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I never get far in big old books even though I wish I did. And thus I just start them over every so many years.

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@kensanata I've had that one on the go for over a year too. I usually have several books on the go, with some going very slowly.
But the Tale of Genji is quite hard to read, with all the footnotes.

@kensanata
don't worry, genji just goes around and has a lot of sex and that's the story

@shmibs No spoilers!! Well, I guess after a thousand years, some spoilers are OK.

@kensanata
hehe, ok

if you're into big-ole asiabooks about rich and rich-adjacent people having a lot of sex, though, check out this one next: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Ping_Mei

@shmibs Thanks for the link. I think Romance of the Three Kingdoms would be next. Then, perhaps Journey to the West.

The problem with reading Genji is that I need an extra backpack to take it along. 1000+ pages.