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"But most critics accused him of posturing – that you can’t read those books at that pace," ... "I read [The Brothers Karamazov] in 2021 over 21 days (Sep 10 t
by sigmar 4y ago
"But most critics accused him of posturing – that you can’t read those books at that pace,"
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"I read [The Brothers Karamazov] in 2021 over 21 days (Sep 10 to Oct 1), and yeah, I don’t think you’d want to read it any faster than that, certainly not one week."
So most of "the critics" were right that this particular book shouldn't be read in a week? So weird to then read this framed as "I think Lex wins this one." Twitter is constantly quibbling and I don't care what books that guys reads, but odd to see this blogpost go to lengths to argue 'well actually he meant the average book on the list will take a week, not each individual book'
- desio 4y agoI think that's more than reasonable to assume. I set a goal of a book a week, knowing that some will take longer some shorter. Same when planning projects for the year. Why not assume the most reasonable thing? I think the dude even said in his initial tweet: "I'll keep adjusting the list".
- bitexploder 4y agoConsidering Lex’s website even says “on average”. Some books are short and will be finished quickly. Others will take longer. People just… need a reason to be mad and Lex really rubs some people wrong.
- clord 4y agoI can read some of those books in less than a week, so gaining ‘budget’ for the others. I don’t get the outrage over putting some more challenging books on the list.