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Infinite Jest (-20th Anniversary)
Infinite Jest (-20th Anniversary) | David Foster Wallace
This deluxe paperback edition--featuring flaps, new cover art, and a new foreword by Tom Bissell--celebrates the 20th anniversary of the original publication of "Infinite Jest." A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, "Infinite Jest" explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.
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Joshuamc
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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This brick is a gestalt of genuine understanding. Great writing and storytelling that drudged up thoughts of all the ppl I may have thought less of, or spoken down to or harmed. Evoking an overwhelming melancholic realization that my actions may have influenced someone to demap themself. If we were curious and asked them questions, like how are you, and you know, like really listened, could that make a difference?

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Eggs My choice too! 13mo
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CRR
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Oh man I am trying to get into this but struggling. I‘m on like page 150 of over 1,000. Hard for me to see many connections—more so feel like I‘m always trying to catch up. Thankful to be reading on Kindle so I can be reminded of who some of the characters are and also get definitions for some of the obscure words. I‘ve had this book referenced by others quite often and want to persevere!

Graywacke Have you reached the footnotes within the footnotes yet? 14mo
CRR @Graywacke I dont think I have yet! Something to look forward to! 😂 14mo
paulfrankspencer I tried this one last year. Got maybe 300 pages in. Just wasn't worth it for me. Obscurity/complexity =/= brilliance/anything remotely entertaining 14mo
CRR @paulfrankspencer I agree completely. I am fizzling out on this one. 14mo
Kaag I won‘t say I loved it but glad I read it and pushed me into more difficult books. The chapter on Boston AA is so good. I‘ve heard people say this book helped them kick a habit and I can see how it could. The wheelchair assassins group! Loved everything about that storyline. I found the tennis to be compelling but I can see how the long descriptions could make some give up. I think it‘s worth it but one must accept it for what it is.Footnotes😀 13mo
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Therewillbebooks
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New episode just dropped! Judging from the title you'd guess this was an episode looking back on our year in reading and looking ahead. We do discuss those things but we begin with Matt's beautiful mind as he postulates that the term G.O.A.T comes from David Foster Wallace. From there we discuss, Harrison Ford, The Godfather, The Office and LL Cool J. Sound confusing? Enjoy!!!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Z8WM58P6GXTKSHakaRbG6

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Kaag
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Just some light reading on a Wednesday 😂 First time I‘ve read Shakespeare‘s tragedies in 25 years, the fear of reading out loud in class gone I can relax and enjoy it. Toynbee‘s study may miss the mark from time to time but the scholarly writing has taken me in. Infinite Jest. Oh Infinite Jest. I‘ve avoided you for years. Yet I am determined to finish and understand you. 39 pages in and haven‘t given up yet!

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Leniverse
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📖 Infinite Jest
✍️ Junji Ito
📽️ Infernal Affairs trilogy (from Hong Kong)
🎸 Iron Maiden
🎶 Iieee by Tori Amos, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

#ManicMonday #LetterI @CBee

CBee Tori ♥️♥️♥️ 1y
peaKnit My husband was literally wearing an Iron Maiden shirt yesterday and o forgot them! Lol 1y
batsy I love that Tori song 💜 1y
Leniverse @peaknit Happens to me every week. I post on Monday and kick myself on Tuesday because I realise I forgot a fave. 😣 1y
Leniverse @batsy That whole album is brilliant. ❤️ 1y
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Megabooks
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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Some days are great. Some days are a struggle. But I‘m halfway done!

BarbaraBB You‘re doing fantastic! And going fast as well 👌🏽 2y
RaeLovesToRead I'm hoping to start soon! 😊 2y
squirrelbrain Yay! 🎉 2y
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Daisey You‘ve got this! 2y
Ruthiella 👏👏👏 Well done! 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Daisey @Ruthiella thanks y‘all!! I‘m happy to have made it this far! 2y
Megabooks @RaeLovesToRead so interested to see what you think! 2y
Cinfhen Woohoo 🙌🏻 2y
britt_brooke 🎉 2y
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Megabooks
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DFW predicts streaming! 🤣🤣

Struggling this week, but I enjoyed this passage!

