I hope to come back to this later, but for now I’m taking entirely too long to read this book. I’ve read much much longer books in shorter time. I’m still interested, but it feels like I will never get to the end. I think a lot of it is the history and the latin – it’s not an easy read by any means… it is doable, but I’m going to have to put it down and come back to it later.

found ‘foucaults pendulum’ quite absorbing, but am getting a bit bogged down with this one, might not be an ideal commute read.

update. Got too bogged in it. Found it way too complex to be enjoyable…gave up

I’m supposed to read this for my lit. course.

Sherlock Holmes meets the Library of Babel… in a 14th Century Italian monastery. Also, an exploration of doubt, belief, signs, meaning, ambiguity, human fallibility, and lots of other pretty important postmodern-type-stuff. This book sets up many of the problems regarding language, meaning, logic, and the nature of reality that Foucault’s Pendulum sets out to solve.

I’ve enjoyed Calvino so much that I’ve decided to branch out. Recommendations have included Eco and Kundera, and I’m starting with Eco because I’m totally unfamiliar with him.

This books is interesting and engaging but not a breezy read. I read David Sedars’ ‘Naked’ before this, so the contrast is pretty strong! (:

UPDATE: Page 145 now and I’m more interested/engaged in the story. One of the comments on the back of the book says that “for all its erudition it moves with the pace of a thriller” or something like that… it’s true!

FINAL: Enjoyable but very long. I recommend reading it as a mystery story and NOT as a elaborate treatise on philosophy.