Bottom's Dream

We're making our list.... stop by our window for a preview of just some of the books on our 2016 Holiday Gift Guide!

Including gifts for the impossible reader like Arno Schmidt's recently translated Bottom's Dream!

BookishMarginalia 😍😍😍 7y

rachellayown I'll have to stop in when I'm in town Wednesday for your Zadie Smith event! 😉 7y

57thStreetBooks @rachellayown Yes! Please do! 7y

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Hobbinol

Bottom's Dream | Arno Schmidt

Here I am perched on my #bookmail , Bottom's Dream. It came in a huge box so I had to rest, or as we say down south: sit a spell. I'm not really sure what I've gotten myself into. I like books that challenge me and I like mid 20th century modernism, but EGADS! Whew! Maybe I'll just use it to reach my books on the top shelves😄. #blameitonlitsy and in this case @MrBook & @BookBabe and @shawnmooney

quirkyreader Time to get one of those display cases that the Audubon bird books are kept in. 8y

LeahBergen 😂😂 Great pic! 8y

shawnmooney Great! The more I researched the book, the more I decided it wasn't going to be for me. Maybe your review will change my mind yet again! Have fun! 8y

MrBook 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻! 8y

Hobbinol #ilikebigbooks 8y

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MrBook

Bottom's Dream | Arno Schmidt

#Coale is loving "Bottom's Dream" ?! He can use it as a bed, or he can hide behind it when playful. And it won't move around on him like a flimsy cardboard box since it weight only a pound less than him ?. He likes its smell too, but who could blame him for loving a book's scent ?.

Cupofjo I love seeing the adventures of #coale! 8y

Kathrin I can't wait for your review on this, but I assume it's going to be a while! 😂 8y

Tanner Smart kitty! 8y

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autumnprivett 😱 kudos for attempting! I'm reading Infinite Jest with my +1 next summer and that seems daunting. 8y

Tcip @MrBook have you started it yet?? 8y

Dragon 🐱cute 8y

MrBook @Cupofjo ???????! @Kathrin ????????? A long while ???. @Tanner He thinks he's a sly one ???. @autumnprivett While @BookBabe & I plan on making 2017 the "Year of Agatha Christie", maybe I'll tackle this one and IJ next year as well. That could be quite interesting ???! @Tcip Not yet, I'm waiting for the next extended weekend to get through this behemoth ??????. This is a whopper, for sure ☺️. @Dragon Thanks ☺️??! 8y

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ApoptyGina69

Bottom's Dream | Arno Schmidt

No, I didn't buy it, but at least I saw it in real life! Flipped through it randomly. What a hoot! I'd love to spend a day at least trying to get the gist of the "story".

BookBabe, MrBook

MrBook 😎👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻! 8y

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MrBook

Bottom's Dream | Arno Schmidt

@BookBabe already posted about our incredible #bookmail from yesterday, but she showed this 14 lb. behemoth from its side, here it is head-on. 1 of only 2,000 printed. 1,500 pages & 1,325,000 words (twice as many as "War & Peace")! The UPS guy had a heck of a time getting it from his truck to the house, lol. We need a bookstand for this puppy! ?????? So, what do you think?!

acc5446 good grief!! 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage That is a book with a capital Booyah. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y

britt_brooke 🏋🏻💪🏻🏋🏻💪🏻🏋🏻 8y

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NovelGirl82 Amazing!!! 8y

read_diverse_books Holy crap. I've never seen a book this huge. Didn't even know it was possible. 😱 8y

Centique Wow. Looks incredible and the blurb for it sounds incredible! Look forward to hearing what you think of it at the end. 😊 8y

[DELETED] 3323341091 groovy! 8y

Graciouswarriorprincess Wow!!! Love!💕👍 8y

ApoptyGina69 You two totally cray-cray! J/k I'm just jealous. When I'm in San Francisco next week, I'm going to Green Apple and see if there's a display copy or some such. @BookBabe 8y

