Re: "a language of failed dreams"

alex goldman wrote:

> Hrvoje Blazevic wrote:
>
>> I've taken a more thorough look at Wes Boudville and his reviews. He is
>> clocking 1489 reviews (which might change in the time it takes me to
>> write this :-). His first was written 25th April 2002, 3 years ago,
>> which would give him an incredible capacity of almost two books a day.
>
> I didn't go that far. But since April 16, 2004, he reviewed about 120
> books, i.e. a book every three days. That's doable, although I've never
> met anyone so devoted to reading. And if you are not a speed-reader,
> reading so much should take you about 8 hours a day.

Sorry, made a mistake. I was looking at PAGES, not number of reviews. This
guy truly is surreal. Unless he reads very fast, he does so 80 hours a day.
.

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