Just a quick, drive-by update (not the least because I am guiltily typing this at 6:47am when I should be getting ready for work instead): my friend Katherine and I have officially launched a collaborative blog called The Perfume of Paper, in which we set monthly reading challenges for ourselves (e.g., “Read a Serious Russian Novel”).  It’s an idea that we had been playing with for some time, and it is my hope that participating in this side project will enable me to read a wider variety of books this year – and, assuming we can keep this going, in years to come!  This is more for our own literary edification than anything else, but do feel free to follow along if you’d like to.

(May it not fall into neglect like my first attempt, though I feel that its short lifespan is at least somewhat compensated for by its fifteen milliseconds of internet fame.)