It's a new year.

So, a brief summation of the last: Cities i spent a night in, in 2008, in my case in alphabetical order by State and City:

Rehoboth Beach, DE
Washington, DC
Baltimore, MD
Gaithersburg, MD
Hunt Valley, MD
Timonium, MD
Metuchen, NJ
New Lebanon, NY
Olivebridge, NY
Solon, OH
Portland, OR
Reston, VA
Woodbridge, VA

On Dune*

The first time i tried to read Dune, i made it most of the way through Chapter 1.
The second time i tried to read Dune, i made it about halfway through Chapter 2.
The third time i tried to read Dune, i made it just into Chapter 3.
The fourth time i tried to read Dune, i made it some decent distance, maybe two-thirdsish of the way through Chapter 4.
I have yet to have the wherewithal to try it again. Someyear.

The first time i read tried to read Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom, i read Chapters 1-4, then Chapters 1-4, then Chapters 1-4, and at that point felt i understood the first four chapters enough to continue to chapter 5. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

Based on the Experience with Absalom, Absalom, i have some vague hope that getting through Chapter 4 of Dune, which i anticipate happening if ever i try a fifth time to read it, will inspire me to continue. Thus far, i have found the writing style in Dune so trying as to fear that that may be false hope, but i cling to that bit of hope yet. Time will tell. I doubt that i will try again this year. It's been 3 years, and the memories of the tedium are far too fresh yet - the thought of reading it doesn't fill me with dread, nor determination, just with lack of will. Five years passed between try 1 and try 2.

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