RaeLovesToRead 🤣🤣🤣 2y
britt_brooke Creepy prescience! 😂 2y
Megabooks @britt_brooke right? It is so interesting reading this 25+ years after it was written and thinking back to the 90s and how that fits with certain topics/thoughts. 2y
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Cinfhen I think @Reviewsbylola is tackling this beast too!!! I‘m so impressed with both of you!! And you too @britt_brooke 2y
batsy Whoa! 2y
Megabooks @batsy as Britt said, some eerie predictions in this! 2y
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Megabooks
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One month and a ton of post it flags in, I‘m enjoying this! Week 3 was rough. I think my head just wasn‘t 💯 there, but it‘s a marathon not a sprint, and Week 4 was a lot better. I feel like I have a handle on most of the subplots even if I don‘t always understand everything he‘s going for. Sometimes when I just continue plugging away, a section from 50 pages ago will make more sense.

My goal was 280 pages, and I read 322 + 40 of footnotes! 🎉🎉

Cinfhen I would have bailed after the book arrived!! AMAZING 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2y
Cathythoughts Yes! Amazing 🤩 2y
AmyG I have always wanted to read this. Keep going. You‘re my hero. 🙌🏻 2y
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Amiable That‘s exactly what I try to tell people about tackling chunksters: It‘s a marathon, not a sprint. Good work! Keep on chugging! 👍🏼👍🏼 2y
LeahBergen Woohoo! 🎉 Yeah, those footnotes are epic, aren‘t they? 🤣🤣 2y
BarbaraBB You can do this! I‘m in awe! 🏆 2y
AshleyHoss820 When I read this, I had to keep telling myself, “Stop trying to make pieces fit, just enjoy the ride!” You can do it! It ended up being one of my favorite books! ☺️ 2y
squirrelbrain Hmmm - I wonder if this won‘t work on Kindle if it has extensive footnotes? 2y
MicheleinPhilly @squirrelbrain I‘ve always wondered that too and have never grabbed it when it‘s on super sale for that reason. 2y
squirrelbrain I bought it on Kindle a couple of weeks ago, but it was only Q9.99. Sounds like I may need a hard copy instead though @MicheleinPhilly 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen thank you!!!! (Although I think you could do it!) 😘😘 2y
Megabooks @Cathythoughts thanks Cathy! 💕💕 2y
Megabooks @AmyG thank you! It has been a bucket list book for me too. 😊 2y
Megabooks @Amiable thanks!! I have been much better about picking up chunksters since I started doing your challenge! 👍🏻 2y
Megabooks @LeahBergen totally insane!! 😂😂 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB thank you!! 😘😘 2y
Megabooks @AshleyHoss820 that is excellent advice!! Thanks!! 😊😊 2y
Megabooks @squirrelbrain @MicheleinPhilly I‘ve always had trouble getting footnote links to work on my kindle. And the footnotes are where I‘ve found a lot of links between separate parts of the text. It wouldn‘t be the same book without them. Maybe the footnote links work better on other people‘s kindles or maybe in the kindle app on an iPad or something. 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y
BarbaraBB What a recommendation @AshleyHoss820 ! 2y
AshleyHoss820 @Megabooks You‘re very welcome! I just want you to be able to enjoy the ride! 😄❤️ 2y
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Megabooks
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Made it through 82 pages of book and 2 pages of footnotes this week - well past my 70 page goal!

Onward and upward to week 3 early in the morning!

