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Originally Posted by drofgnal
Les Miserables, was one of those door stops I conquered. The first time I read it I pulled the plug on the battle of Waterloo. Why so much on the battle with only one item in all those pages with any relevance to the story. (I won’t say what that was). Years later, I tried again and pressed through. It all made sense. But that’s the whole book, many lengthy side stories that ultimately tie together nicely into the ‘main story’. It took patience.
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That's why I don't want to overcommit. As it is, I figure I'll have to commit to reading my current doorstop every day at least for a bit in order not to lose momentum entirely.