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Posted on March 8, 2016May 30, 2017

On reading the first chapter of Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest

On Sunday, I named Infinite Jest as a book readers can benefit from dipping into, even if they never read it straight through to the end. Today, I’m prepared to elaborate on why. Continue reading “On reading the first chapter of Infinite Jest”

Posted on March 6, 2016May 30, 2017

Reading Interrupted: BFD to the DNF

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - quote

My February reading roundup included almost as many DNF titles as it did completed ones. Typically, DNF implies a book and reader failed to connect on some level. Conventional wisdom says if we love a book, we read it from beginning to end, possibly without putting it down. Not finishing a book must mean something went wrong along the way. Continue reading “Reading Interrupted: BFD to the DNF”

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