Cinfhen Well done 👍🏽 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen thanks! 💜💜 2y
britt_brooke 🙌🏼🎾 Hope you‘re still enjoying! 2y
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Megabooks @britt_brooke mostly, but it‘s definitely challenging!! 2y
Branwen Whoo hoo! That's so exciting! 😄 2y
BarbaraBB Perfect! 2y
Megabooks @Branwen I can‘t wait for you and @RaeLovesToRead to start! (edited) 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB thanks! 😘 2y
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Megabooks
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This was a fun section written in a kind of mid-00s T-9 text speak before that was a thing. Yrstruly was the narrator.

Favorite words:
Kwai9 for quinine
Lightpoal for light pole
Elemonaded for eliminated
And…glittershit, which I will definitely use in the future!

britt_brooke Nice notes! Happy you have IJ to keep you company as your foot heals. ❤️‍🩹 2y
Cinfhen Glittershit !!! Love it 💖💖💖 2y
RaeLovesToRead Glittershit! 😆 2y
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BarbaraBB Love this! 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I can't wait until you read it for 1001! 2y
Megabooks @RaeLovesToRead please tag me when you start! it's certainly and interesting book! 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen right?!?! LOL! 2y
Megabooks @britt_brooke thanks! I'm enjoying it even when it's hard. 2y
RaeLovesToRead @Megabooks I definitely will... it might be a couple of weeks, but I'm gonna do it!! 😊😁 2y
Hooked_on_books I didn‘t love this book, but something definitely has to be said for glittershit! 2y
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Megabooks
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I read 87 pages of book and 11 pages of footnotes this week. My goal was 70 pages total, so I feel really good!

I finally decided how I wanted to annotate it, so I spent some time doing that this afternoon. 👍🏻👍🏻

So far, it is dense AF, but I‘m enjoying it. It‘s definitely a bucket list book for me, so I‘m glad I‘ve found time this year.

vivastory This is a bucket list book for me, as well. Hopefully next year as I'm reading Moby Dick & Ulysses this year. 2y
Megabooks @vivastory Ulysses is for me as well, but I‘m unsure about Moby Dick because I don‘t know if I could handle the animal cruelty. I think you‘ll like IJ as much as one can like it! 😉😂 2y
Cinfhen I was wondering today, how you were managing with IJ…now I know 🤗🤗🤗 2y
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Megabooks @Cinfhen pretty well! It‘s overly complex but I guess that‘s part of the fun! 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen those light blue ones are every time he introduced a new character! 🤯🤯 2y
vivastory I'm really looking forward to it! I actually thought of IJ while reading Moby Dick today. I was reading the Cetology chapter and he uses footnotes. I'd have to research what the first American novel to use footnotes was, but Melville has had a tremendous influence on the postmodernist writers. 2y
Megabooks @vivastory what‘s interesting is many of DFW‘s are explanatory, especially about drugs both prescription and illegal, but some are esoteric fiction, like a 2.5 page fake filmography for one character. That was actually pretty humorous and did tie a lot of characters together. 2y
britt_brooke Coming up with a system that works for you is the best way to do it! Love this. 2y
Megabooks @britt_brooke I‘m glad I waited til the end of the first week so I had an idea of how I wanted to organize and what I was having trouble with and enjoying!! 2y
BarbaraBB So many notes… seems like an unreadable book 🤯! But you‘re doing it and enjoying it, very impressive 👍🏽 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB it is challenging for sure, but I think you can do it when the time is right! 2y
RidgewayGirl Good luck! I managed 800 pages and decided to count that as enough. 2y
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Megabooks
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It all starts here…

Goal: 10 pages a day average. Wish me luck!

