Timothy Patrick Boyer > Recent Status Updates

Maybe I’ve just hit a wall in terms of my reading habits in general, but WOW this is tedious as f*ck. Easily three times as many pages are dedicated to each leg of this “adventure” as there should be. I really hope things get better in this second half.

Still slow going, but I’m liking the characters and sense of adventure and peril so far. Probably won’t update my progress often for this one, as I’m only chipping away bits and I have four concerts in a row this weekend, so the bits will be even smaller.

Off to a slow start, mainly because it already feels incredibly repetitive, but I don’t hate being inside King’s mind again. I haven’t read nearly enough of him these past couple years.

Ugh… the slump is slumping. Slow going, but I’m having a lot of fun with both the concept and execution here.

Started this one and got a number of pages in and I might DNF it because it’s too much Greenlandic names and world-building and that’s not summer (i.e. concert season) reading type shit. The ship stuff is very weird though, and I DO like that.

Fuck, she’s good.

Ah, finally… I’ve reached The Odyssey itself. I MIGHT start a bit tonight, but not planning on really getting into it until Monday.

I admittedly scanned a fair chunk of the introduction. But not enough to miss Wilson’s intentions and immense knowledge about the history of The Odyssey and its style thematic heft, reputation and language. There’s A LOT in here that’ll deepen your understanding and respect for this poem and its history.

Oh, shit… an 81 page introduction?!? Yikes… fingers crossed I’ll be able to get through this before Nolan’s movie comes out. (Joking. Maybe.)