Jacob Stokes’s Reviews > The Tartar Steppe > Status Update

Still far away? No, you need only cross that river down below and pass beyond those green hills. Or have you, by chance, arrived already? Weren’t you searching for these trees, these fields, this white house? For several moments you feel the answer is yes and you’d like to stop here then you hear the best is yet to come when you resume the journey, unfaltering.

pgs. 37-38 first time I’ve ever been moved by lit

Today I walked to the library to pick up my reservation of this book. Then I walked to my house to put it away. Then I walked to the gym to exercise. Then I walked back to my house to shower and eat. Then unfortunately I had to drive 10 minutes to the train station because I was running late. Then I got on the train and started reading. I am quite enchanted.

What a joy it is to walk and train and read