#ChunksterChallenge

RaeLovesToRead @Branwen and I also tackling this one! If you tag me when you finish, I'll do you a #pickleschallenge post to celebrate 😉😀 It's a big one! 2y
Megabooks @RaeLovesToRead oh awesome!! I plan to take a few months, so it would be great if you and @Branwen want to discuss anything we run into! And I‘d love a #PicklesChallenge post 🤩🤩 2y
AmyG Good luck! If anyone can read this, you can.👊🏻 2y
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britt_brooke That‘s a good plan! Please keep tagging me along the way. I hope you have a good experience! 🤞🏼 2y
Cinfhen Good luck, Meg!!! I agree with @AmyG my $ is totally on you!!! 2y
sarahbarnes I hope you like it! 2y
Ruthiella Good luck! 👍. I found parts of it enthralling, but definitely a challenge as well. 2y
LeahBergen Woohoo! 👏👏 2y
BarbaraBB You rock girl! You can do this! 2y
Megabooks @AmyG @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB thanks for the votes of confidence friends!! I‘m on page 17! 😀😀 2y
Megabooks @britt_brooke I will! So far I like it. He has a rhythm unlike any author I‘ve read. @Ruthiella 2y
Megabooks @LeahBergen so excited! 2y
Amiable That‘s a good steady pace. You‘ve got this! 2y
Megabooks @Amiable thanks for the vote of confidence and your advice in the past. 👍🏻😀 2y
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Megabooks
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It‘s here!! #InfiniteJest

Cinfhen Yowza!!! #YouGoGirl 2y
britt_brooke The chunkster of all chunksters! 🤩 Are you starting soon? Do you have page flags? A notebook? 😅 It‘s a lot of work, but so worth it. (edited) 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen 😀😀💜 2y
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LeahBergen @britt_brooke I always think fondly of our reading it together! 🥰 2y
Megabooks @britt_brooke I need to finish up my read of The 1619 Project before I take another long read on. So probably late this month or next. 👍🏻👍🏻 what are my IJ must haves?? 2y
Megabooks @LeahBergen I remember that buddy read and I had huge fomo. I guess I‘m finally getting to it. 😉 I‘m glad it was so fun for you!! 😀 2y
britt_brooke @LeahBergen Me, too! 💚 A reading experience like no other! 2y
britt_brooke @Megabooks The only real tips I have are to read slowly, carefully, and take notes. You‘ll probably want a couple of books marks, too. I used one as usual, but a second one to mark where I was in the footnotes which are long, intense and full of clues/information. You‘ll be flipping back and forth quite a bit. Watch for patterns. Colors, for example. I remember a color being mentioned on nearly every page. It‘s such a complex read. 2y
britt_brooke @LeahBergen Who else read it with us besides our incredible leader @JenP ? It‘s driving me mad that I can‘t remember! 2y
AmyG Good for you! I am so intimidated by this book which I have had forever. 2y
LeahBergen @Megabooks I tell ya… it was reading it with a group that made me finish it! I‘d recommend setting a weekly page goal (nothing too high) and just keep forcing yourself onwards. It DOES pay off. 😆😆 And like @britt_brooke said, definitely keep a tab in the footnotes section. You‘ll be flipping there a LOT. 2y
LeahBergen @britt_brooke I was trying to remember, too, and attempted to scroll back on here to see. 😆 I think @Simona and @Hooked_on_books and who else? 🤔 2y
britt_brooke @LeahBergen YES! Ok, I just found our tag #infinitejestbuddyread - there are over 600 posts! 😂😂 I‘m tempted to read them all. (edited) 2y
BarbaraBB Wow Meg, how cool! 2y
LeahBergen @britt_brooke 🤣🤣 I just reread a bunch of them! 2y
Hooked_on_books Yep, I was part of that, @LeahBergen @britt_brooke ! I never would have finished without the buddy read! In the end, I was not a fan, but glad I was able to finally get through it (and get it off the shelf!). 2y
britt_brooke @Hooked_on_books Even though I loved it, I doubt I‘d have gotten through it without the group either. It‘s so dense! 2y
JenP I loved it too but definitely a large part of it was reading it with all of you 2y
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EadieB
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs @TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!

1. Infinite Jest Is haunting me to read.

2. It‘s over 1,000 Pgs so I pass it by all the time!

3. My current read is Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon

Can you play? Anyone reading this is tagged!

