A Confederacy of Dunces has been on my “current” reading list ever since I started this blog. I don’t take so long to finish books, ordinarily, but I was preoccupied for a few weeks with moving to Alexandria and various deadlines at (and after) work. And I lost my copy of the book during the move — over three months ago. It’s probably in a box somewhere in my apartment, but I haven’t found it yet. In the meantime, I occupied myself with lotsa movies, and my reading consisted primarily of graphic novels, chapters of various textbooks, and three other novels. But I knew I’d get back to Confederacy before long, so I left it on my list.

I finally bought another copy, and finished reading it in two days — one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. Pardon my pathetic attempt to rationalize my way out of seeming like the slowest reader on earth . . .