I can’t seem to stick with Marquez, so it’s Charterhouse. The portrayal of Waterloo was interesting, for sure. From our hero’s perspective, it’s just chaos from start to finish. He doesn’t know where he is, he doesn’t know what’s going on, who he fought, or even if it was the Battle of Waterloo. Granted, it’s early days but Julian was a more interesting main character for me than Fabrice is…so far. We’ll see.

In queue, I have:

• El llano en llamas and Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
• Como agua por chocolate by Laura Esquivel
• Los de abajo by Mariano Azuela
• El laberitno de soledad by Octavio Paz

Also 2666 by Robert Bolaño, but that’s in English.

Classwise, we’re halfway through the Canon Law sequence. It’s…occasionally interesting but parts of it are pretty dry. The second section - which will focus more on marriage - looks like it will be more practical, in terms of Things Deacons Do Which The Tribunal.

Speaking of things deacons do, a recent episode of The Pillar podcast had a decent discussion about the diaconate in the present moment.