TheSpineView You're welcome! 😊 2y
Eggs DFW can write 1 sentence that goes for 3 pages …😂 2y
EadieB @Eggs I know! That‘s another reason I keep putting off the book! 2y
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perfectlywinged
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Starting my winter reading a little early. A chunkster that has been on my tbr always.

britt_brooke It‘s an unbelievable reading experience. Hope you enjoy! 2y
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ebensalah
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"It's a command-decision, babe. I'm not in command. I know they teach us to teach that this place is about seeing instead of being seen."

Many places (and participants) of improvement in society could benefit from such a concept.

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AmyG
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1. Yes. I get gift cards for gifts for everything.
2. Not like me but one daughter reads fiction and true crime (like her Mom).
3. The tagged book.

Come play!

@Eggs #WondrousWednesday

Eggs Thanks for the great responses 👏🏻🌺👏🏻 3y
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LaurentDM
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Amazing read 🥸

bibliobliss I want to try this one again 3y
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Amiable
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Another Chunkster Challenge completed!
Way to go, Liz!

@Liz_M
#chunksterchallenge2021

Soubhiville Woohoo! Good job! 3y
BarkingMadRead Woohoo!! 3y
Amiable @Soubhiville Right? This is one that I'm too intimidated to tackle! 3y
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BarbaraBB I feel that way too @Amiable ! 3y
Mollyanna Woohoo! Congrats @Liz_M 🥳🥳🥳 3y
GinaKButler Woo-hoo! Congrats! 🎉 @Liz_M 3y
Bookwormjillk Congratulations 🎉🍾🎊🎈 3y
Liz_M ~Bows~ Thank you! 3y
BookNAround Congratulations! 3y
bibliobliss Congratulations 🎉 you have some serious stamina!! 3y
Ash.on.the.line Congrats!! 🎉🎉🎉 3y
CoverToCoverGirl Congratulations @Liz_M 👏🏻🎉 3y
Lcsmcat Congratulations!! @Liz_M 🎉🎉 3y
Cuilin Congratulations @Liz_M 3y
Crazeedi Congrats @Liz_M !!👏🎉 3y
Bookishlie Yay!!! Congrats! Did you like it? 3y
CarolynM Congratulations 🎉 3y
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Liz_M
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I don‘t have anything new to add to the voluminous writings about this. It is a commitment - the length, the subject matter, the method of storytelling. Despite frustration with some of the esoteric writing experiments and all the disturbing elements, I enjoyed it. I loved the connections between the various characters and plot lines, finding a reference from one milieu in another. I am repressing the urge to read it again in chronological order.

Liz_M 4⭐ #1001Books, #Reading1001, @Amiable #chunksterchallenge2021 (Technically I finished this weeks ago, but was waiting for the right, picture-perfect weather 😂). 3y
merelybookish Congrats! That is an accomplishment! 3y
Therewillbebooks I feel like this book is one of the more misunderstood books of the last few decades. Perfect picture too! 3y
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erzascarletbookgasm Great photo and congrats! 3y
Amiable Hooray!! 3y
BarbaraBB Great pic and great review and great accomplishment🤍 (edited) 3y
Liz_M @Therewillbebooks Well given all the websites and such dedicated to it, it's not for a lack of trying to understand it! 😉😁 3y
vivastory I will read this one day. Fantastic review & what a picture! 3y
Liz_M @vivastory ☺️ 3y
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Reviewsbylola
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I‘ve seen this around FB for the last week and I had to share.

