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Absolutely bonkers so far. Hazy, fluid, meandering but interesting.

The ascent has started and already the path to Nuristan is full of adventures.
I liked Eric Newby's writing. His self-deprecation, wry humor, and descriptions of an Afghanistan--now largely lost and inaccessible to most of the world--spins a charming story.
I can see a lot of similarities with Bryson's a A Walk in the Woods, another excellent read.

So far I'm loving the setting. A group of 80-years old trying to solve crime.
Also, I love how confident almost all of them are.

The chapter on the wheelwright was beautiful. So much precision and such planning.

Imagine picking out a tree years in advance and the patience needed to see it grow to the right size before you used it.

The descriptions of the war were riveting.

The setting is grim. Evokes a picture of a dilapidated town barely holding on to its crumbling lifeline.
There is a sense of subtle or perhaps suppressed hostility against Mrs. Green.

This book is such a delight. I don't know why I waited for so many years before picking this up.

A lot has happened in the last 50 pages. Dorothy is beginning to see. She's beginning to, with difficulty, question the extent of Mr. Casoubon's knowledge and also beginning to doubt the need of his project.

On the other side, Will Ladislaw is, I think, in love with Dorothea. And as a result of it he has renounced Mr. C's assistance.

Learning about the Vincy's, Bulstrodes, and Featherstones.

Dr. Lydgate also appears to be an important character. I noticed again and again the modern and sharp quality in Eliot's humor.