- I wonder how other authors and critics have solved the 'reading becoming a chore' problem. Like Sathnam S, I turn to fiction for pleasure. But if you're a novelist...?
- My guide to getting over reading block in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/12c0...
- I have started reading longer works one chapter per day. That works splendidly for me. I read Moby Dick like that last autumn, and now I'm reading War and Peace!
- And so far do you think you are likely to conform to James's Tolstoy Rule (TM)? "Everyone who has read War and Peace says it's the best book they have ever read. Except those who prefer Anna Karenina."
- Pretty likely. It brings the Napoleonic wars to brilliant life!Feb 5, 2026 09:13
