Walden - Henry Thoreau

Well I finally finished Walden. Finishing this book
was certainly an undertaking - very long and very
descriptive - Thoreau took boredom to a new level.
Walden has moments of genius and clarity and some
interesting points are made. Thoreau is a
transcendentalist (thus the 350 pages about a lake)
and is seemingly incredibly well versed in western
history. If you read it, make sure you get the copy
with the notes in the back or you wont fully
appreciate this book. With all this said, there are
certain sections in this book (e.g. the battle between
the two ant colonies) that rate up there with the best
of what I have read so far.

David