My TBR mountain remains out of control, thanks in part to m trip to ALA in Chicago, and to my inability to control my requests for advance reading copies of books from either Amazon Vine or NetGalley. I will eventually get around to commenting on everything here, I promise. There you can see what I have been reading most recently and how I've rated it, broadly, in star ratings, at least. You'll be able to see it by either searching under that tag, or clicking on. As I complete a book, I'll rate it and add it to the list. If you want to see what I have been reading in real time, your best bet is to go to my library on LT, and look at the dedicated collection I've established there, under the label "Books Read in 2017. This is an interesting poem, because Seth has been liberal in his translation/adaptation of the original Chinese, not just literally translating it, but elaborating on it.Īs always, I'll try to set the tone with a poem - I seem to be in the mood for elegies this year! The previous thread has my short reviews for books that I read from April 1 until June 30 I'll soon begin posting comments on books that I read from July 1 onward (yes, I'm behind - again.) I'm still on track to meet my reading goal for the year of 401 books, amazingly, and should do far better than my personal worst last year, of only 347 books. Vikram Seth (translated from the Chinese of Du Fu)
Ten cups of wine straight off, you think. Till they're chased out to fetch wine in.Īnd steamed rice mixed with yellow grain. Like stars that rise when the other has set, To Wei Ba, Who Has Lived Away from the Court
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