Andrew Santella makes his way through The Moviegoer each year as part of his Lenten preparation. He has been reading the book in “real time” and has decided to blog his progress.

For the last few years, I’ve been reading the book in real time, which is to say I read the sections of the book that take place on the Wednesday before Mardi Gras on that Wednesday, the Thursday sections on Thursday, etc. There’s no very compelling reason to read like this and some good reasons not to—for one thing, trying to explain this system tends to make you sound a little obsessed and unhinged. But I do it mainly because I think Binx Bolling, The Moviegoer’s hero and narrator, would approve.

Well, not that it matters, but I also approve. You can check out Andrew’s first post here, and you can keep up with him as he chronicles Binx’s search.

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