tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6800400176428363298..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Alexander Herzen's memoirs, some introductory fussAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-37618555973551803262013-11-07T09:46:12.487-06:002013-11-07T09:46:12.487-06:00Ha, good point about the Martin books. They are, h...Ha, good point about the Martin books. They are, however, brain candy and once the sugar rush sets in it is easy to keep going. I find, however, they taste better in small doses. It is easier to avoid the big sugar crash that way. :)Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-65544205631888508662013-11-06T12:45:00.643-06:002013-11-06T12:45:00.643-06:00Valentine's Day - possible, possible.
On the ...Valentine's Day - possible, possible.<br /><br />On the one hand, it sounds so long, but a 4 book series, 350 pages each, read one per month, sounds almost leisurely. <br /><br />How long does it take the typical new enthusiast for <i>Song of Fire and Ice</i> to blow through 5,200 pages of George R. R. Martin? A month or two? And they say people have short attention spans.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10943375645000915772013-11-06T11:59:12.059-06:002013-11-06T11:59:12.059-06:00"It is close to 1,500 pages, that is all"..."It is close to 1,500 pages, that is all" You make it sound like a walk in the park. No doubt you will be done with it all by Valentine's Day or sooner ;)Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-30582227735433597982013-11-02T22:46:49.285-05:002013-11-02T22:46:49.285-05:00My guess is that the chapter in Herzen in Russian ...My guess is that the chapter in Herzen in <i>Russian Thinkers</i> is this exact essay that leads this edition of the memoirs, but I do not know for sure. I should read <i>Russian Thinkers</i>!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53183380772393741452013-11-02T16:21:06.625-05:002013-11-02T16:21:06.625-05:00I'm not sure, but I think Herzen shows up in I...I'm not sure, but I think Herzen shows up in Isaiah Berlin's Russian Thinkers. I've been meaning to read it for a year now, but won't until I've read Tolstoy's Resurrection.LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.com