April 02, 2004

Try it, it's addictive

A very funny thread at the I Love Books message board about reading two books at once. Some good ones:

Heart of Darkness at Noon: English explorer misreads map, winds up in gulag.

The Remains of the Day of the Triffids: Ageing butler tours postwar England. Takes up gardening.

Gone with the Wind in the Willows: Thrills, romance, voles.

My contribution: Gulliver's Travels with my Aunt: Hapless fellow suffers the consequences when his Edwardian aunt insults the Brobdingnagians about their body odour.

Via Maud Newton.

Addendum (3/4/04): Ho ho, John Holbo at Crooked Timber has caught the bug. Be sure to read to the end for The Runaway Bunny Jury and Goodnight Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.

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