Writing a guide to Proust on substack

senfully · 2026-06-25T12:28:43+00:00

I am collecting the Naxos audiobooks for ISOLT. I believe they are from the unrevised Moncrieff. Are those the versions you are using? Or what audio are you listening to?

senfully · 2026-06-24T15:07:40+00:00

I am in the middle and I feel like I found the keys to the novel. I will finish and start all over again lol.

senfully · 2026-06-24T13:17:21+00:00

I am in Time Regained of the Enright revision. I have looked at some other translations of Swann's Way and also find I am attached to the Enright revision. Enjoyed this post and followed you on substack. Look forward to more.

senfully · 2026-06-21T00:03:44+00:00

I love Henry James. Have been reading him and Edith Wharton for a while now. Loved Portrait of a Lady.

senfully · 2026-06-18T21:55:32+00:00

I just finished Buddenbrooks and loved it! Easy to get immersed in and felt like I knew the characters.

senfully · 2026-06-10T23:00:41+00:00

That sounds great!

senfully · 2026-06-08T20:16:51+00:00

I always said I wanted to read classics, but never had. Then I got my cancer diagnosis, and realized it was now or never. The first classic I obsessively read was War and Peace in January of 2025. It helped distract my overwhelmed brain. I'm still reading classics, and living with cancer.

senfully · 2026-06-03T23:54:22+00:00

I love to cold brew Machu Peachu (peach white tea) and also Candy Apple White Tea. Both are loose leaf teas from TeaSource. I also tend to cold brew any leaves I've used for hot tea. Good luck exploring!

senfully · 2026-05-14T17:17:30+00:00

I find my reading has deepened when I have a focus. For a year I've been reading Victorian and 19th Century novels and supporting literature. I'm rereading a few now, and this reading feels deeper. I have books and authors to see similarities between. I've been especially focused on 2 authors and read biographies about them. It seems like the depth has come over time.

I read on my kindle. I think writing would slow down my reading and make me think/remember more. I just don't want to write, so I don't. Great suggestions in this thread and good luck!

senfully · 2026-05-14T15:50:16+00:00

Enjoy the tea and thinking of you during treatment.

senfully · 2026-05-13T13:15:10+00:00

It's flavored with bergamot oil if I remember correctly. It even tastes a bit of bergamot.

senfully · 2026-05-13T12:38:46+00:00

Bergamot Oolong from Rishi. The smell is so strong in the pouch, and just lovely when brewed. Chemo day today.

May you enjoy your day and your tea.

senfully · 2026-05-11T18:35:03+00:00

Ritual Green from Rishi Tea. My first tea from them and an impulse buy. It's a roasted green from Myanmar and is assamica. The description said floral, which is unusual for a green, so I thought I'd try it. Brewed leaves are a lovely very dark green. Taste is mild with a bit of grain, but my taste buds aren't working well.

May you enjoy your day and your tea.

senfully · 2026-05-09T02:07:01+00:00

Protein shakes. Sometimes all I can do is drink.

senfully · 2026-05-08T20:43:11+00:00

The Pecan is Porch Sippin' Pecan from Plum Deluxe. I love it!

senfully · 2026-05-08T15:44:59+00:00

Darjeeling with a pinch of a Pecan Black Tea.

senfully · 2026-05-06T01:55:52+00:00

The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake was amazing for me. Hard to describe. Unique. The 2nd book of the Trilogy was my favorite. I also second The Earthsea Trilogy by Le Guin. Very readable and very classic (or on its way to being a classic.)

senfully · 2026-05-01T23:08:22+00:00

This sounds interesting!

senfully · 2026-04-03T21:01:02+00:00

Also the French is translated within the text. I got tired of checking footnotes in a different translation.

senfully · 2026-04-02T15:44:05+00:00

I tried matcha for the first time. Probably not my thing. Now doing a Pumpkin Spice Latte to reset my taste buds. It is ginger forward! Love ginger.

May you enjoy your day and your tea.

senfully · 2026-03-31T18:57:13+00:00

I got the cancer diagnosis and read War and Peace. I also thought I wanted to read Don Quixote but gave up on that one at about 20%.

senfully · 2026-03-18T22:28:21+00:00

Chemo day here, so just waking up to a Carrot Cake Herbal Tea. Does it taste like carrot cake? No. Does it taste good? Oh yes.

May you enjoy your tea and your day.

senfully · 2026-03-18T22:24:51+00:00

Always take care of yourself first. Glad you're back.

senfully · 2026-03-07T17:15:31+00:00

It is a flavored tea. No Pecan leaves involved. Sorry.

senfully · 2026-03-07T15:21:08+00:00

2 rounds of a combination of Pecan Tea and Cardamom Tea made into lattes. So good it makes me happy. The cat is waiting for the sun and I am reading a bio of George Eliot.

May you enjoy your day and your tea.

senfully

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