* Thomas Mann – Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories

The title story is about an old man, renowned all over for his writing blah blah blah who goes to Venice, falls in love with a 14-year-old boy, and [spoiler alert] dies. I didn’t like it that much. The second story starts with one 14-year-old boy in love with another. I didn’t feel that interested and gave the whole thing up.

I spent the rest of the month on a Dickens novel I didn’t finish until March.