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user-inactivated  ·  3421 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: August 10th: What are you reading this week?

I've recently acquired quite a library of books through the bookcrossing shelf, and since then, I have more than enough to read at least for a year, given how slow I am at that at the moment.

Right now, I'd doing small steps into finishing the "Single-Storey America" by Vladimir Pozner, having finished the book of the same name by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. I love both books, and parting with them would be a pain to experience, which is how I justify taking so long. I can't bring myself to finish the collection of Sherlock Holmes' cases because I love the character and his stories, too.

At the same time, I'm reading - very slowly - "The Last of the Mohicans" by James F. Cooper. I've heard about it, but never thought it's about Native Americans and the earlier America exploration. Reading it in Russian seems off, but I can see how the dialogue can be good in the original English.