In mid-February, I started 2666 with the idea that I’d attempt to finish it before London.  Then, on the advice of one Christina Lepri, I opted to instead use this one book as my travel novel – instead of lugging multiple books with me and thereby taking up more space than necessary.  It is now mid-March.  I’ve just finished.  As faithful readers (are there any faithful readers…?) might know, I’m not one to take a month to read a book.  […]

Categories: Cannonball Read II, Fiction, Horror, Literary Challenges, Literature, Short Stories • Tags: 2666, Book #29, Cannonball Read II, Fiction, Literature, Roberto Bolaño, The Tournament of Books 2009