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I’m loving it so far. Conversational, gossipy with just enough erudition to make it feel like you’re there.

I tried, but will need to save it for another day.

I tried, but I’ll have to save it for another day, just couldn’t get into it.?

I’ve tried, but can’t seem to work up any interest in this book. Will set aside for another try at some point in the future.

A slog, sadly. However, I am determined to finish it.

It’s wonderful. Franzen owns the Midwest.

on translations: i'm reading renaildo arenas' memoir/autobiography of his life in castro's cuba, "before night falls." it is captivating, infuriating, stunning, sad. what amazes me is his almost mythic happiness--which is not to say that he is a happy fool, but that he survives a harrowing coming-of-age to be thrust into a life of desperation; jailed, banned, watched, and abused by the state. through it all, though,