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This year for the first time I kept track of all the books I began reading, so that I would have a record of how many books I abandoned over the course of the year! This list is not particularly comprehensive, I think, as I didn't always do a good job of remembering to write down when I began a book. But it's a start! Maybe next year I will be better at it.

( 1. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas )
( 2. Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, as translated by Fahnstock and MacAfee )
( 3. The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H Cone )
( 4. Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich )
( 5. Profiles of Radical Reformers: Biographical Sketches from Thomas Müntzer to Paracelsus, ed. Hans-Jürgen Goertz )
( 6. Leave It To Psmith, by PG Wodehouse )
( 7. To Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Adventure, by Ryan North, William Shakespeare, and YOU )
( 8. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne )
( 9. Sugar: A Bittersweet History, by Elizabeth Abbott )
( 10. Recovering Jesus: The Witness of the New Testament, by Thomas Yoder Neufeld )
( 11. Forgiveness: A Legacy of the West Nickel Mines Amish School, by John L. Ruth )
( 12. a book of Russian history from the 60s (forgot to note title/author) )

Crossposts: http://sophia-sol.livejournal.com/199638.html

This is one of those cases where I've had to remind myself, "it is okay to give up on a book." It's one of those books I'd really LIKE to enjoy, but I began reading it and...well, I think it's a book that I would get more appreciation out of if I were reading it in an academic context, or a context where I have the time and energy to do the academic research on my own time to supplement my reading of it. And I do not have that right now. ALAS. So I gave up after reading the introduction (which was FASCINATING) and the Shorter Text, which I spent too much time with my eyes glazed over in a sure sign that I do not have enough mental energy to expend on a book like this right now.

I will put it back on my bookshelf and maybe in a few years' time or something it will be the right time to try reading this again.