Crisis averted!

As I mentioned recently, the start of my Summer of Classics will be delayed (as it was last year) due to last-minute reading of some contemporary fiction that I don't want to put off until September. But I've hit upon a nifty solution, one directly inspired by my wife Julie. She and I are always going back and forth about when summer actually takes place - she's a traditionalist who insists summer occurs between the summer solstice and fall equinox (this year, June 20 through September 22), while my considerably less scientific self defers to the old school year calendar which says summer basically runs from June through August.

Ergo, since I've already missed June 1 as a starting date, this year my Summer of Classics will follow the astronomical calendar, and run from June 20 through September 22. If you can't make your goal, then simply move the goalposts.