Although I‘m hard on my books sometimes (shameless spine cracker 😬), this is some next level shit. 😂😂😂

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I mean - they need an ereader 😂 (edited) 3y
riversong153 This is just wrong LOL. 3y
BarbaraBB My sister does this on holidays so her bf can start reading the book when she‘s halfway through. It‘s unimaginable for me but other than that she‘s pretty normal. 3y
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Lindy Yesterday my sweetie cut a poem out of one of her books to make a scan and I was horrified. It‘s her author reading copy of her own book, and in rough shape, but still! I taped it back together and felt better afterwards. 3y
xicanti I wouldn‘t do this deliberately, but that‘s mostly because it makes it impossible to pass the book along when I‘m done. If book-keepers want to take this route, I‘m cool with it. My very old copy of SHŌGUN started falling apart on its own just over a third of the way through, and I can‘t deny it was WAY easier to read once the first 463 pages were gone. 3y
Judybskt 😳😳😳😳 3y
Smarkies I once had a book that was 1000+ pages. I couldn't carry it around to read it during my daily commute... So I bought a new copy so that I could cut up my old one ... And yet I STILL couldn't. So now I have 2 copies of the same book. 😂😂😂 3y
Smrloomis @BarbaraBB 😂😂😂 3y
Smrloomis @Smarkies yeah, I don‘t think I could do this either! 3y
Tera66 Wow....🙈🙈🙈 I can't even. 3y
AmyL Nooooo way - hardly can look at that 😆 3y
NikkiGaspar That breaks my heart. 💔😅 3y
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Liz_M
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A hard book to read, sometimes due to subject matter, but mostly due to large book versus pushy lap cat. 📖😻 Now past page 600!

#Bert #ChunksterChallenge2021, @Amiable

cozypunk Chunkster is referring to your cat, right? J/k he's adorable all over. 3y
Leftcoastzen 😻😂Helpful!😹 3y
Liz_M @dandy.punk 😆 He's just big-boned! 3y
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Liz_M @Leftcoastzen Very. 🙄 3y
LeahBergen 😆😆 3y
Amiable Excellent! I just hit page 632 in my chunkster. 👍🏼 3y
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CallMeIshmael
Infinite Jest (-20th Anniversary) | David Foster Wallace
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This is the time I get through it....he tells himself

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Liz_M
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For some inexplicable reason, I almost feel compelled to enjoy an adult beverage while reading this book. Don't know why.

#chunksterchallenge2021 @Amiable

Leftcoastzen Maybe that‘s why I haven‘t read this yet! Need the adult beverage.😃 3y
BarbaraBB I think I might need two 😉 3y
Liz_M @BarbaraBB Since you're in Amsterdam you can go with the ideal pairing of an joint and a drink while reading. 😉 3y
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BarbaraBB That would be best I guess! Since you‘re in NY I think it‘s not so hard for you to get this pairing as well! 3y
BarbaraBB Did you get the book yet? I‘ve mailed it about two weeks ago 🤞🏽🤞🏽 3y
Liz_M @BarbaraBB Not yet😞 But I also haven't received a book I ordered from Book Depository in early January. 🤷 3y
BarbaraBB Okay, it will probably be there somewhere this week! 3y
sarahbarnes I really enjoyed this one. It took me forever to read it with all the flipping back and forth, but I loved it. 3y
Liz_M @sarahbarnes I'm mostly enjoying it! But the footnotes sure make it difficult to figure out exact progress. I might have 650ish pages to go? I'm too lazy to figure how many text pages plus how many footnote pages I have left. 😂 3y
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Liz_M
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A little behind in my #chunksterchallenge2021 (finally made it to the 300s!). It's hard to read a 1079-page book with multiple bookmarks when #catsoflitsy is demanding the lap every time I sit down to read. @Amiable

Amiable I hear you on the cat distractions! 😺 3y
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ebensalah
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"'That's the way she wants doing, Jim,' my father said, clapping me on the back and exactly the ebullient way that had prompted me to have my mother by an elastic athletic cranial strap for my glasses." - Pg. 497

The way he describes without making the sentence by itself only descriptive of the thing. ??

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Bentranced
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It‘s been a while since I‘ve read a book of this nature and it‘s very difficult to get through with all the distractions of a busy house and 3 kids, especially considering this book seems to demand 45 minutes to an hour of undivided attention.

