I read them over and over again, Slag. I think they are absolutely wonderful. Mind you, I was in my 20s and 30s when I was reading them, and I had more patience and more joy in savoring the details then, I think, than I would now....plus, everything seemed fresher and more unexpected then than it does now.

I don't know if I would enjoy them so much at present as I did then.

The thing is, when you really love something or someone you want the author to go into more detail about it or them. It's like when you're looking at a face you love....is one second's glance enough? After all, you've seen the whole face in one second, haven't you? Well, no, one second's glance is not nearly as good as five minutes of rapturous obervation...and five minutes is not as good as ten.