MrBook @acc5446 I heard the same thing from Charlie Brown 😂👏🏻👍🏻. @BarbaraTheBibliophage 😂👏🏻👍🏻!! @britt_brooke 😎👌🏻🙌🏻! @NovelGirl82 😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻! @read_diverse_books 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!!! @Centique I'll let you know in 4 years 😂👍🏻. @fern Indubitably 😊👍🏻! @Graciouswarriorprincess 😁👍🏻🙌🏻! 8y

Grrlbrarian Repeat after me: "I like big books and I cannot lie..." ?? 8y

moranadatter Wow! So reading it counts as exercise, right? 8y

LukkiAnn Please swear you will read all 1500 pages and 1,5 million words😈😈😈 8y

MrBook @Grrlbrarian 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🙌🏻👌🏻!!! 😎👌🏻! @kmdartist Oh, heck yeah 😂👍🏻! @LukkiAnn I intend to read every book I bring home 😉😎👍🏻👌🏻. 8y

Leelee.reads "It shall be called 'Bottom's Dream'...because it hath no bottom..." The perfect title for the longest book ever! Love it! 8y

meggofrank Holy cows 8y

DeborahSmall I'm tempted...description @Litsy states 300 pages, is this a different book or did they just get it wrong 🙃 8y

erzascarletbookgasm @kmdartist @MrBook I think lifting it up counts as weight lift! 💪🏻 8y

moranadatter @erzascarletbookgasm It's heavier than the free weights I use. 8y

Theresa @DeborahSmall I was just about to say the same thing. Could just be REALLY large print in @MrBook 's version. 😂 8y

Crystallinegirl Wow! 8y

LauraBeth I want to see this listed in your October reads recap 😂 8y

brendanmleonard Holy cow! That's crazy (and amazing). And crazy. 8y

HotCocoaReads All I can say is wow!!! I'm a slow reader and am overwhelmed by the idea of this book. I do have a book with the same name "Bottom's Dream" by John Updike. I'll probably have to stick with that. But I am intrigued by yours! 8y

MrBook @Leelee.reads 😊👌🏻🙌🏻! @meggofrank ☺️😉👍🏻! @DeborahSmall @Theresa Did the glasses give it away 😂? There's a 3-volume set, so maybe they used one of those volume instead. Yeah, this is 1,495 pages, plus some blanks, lol. @erzascarletbookgasm @kmdartist Aye, that 😂👍🏻! @Crystallinegirl It'll be a heck of a go 😁👍🏻! @LauraBeth Of course you would 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! @brendanmleonard 😊👏🏻👍🏻🙌🏻! @HotCocoaReads 😁👏🏻👍🏻🙌🏻! 8y

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BookBabe

Bottom's Dream | Arno Schmidt

Well, @MrBook talked me into it...so I got us this tome for our birthdays (both in October). This ought to keep us busy for a while! 🙊

brooklynreads Woah. 8y

ElizaTodd That is amazing! 8y

BooksRockMyWorld Wow! 😍 8y

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Meg11726 That's a huge book!!! 8y

Hornsby78 OMG! How much does it weigh and how are y'all gonna read that sucker?? It'll make your legs fall asleep! 8y

Alfoster Good for you guys! 8y

Lynnsoprano It will be interesting to see what food and drink get paired with it. 😄 8y

PurpleyPumpkin Wow, impressive!👌🏼 8y

Alma That's what I call a birthday present! 🎁 8y

melbeautyandbooks Nice! 8y

Adam_Z You're not really going to read more than a few pages of that, are you? More of a conversation piece, is it not? 8y

Qemorio Happy early birthday! 🎉 8y

JPeterson You know what an early birthday present means? The you'll just need to buy more books for presents on the actual day(s). 😉😄 8y

quirkyreader Now you just need to find a super cool two seated reading desk, so you can booth read a book together. 8y

