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They are. And vastly different kinds of slow books. I can't read Michael Crichton, or Robin Cook or Ken Follet or even Fredrick Forsyth (without meaning to generalize). I especially can't read spy fiction or terrorist fiction. Paradoxically enough, they're slow too. Thankfully, I plodded my way...

really? i didn't like hemingway in 'midnight' at all. seemed arrogant and misguided, in a silly, peevish way rather than some hot-blooded genius way, which is what i think they were trying to get at.

perhaps my mistake was trying to begin with ulysses. it put me off james joyce quite altogether. strangely enough, i had precisely the same trouble with as byatt's possession. didn't get very far with either. or perhaps i'm just impatient and shallow.

been a while since the last post. haven't been able to find anything for a while now. not that there isn't, just that the ones i pick up, lack the right mix. came across a soft copy of some early works of salinger. lacks the intensity of his later work, but isn't too bad.

bought room, couldn't get through more than a few chapters. slightly irritating style. not sure why that is. wasn't too enthused by the plot either.