For those of you who are *story-eyed* and have been asking about a summer reading list, without knowing your taste…please note:

On this date in 1822…Edmond de Goncourt is born. See Wikipedia for a rundown of the annual Prix Goncourt for fiction. Although Proust and Celine were passed up *at interesting times* (which are noted in the link), one can do worse than perusing the list of winners…for stimuli. Tomorrow is Celine’s 1894 birthday anniversary, by the way. *Ridders* should know his story.