Friday, May 25, 2007

----and so long as a man rides his HOBBY-HORSE peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him,----pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?

Wish me luck. I started Tristram Shandy this morning.

5 comments:

  1. Oh, yay!!!!!! Enjoy it. I look forward to your thoughts.

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  2. Love the quote. Best of luck to you.

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  3. Anonymous3:42 PM

    Good luck! I somewhat ashamed to say that this is one of those books I wrote a paper on in college without actually having read the book.

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  4. Anonymous7:42 PM

    Great wishes of good luck! I started this book years ago. I believe I made it go page 30 before I snuck it back onto the shelf with every intention of reading it later. I think that was about six years ago. Perhaps your comments will encourage me to pick it up again.

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  5. Sandra at Book World made it all the way through a couple years back. I'm hoping that if I don't try to read it all at once, I'll be able to stick with it. I'm glad its chapters are short!

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