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Fantastic digression on the malleable experience of time. Mann suddenly shifting into Great Writer mode for seemingly no other reason than to show us that he can do it whenever he feels like it. Hope there's more of that, tbh.

Things are getting woozy. End of Part II. Great dream sequence.

Started. Unsure if the events at Totleigh Towers that Bertie alludes to are from The Code of the Woosters or Jeeves in the Offing.

43–abriamos venido a comer! Deber — deberia = should
44–el problema, sistema, tema, escema. Este(s) o Esta(s)= THIS, Ese(s) o Esa(s) = THAT. Estoy tomando una photo, un momento
45–me gusta, me interesa, me parece. Poner. Me gustaria poner le sal un poco mas

Ir à por la futura. Vamos a bailar
Bailare, bailaramos etc
WOULD = infinitiva + ia; bailaria, bailariamos etc
Se transformar, se contaminar
(Ello) Me gusta, ello nos gusta, me gustaria
COULD = podria(s, mos, n). Podrias decir lo que yo quiero venir a la casa?

Depender de, pensar con, soñar con, enamorar se de

Hans Castorp has a touch of consumption! So this is how Mann keeps him here.

Finished! All nicely tied up, goodbye to Milady's Boudoir :(

se dar cuenta (me doy cuenta, te das cuentas) = realize
Le y Les = por lo, por la, por los o las
Se quedar, te quedas, me quedo = stay
Con, para, de—estar, no ser. Para mi, para ti

Futura = infinitivo + haber conjugacion. Que interestante!

Beautiful lounge chair, discourse on Time’s elasticity, second breakfast

Introduction of the slimy and elaborate Settembrini.

Estoy escuchando jajaja

Onto chapter 3. The whole thing has the air of a dream tbh

Done

Finally done. What an ugly story

Started last week smh

Slow going. But at least now Aschenbach is in Venice and laid eyes on the beautiful youth.

First chapter. Not fully connected to it but Mann certainly writes with intensity and flair.

“On the inconstancy of our actions”, a highlight so far.

Finished! The end feels rushed to me but Ishiguro’s books grow on you

Just got to the point in every Ishiguro novel where the larger horrifying implications fall into focus. The scene at Mr Capaldi’s. A continuation!

Just started. Already checks many of the standard Ishiguro boxes. But Klara, at least, seems a little more ruthless than other Ishiguro narrators.

Post-show. Gotta say not one of Wodehouse’s better setpieces

Done!

Epidemics and cancer

Bertie behind the couch. A Rosie M Banks novel.

The nether regions. Semmelweiss. Childbirth mortality. The placenta proto-parent. The first thousand days.

Things are escalating out of control. Aunt Agatha AND Madeline Bassett are on their way to Deverill Hall. I do feel like the aunts are underused here.