MrBook @Hornsby78 About 14 lbs 😂. We watched the UPS guy pick it up and even he grunted, then huffed and puffed walking it over to the house, poor guy. And he's used to this stuff!!! @Lynnsoprano 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 A barrel of Jack Daniels!!! How's that sound 😆😉👍🏻? @Adam_Z 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 It has crazy prose. I think the translator left the German punctuations et al., and just translated the words. It'll be interesting. @JPeterson 😆😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y

Gayan What sort of crispy tater tots go with it? 8y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled This is crazy! Oh, how I love you guys. 8y

Dragon Now that's a BIG book! 📚 8y

MrBook @Gayan The extra-large sort 😂. @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled.com @Dragon 😁😎👌🏻! 8y

BookBabe @JPeterson Hehe, if you only knew! 😜 Stay tuned! 8y

LitHousewife I'm an October birthday, too! Which days? Mine is the 8th. My girls are the 22nd and 23rd. And my wedding anniversary is on the 25th... Fun busy month in our house. 8y

802Librarian That book is really amazing! 8y

Horrortorte You guys are crazy 😁👍 8y

Yournewfriendsams This is insane! 8y

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BookBabe

Bottom's Dream | Arno Schmidt

My  Watch ⌚️ tapped me on the wrist to tell me some bookish news it thought I would like. 😁👍🏻 Does it know me, or what? 📚

FYI, this novel is 1.3 MILLION words, weighs over 13 pounds, has a 14-inch spine, is more than double the length of Atlas Shrugged, and is NOT available as an ebook. 😱

Tempted to order it on Amazon, but my mailman would never forgive me. 😬

BookBabe @MrBook, you say you like big books...do you accept the challenge? 😉 8y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Depends on what it's about.... 8y

KafkaKitten Whoa! I'm tempted... 🤔 8y

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barry 14 INCHES??!! 8y

barry That must be the height not the spine width. 8y

I-read-and-eat Very curious to know what this book is about 8y

Aseleener Wow. 8y

DeeLew 😳 8y

Alfoster Yikes!! Gonna have to work out more if I want to read that one! 8y

PatriciaU So this is a translation of a book published in 1970? Anyone read the original German? 8y

ApoptyGina69 Is this house we toyed with the idea of ordering it, but really...just no. Especially after reading a few lines published in the WSJ this morning. 8y

MrBook 😳 *blink blink* 😱.... We. Are. Ordering. This. Yesterday!!!!!!! 8y

OrangeMooseReads Interesting 8y

Adam_Z After reading the WSJ article, I think it looks like more of a conversation piece to sit on a coffee table than something anyone is likely to enjoy reading. 8y

IndyHannaJones What book is it? 8y

IndyHannaJones Nvm haha 8y

Yournewfriendsams Too perfect 👌🏽 8y

KellyKate This sounds interesting! 8y

KVanRead Blogger in the WSJ article says 5pgs/day too ambitious 😱http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-seasons-biggest-novel-has-1-3-million-words-and-outweighs-a-bowling-ball-1474642359 8y

LauraBeth ❤️ this!! 8y

Horrortorte Good luck to every brave soul who dares to try to read "Zettels Traum". I've never met or heard from anyone who mastered this wordy monster, not even in its original German language. But I guess Don Quixote would love it ? 8y

BookBabe Well, I bought it for @MrBook and me for our birthdays, so we'll see how we fare! 🙈 8y

Rizz @BookBabe hmm, the @Litsy notation on this book, or the information on this book says it only has 300 pages? That doesn't seem right, or am I not reading this right? 🤔😆😅 8y

MrBook ☺️ 8y

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shawnmooney

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BookishFeminist um yes 8y

OSChamberlain I just got a little turned on. @BookishFeminist 8y

shawnmooney @bookishfeminist @OSChamberlain I'm completely off my rocker, but I haven't been able to get this book out of my mind since posting about it. Which means I'll probably have to buy it more or less immediately once it becomes available. And read it WHEN? Lol 8y

OSChamberlain Lol that won't matter as long as you have it in your possession and can get to it eventually! 8y

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