Re: "a language of failed dreams"

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.
.

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