One of the drawbacks of reading on the Kindle is that it’s harder to get that at-a-glance feedback on your progress in a book. On the other hand, a tablet’s a lot easier to carry around while traveling than The Brick (especially now that they don’t make you turn it off for takeoff anymore).
=> reading on the Kindle | don’t make you turn it off for takeoff
It turns out that with all the traveling this week, I read 160 pages of Les Misérables, from the point where Marius walks into the area of Paris that’s in revolt, to the point where he’s carried out (pages 943-1103). I have fewer than 100 pages left, putting me on track to finish this month! It also puts me about 260 pages ahead of my commentary, though I managed to write another installment today:
=> walks into the area of Paris | carried out
This time through, I finally read the chapter on thieves’ argot, which the translator had pulled out of the main flow of the book into an appendix because it was a serious digression even by Victor Hugo’s standards.
=> the chapter on thieves’ argot
— Kelson Vibber, 2013-11-08T21:54:44-08:00
=> Process
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Thoughts and commentary on Victor Hugo’s masterpiece.
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