Oh bother it! I'm having quite simply the most frustrating reading month in a long time. I actually haven't finished a single book since returning from the Windies in the middle of September! This is partly because I have 3 on the go, partly because I pounded out a book per day on that trip and partly because I just can't be bothered. That said, I've been caned by the start of the new term and the realisation that I am now fully integrated into the Cambridge system, so no-one's cutting me any slack (least of all the 5 students in my lab, but a few grant deadlines rathered killed the passion for reading, so to speak). I didn't get a chance to read in Korea - I was too busy being wined, dined, shown around and offered prostitutes by my hosts.
The good news is that things are now back on track with A Buyer's Market. I've finished the first, killer chapter - never was a fan of those salon scenes in Proust, and it's finally getting going now. Plus, the re-introduction of Stringham (hurrah!) has lifted the mood. Quite why Jenkins is currently wandering around a rather salacious party pontificating on whether Uncle Giles would approve of it is beyond me though.
Although I'm out every night, I'm going to have a push this week to try to finish it and segue straight into The Acceptance World. I had the same problem with Budding Grove last time out - perhaps I suffer from difficult second volume syndrome.
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Good man. Do not lose heart in the party, though it does get a little bit odd. Am up in Cantab on the 29the Nov and suspect El will be also. Suggest a drink to the music of time in order so long as we finish Vol 3 by then.
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