Daniel Chaikin > Recent Status Updates

In the midst of Helen

Where the scientist must choose the most economical interpretation, Graves chooses the interpretation richest in meaning

Introduction, page XIV

where clueless reader, me, learns the Indus River hasn't been India since 1947.

hanging in there. A combination of very careful clever writing, with some droning way too long on the same thing. So, I waver a lot on my response through time.

ok. GR mangles attempts to update two different editions of the same general work. But along with this Pelican edition, I also finished All the Sonnets of Shakespeare, edited by Paul Edmondson & Stanley Wells. These two works are in the GR mangle, but are two very distinct separate works. Anyway, for me this means finally done with the Sonnets for now.

struggling. FIrst 2 hours were good, but now it's gotten boring and noisy (on audio)

finished the depression book iv

Booth was 13 hourson audio - I really liked the last two, the first 11 not as much.

finished: I picked this up when I couldn‘t concentrate…and found it too slow. But then I kept coming back to it whenever everything else seemed too difficult. And it provided an enjoyable escape every time. So success. It‘s also thoughtful in its sort of simple life wisdom. I‘m not sure I‘ll pursue more books from the series, but I‘m glad I met Mma Ramotswe and read this one.

Starte book 3.

I have read all the 154 sonnets and finished this Pelican edition, but I'm working through some more stuff, rereading some, in a second edition.

i'm a bit stalled

Last hour has been best part so far (for a 13 hour book, that's hour 12).