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The "Israel" book is being reduced to just the morning reading. As much as Monk supposedly finds the history dramatic and fascinating, he needs the pure pleasure of escapist fiction more, where there is a greater hunger to turn the pages, even if it is about as edifying as pornography.
The fear was that Monk might not get around to finishing "Magic Mountain." It cannot serve as the fun reading, after all. The first thought was to go back to having such serious literature serve as weekend reading, but even that is no longer bearable. The answer is to treat it as serious reading, which means leaving it aside until after the library season. The fun reading gets all the weekend.
One has to get some enjoyment from life.
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The "Israel" book is being reduced to just the morning reading. As much as Monk supposedly finds the history dramatic and fascinating, he needs the pure pleasure of escapist fiction more, where there is a greater hunger to turn the pages, even if it is about as edifying as pornography.
The fear was that Monk might not get around to finishing "Magic Mountain." It cannot serve as the fun reading, after all. The first thought was to go back to having such serious literature serve as weekend reading, but even that is no longer bearable. The answer is to treat it as serious reading, which means leaving it aside until after the library season. The fun reading gets all the weekend.
One has to get some enjoyment from life.
