Atlas Shrugged update

[prillalar]

I had a bit of a break from Atlas Shrugged but I'm back on the horse now. And I've just come up to what is clearly The Speech, which I hope to sit down and read through either today or tomorrow. (My god, the print is so tiny.) So, I was wondering:

Should I read it all in one sitting? Break it up? Drink coffee? Beer? Wine? Single malt? Should I read in silence or play Tool in the background? Stay home or go to the coffee shop? (Reading Ayn Rand in public tends to draw attention, I've found.)

Do you wish you had done anything differently, your first time?

Comments

[prillalar]

I can't say I would exactly recommend it. But it's better than Moby Dick.

[shikishi.livejournal.com]

Harlequin Teen Romances are better than Moby Dick.

*nods*

[jessabelle2x.livejournal.com]

No kidding. Someone in my book club recently started Moby Dick, not realizing until page 400ish that she was supposed to be reading To Kill a Mockingbird. We were all yelling for her to stop- "For the love of god, NO!!! The whale wins in the end. Stop now! Save yourself!"

[prillalar]

I'm surprised she made it that far! Moby Dick haunts me, though. I feel like I should have read it, but it defeats me every time. Maybe it's a metaphor for itself or something equally recursive.