckett's incredibly dense (but brilliant) "Molloy." I suppose I could have lied and said I read "Swann's Way" cover to cover, but really, what would be the point of this book blog then? I'm not actually writing this for YOUR benefit, it's for my own personal use. In fact, why are you even reading this.
One other note: Recently I realized that I've been putting all my book titles in quotes, which is actually incorrect. Short stories, poems, essays, etc. are all things that go in quotes. Book titles should actually be underlined. But I don't like underlines. So you'll just have to adjust.
