What I'm Reading/In the Book Review
Okey-doke: time to put a lid on this pile. Really, the idea of reading more than five or six books at a time is absurd. NO NEW BOOKS!
Looking back over the snaps that I’ve been taking of this heap since November, however, I note more change than I expected. If you’d like to check for yourself, simply click on the “Book Review” category in the left-hand sidebar, and scroll away.
The thing is, these aren’t the books that I’m reading every day. The books that I’m reading every day — every morning, after the Times — are in another pile, stacked alongside my favorite chair. I read so much of each one every weekday, and have been doing so for months now. As a result, I may get through the entirety of Aeneid and Decameron, in both cases, perhaps, before the summer! I’m still shy about this project, and have decided not to discuss it at any length until I’ve finished at least one of the six original titles. I can think of one at least that I’ll have done with by the middle of February, and possibly much sooner. But — not another word!
As for this week’s Book Review,