June 17, 2012.
Sometimes a book, interesting though it may be, is written in such deadly dull prose that it can’t help but induce sleep on the unwary reader. This is a book about documents in Canadian art that I’d like to finish reading someday. Do you have a book that you want to get through but can’t?
Painter's Progress 
hehe.. great pic. I have tried “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”. And tried. And tried.
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oh I loved this! One of my favourite books ever!
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I’ve tried reading that book too and couldn’t get into it. The movie was long.
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I don’t suppose books like Ulysses and Moby Dick count.
Mike
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Even an expat Canuck knows what that book is….the definitive rules to curling.
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ha ha! Yes, lots! I am trying to get through “The ongoing moment” By Geoff Dyer, and, well, it’s just going on, and on….
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Phew…yep…hundreds I’d say! though if they really were important then maybe I would have found the time?
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Good point, but sometimes you just have to be ready or in the right frame of mind to read a certain type of book. Today I felt like reading something by Robert Hughes but I have nothing at hand.
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The ONE book I really wanted to finish but never did was Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. I’ve ready books just as long before but this one was just hard for me to get through. Finally gave up after 15 years.
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I’ve always really enjoyed long books. When I really love a book I’m always sad when I finish. I’ve always had a big problem with Canadian literature which I find very boring.
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