One Man’s Impossible Quest to Read and Review the World

This brings to mind "Review"[1] on Comedy Central, in which the protagonist attempts to review life itself.

"Life!" the show begins. "It’s literally all we have. But is it any good?"

Highly recommended.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_(TV_series)

This is a great site. I read a huge amount, but I easily "fasten" in detective stories etc. Discovery is a significant problem. I don't necessarily follow review columns in intellectual newspapers. When I come across an author that I really like, like China Mieville, I will find all of their books and read. But I am sure there are large galaxies of writers whose works I will never hear about.

I also love the focus on international writers. As a voracious foreign language learner, discovery becomes even more difficult, and seeing interesting literature available in other languages is a great motivation to learn. And in the meantime, we can rely on translation to at least get a sense of some of these works.

This is an eccentric collection, nothing wrong with that. But for something billed as "Complete" it sure is missing a lot of classics, not a single Hemingway in the bunch.