Silent conversation*

"No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion" - Marian Wright Edelman

"…unless it’s Atlas Shrugged" – tbogg

In a quirk of good-timing my copy of Roberto Bolaño’s 2666: A Novel showed up today  so now I have something to wile away the hours while "me and my junk" convalesce.

I’m just finishing Hanna Rosin’s God’s Harvard (which is equal parts hilarious, frightening and sad) and I’ve been sporadically reading assorted essays of interest in  How Beautiful It Is And How Easily It Can Be Broken , so 2666 should be a nice meaty chuck of fiction to gnaw on for the next few days.

At 900+ pages I recommend the three-volume trade paperback version if you’re the type to doze off while reading. The well-read and freshly-tattooed (yes, another one) mrs tbogg has been reading    Sacred Games, also weighing in at 900-pages in hardbound, and she’s had a couple of late night near misses where book almost meets face.

That’s not the kind of impression you want a book to leave you with.

*What is reading, but silent conversation. ~ Walter Savage Landor