panI did not choose this book and if I had, I would have bailed fairly early. My book club chose it for our January book and that‘s the only reason I pushed, no, slogged through. It starts out well enough but then just seems to do a lot of meandering and didn‘t hold my attention. I would never made it through in print.
Proust on why we read fiction. #proust2026 @TheBookHippie
I haven‘t picked up this book in months and am so behind, but I‘m determined to finish this chunkster by the end of January. Wish me luck! 😬
#readlesmis ♥️💙🤍
#Read2026 #bookish #classics #DonQuixote #Cats
im in ur bookz, stealing ur pagez....
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far
pickWe meet Mimo in the monastery where he has lived for decades as he is dying and reliving his life while the other monks stand by.
We learn of a secret statue in the monastery and of the love between Mimo and Viola that never could be because he was poor and she was an aristocrat.
Beautiful writing that flows and wonderful characters detailed to perfection. 4/5
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@simonandschuster
I'm making some headway with #Proust2026 and this passage knocked me absolutely flat today. It's tough reading, no doubt, but I'm approaching it like written Pointillism: I'm often in the middle of a bunch of dots, but at certain moments, the whole picture washes over me. I'm doing 10 pages at a time, and some days I sigh in frustration and have to remind myself of the rewards of slow diligence. But today? Today I was moved to tears.
