To talk about your weekly readings, be it books, textbooks, papers, etc.
I’m still halfway through “Pale Fire” (been kind of busy this week), but I’ll probably finish it in the next few days. I have to say this is the strangest book I’ve read so far, though it’s fascinating me a lot. I restarted from the beginning and while on my first reading of the “Forward”, Kinbote seemed to be a creepy stalker, on my second reading he’s giving some sociopathic vibes. I’m reading the “Commentary” wondering how much of what Kinbote says is real and considering Shade’s death days after finishing the poem, 
is just writing it on a jail cell or psych ward. Plus, all of the “Zembla” bullshit country he talks about. Though Shade’s poem did mention Zembla, so maybe it’s real? Or maybe Kinbote took it from the poem? 
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I am reading Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness). It’s written ~700 years ago by some Japanese monks. Supposedly back then if you were an older man (40+) - no kids, no wife, etc., the only thing you could really do with your life is join a monastery. A lot of these monks weren’t like those you’d imagine sitting on a mountain all day…rather they still went out to do “normal” people things, so this book is a collection of shower thoughts from these men. Their thoughts really resonate with me, so it’s been a really enjoyable and comfy read.
What turned out to be not as enjoyable in the end was Anna Karenina. It started feeling like sitting on train tracks and waiting for something to run you over. Anyways, Kitty is definitely best girl (actually, her Russian-German friend is a sweetie too, but we didn’t get much of her).
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