Slow reading so far
February 4, 2002 (2:59 AM) ( link )

Not much time to read much recently. I am progressing slowly through Glen Cook's The Black Company; the dark tone of the book is unremitting, but a random plot element introduced into it has somewhat jarred me. However, Cook is doing a good job explaining how this random piece of history fits in with everything else, so by now it has only served to deepen the sense of history that surrounds the world of the Black Company.

Literally no work on Borges's Ficciones or on Seth's A Suitable Boy. I will read more Seth tomorrow, though, even if it is only a few pages a night. Its lack of portability is really hurting it, unfortunately—when I also have to carry a stack of thesis books around, it becomes difficult to justify carrying the tome that is A Suitable Boy in my bag.

It's unlikely that reading will be much easier any time soon. Thesis calls, as does the rest of my work. And my tension over law schools continues unabated. Sigh.