'The Time of Our Singing' — Richard Powers

I'm currently on page 152 of this enchanting 631-page 2003 novel.

Did I mention that the print is tiny and that Powers' style is very dense and convoluted?

And that I'm loving every hour of it?

I didn't?

Oh.

I got to thinking about how much bang for my buck I'm getting.

The book cost me $12.79.

You could look it up.

Like I said, it's very slow going.

I'm a comparatively fast reader and I estimate it takes me a half hour to read twenty pages.

Do the math: that's over 15 hours of reading.

Less than a buck an hour.

Cheap at twice the price.