“This is a book about how we change slowly over days, months and year”: I can help thinking that this point applies to us on our slow-reading journey too!
Four months in, and my copy of War & Peace is starting to look very battered. Is anyone else’s? I might have to glue a few corners down. I love the worn look, but I’m worried at this rate it won’t last the year! 😁
My copy is from a used bookstore in California, the stamp on the inside identifying it as from “Students’ Store, UCLA, 1978”. I love used books, imagining their journey before they came to me. I bought it when I went to visit my family for new year, and had to get rid of some items so I could get it in my suitcase for its trip back to Austin. Let’s hope both our copies survive the slow read! I have faith that they will come through it battered but unbowed!😉
Sat down with my morning coffee to catch up with my listening and once again enjoyed the little nuggets of information that you share in these posts Simon. Tolstoy's outlook on the freeing of serfs, his attempt to disguise himself as a pilgrim, the insight into Andrei and Pierre's relationship, I love delving further into more than what is on the pages. Horse meat soup is not something I will dwell on though, particularly as I am off to now see to my two ponies, who are far from the emaciated poor horses we see on the battlefield thankfully.
“This is a book about how we change slowly over days, months and year”: I can help thinking that this point applies to us on our slow-reading journey too!
Indeed 😊
Thanks, Simon - I so enjoy reading these weekly summaries!
Thank you, Simon!
Four months in, and my copy of War & Peace is starting to look very battered. Is anyone else’s? I might have to glue a few corners down. I love the worn look, but I’m worried at this rate it won’t last the year! 😁
My copy is from a used bookstore in California, the stamp on the inside identifying it as from “Students’ Store, UCLA, 1978”. I love used books, imagining their journey before they came to me. I bought it when I went to visit my family for new year, and had to get rid of some items so I could get it in my suitcase for its trip back to Austin. Let’s hope both our copies survive the slow read! I have faith that they will come through it battered but unbowed!😉
I love that! I have a book that was an ex-library book from 38 years ago and I love thinking about its history!
I’ve had to tape some pages back into my penguin paper back already, but it looks like someone’s reading it and I like that
Summaries are so helpful. Thankyou. Plenty to ponder over here.
I loved the ‘piece’ you wrote Simon, I’ve enjoyed listening to you read it a couple of times now.
Thank you Caroline!
Sat down with my morning coffee to catch up with my listening and once again enjoyed the little nuggets of information that you share in these posts Simon. Tolstoy's outlook on the freeing of serfs, his attempt to disguise himself as a pilgrim, the insight into Andrei and Pierre's relationship, I love delving further into more than what is on the pages. Horse meat soup is not something I will dwell on though, particularly as I am off to now see to my two ponies, who are far from the emaciated poor horses we see on the battlefield thankfully.