Books read since last post: 5 (G. Garcia Marquez, In evil hour, D. Lodge, The British Museum is falling down, J.Bauby, The diving bell and the butterfly, P.Auster, Travels in the Scriptorium, M.Mazower, Salonica [almost])
I am no longer sans Proust. My copy has this minute arrived on my desk. We can begin again. I propose that we defer the start until Saturday 27th October. I'm going to regret the following sentance in the context of the book we are reading, but time is here not relevant. We'll go by days in our own time zones.
I have not missed the Proustian action over the last week and have been luxuriating in short books, as is evident. As a perfect antidote to Proust I would recommend the David Lodge, which is short, funny and British. It was most welcome. The other novels could be skipped, especially the Auster, and Salonica, while interesting, is also a bit repetitive, overlong and has a tendency to double back on itself - Budding Grove here I come.
On an aside, I think the leaderboard notation ought to be as follows:
Murray: 16 days (16,0)
Haynes: +3 (19,0)
Garrood: +7 (23,0)
Forgive the noughts; they are the incomplete vol 2 tallies to be updated as we go. I propose we periodically update as people complete volumes. Let battle commence on Saturday.
Sometime, late of an evening in March 2007, a regrettable decision was taken. As a consequence of this decision three friends, Dr Andrew Murray, Mr William Garrood (Member of Surrey CCC) and Dr Alexis Haynes would competitively read Marcel Proust's masterpiece A La Recherche du Temps Perdu. The aforementioned Proustanauts were later joined in their endeavour by Mr Elliot Smith, who, aided in part by a bout of pneumonia, promptly overtook them all. The saga continues...
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Excellent entry, as always. Glad to hear you are no longer Without a Budding Grove.
Am very impressed with your nomenclature for scoring - borrowed elements from motor racing (scores relative to leader) and golf (round by round scores) I see. I might also add one further useful identifier, from the greatest of all sports no less - a useful *, if appropriate, to denote unfinished (not out) on the most recent volume would illustrate who, amongst us, has completed that particular innings.
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