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Liz_M
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Past the 200 page mark and still getting a kick out of the necessary multiple bookmarks: cat playing with mice. #chunksterchallenge2021, @Amiable

BookishMarginalia Love that! 3y
LeahBergen I love them!! 3y
Amiable Great progress— and bookmarks! I love them! 3y
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ebensalah
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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W/r/t the pain of sobriety and the feeling your feelings from it.

"'Getting In Touch With Your Feelings is another quilted-sampler-type cliché that ends up masking something ghastly deep and real, it turns out. (178)

178. A more abstract but truer epigram that White Flaggers with a lot of sober times sometimes change this to goes something like: "Don't worry about getting in touch with your feelings, they'll get in touch with you."

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Bentranced
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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Beginning the journey...

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Liz_M
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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I'm at page 105 of the giant Jest. There are so many characters and threads to keep track of! And some difficult, odd passages to get through. I think I will like it though. DFW can be brilliant. #ChunksterChallenge2021 @Amiable

Amiable Great progress! 👍🏼👍🏼 3y
BarbaraBB Are you keeping notes? 3y
Liz_M @BarbaraBB the notes are more a list of questions and there is also a list of vocabulary words 3y
BarbaraBB Sounds like working hard! 3y
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librarygoddess619
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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This little joke made me LOL 😅

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librarygoddess619
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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I'm starting this tonight. I hope I enjoy the ride.

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Ruthiella
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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This could also be in a category of three very long, purposefully difficult books. But that wasn‘t an option. All three of these books have multiple intentionally unpleasant scenes written with exquisite attention to detail that made me uncomfortable. 🤢

#3books

merelybookish Gravity's Rainbow. Lol. I remember steering clear of anyone in grad school who *loved* Pynchon. 4y
Ruthiella @merelybookish 😂😂😂 4y
OriginalCyn620 📚😬📚 4y
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JessTedrick
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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If not now, when? You know?

readingjedi I had this book on my shelf for the best part of 20 years before the time was right 😂 4y
SamAnne Let me know if it's worth it....I love long books that are great, but I get really miffed if writers are so self-important they are incapable of editing themselves.... 4y
JessTedrick @readingjedi was it worth the wait? 4y
JessTedrick @SamAnne saaaame. I‘ll make sure to review this one. The rating so far on here is 62% so we‘ll see! 4y
readingjedi @JessTedrick Kind of. I was glad when I finished it 😂 4y
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TheBookStacker
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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Do I dare?

Hoopiefoot I don‘t have it in me right now, but if you do...more power to you!! 4y
Hooked_on_books If you do, good luck! I only got through this one with a buddy read. 4y
riversong153 I won‘t even pretend to consider reading this lol. 4y
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KSNAP
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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1. Buy a paper copy and keep a pen handy.
2. Two bookmarks (maybe three, after about 250 pages) are helpful.
3. Just read it like any other book. There are dense parts. You'll get through them. Don't force it.
4. The endnotes are important.
5. Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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britt_brooke
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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Two-for-one since I missed yesterday. 😬

DAY 11 #BeautifulStranger | Joelle Van Dyne aka P.G.O.A.T.

DAY 12 #Future | Maybe one day I‘ll read more DFW. I‘m still hungover from this nearly 3 years later. 🤯

#MOvember
@Cinfhen

emilyhaldi Lol I don‘t think I will ever have the strength to attempt DFW 4y
merelybookish @emilyhaldi Me neither. But always impressed by those who do! 4y
Tex2Flo I finally gave away my Infinite Jest. Having it on the shelf so long seemed like a “failure to launch” kind of situation. Unneeded negativity. 4y
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Cinfhen I remember that buddy read!! Was it nearly 3 years ago?!! Was it with @saresmoore @LauraBeth and @LeahBergen ??? 4y
britt_brooke @emilyhaldi @merelybookish I never would‘ve gotten through it without the buddy read here, but I loved it. It forces you to pay attention to so many details. It changed me as a reader. 4y
britt_brooke @Tex2Flo No need to have it staring you down! I bet that was freeing. 😆 I need to do that with a few, tbh. 4y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen I was trying to remember who all made it through. I know @LeahBergen did! @JenP was the host but she‘s been missing from Litsy for a bit now. Help, Leah! Who else was in that group?! Why is my memory so bad ... 😩 4y
LeahBergen @britt_brooke @Cinfhen It‘s still one of my proudest accomplishments. 😆😆 I can‘t remember exactly who read it with us either! @Simona @Hooked_on_books , I think? 🤔 4y
Cinfhen I miss @JenP 😢😢 4y
LeahBergen @Cinfhen Me, too! 4y
Hooked_on_books @LeahBergen Yes, I was in it. And I made it through! I remember @britt_brooke ended up loving it but I did not. 🙃 4y
britt_brooke @Hooked_on_books I remember that now, Holly! Credit to you for finishing it even though you weren‘t a fan. It was tedious. 4y
BarbaraBB I remember you all reading this when I just discovered Litsy. I was so impressed. I still am. I think such a buddy read is the only way to get though a book like that! 4y
Simona Yes, you are right @LeahBergen and despite that at the end I wasn‘t enthusiastic, I still often think, especially about complexity of the structure in that book. 4y
Hamlet You might try DFW‘s essay collections; they are marvelous and accessible. His piece “The View from Mrs. Thompson‘s” on the 9/11 tragedy is particularly worthwhile. 4y
britt_brooke @Hamlet That‘s a good idea - thanks! 4y
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Patchshank
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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LazyDays Thank you very much! 5y
rather_be_reading awesome! 5y
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BookyMcBookface
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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I feel ya, kid.

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CallMeIshmael
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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We meet again old friend....this time is the time

Jilly6183 My husband just picked a copy... It sounds good but it's such a chunkster! How do you like it? 5y
CallMeIshmael @Jilly6183 it is the moby dick to my Captain Ahab....I have tried and failed several times but I absolutely love it. It‘s odd that I have trouble finishing it. Life always gets in the way and you have to pay attention to this book. It is a long term love affair with peaks and valleys but the journey is the best part 5y
Bookish.SAM It‘s a bit of an Everest. I did get through it a few years ago, but it took some serious effort. Best of luck to you this time around! 5y
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CallMeIshmael
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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FYI and new podcast to be kind of a read along partner with the Everest of books

britt_brooke Ooh, interesting! I may check out the podcast. The book is brilliant, but the most challenging - and probably most rewarding - book I‘ve ever read. 5y
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fandom_hellspawn99
Infinite Jest (-20th Anniversary) | David Foster Wallace
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💜💜💜 5y
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tournevis
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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1️⃣ I am told I'm a Gemini, but what that means is... don't know. Don't really care either, TBH.
2️⃣ Getting two conference presentations ready in two days. Power writing!
3️⃣ Tagged. Ugh... Blargh.
4️⃣ Beyond cleaning, washing and groceries? Not really.
5️⃣ Will do! 👍
#friyayintro @howjessreads

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EadieB
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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Day 29 - #infinite #literaryluck

A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in America. Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family, Infinite Jest explores what entertainment is and why it has come to dominate our lives; how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are.

EadieB I own this book and I need to read it soon! #infinitejest #davidfosterwallace #1001bookstoread 5y
Vinjii It took me two years to read this and I still don‘t know if I like it. 5y
EadieB @Vinjii Funny! 5y
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Maude
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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I've heard mixed things about it but I'm going to give it a shot, Bryson is sitting with me for moral support. #dogsoflitsy

SassyBookworm Precious 🐶 5y
Ruthiella Good Luck! 😀 5y
mreads ❤🐕❤ 5y
Marilyncjackson Such cute support ❤️ 5y
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