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I just finished Infinite Jest after almost 9 months and I'm drained. Some people see that ending as uplifting...I'm not one of them. The novel did hit home on a lot of points though. Any suggestions for light, fun reading? I need to cleanse my palate.
 

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just finished Hard boiled wonderland - Murakami

reading Seneca - Letters from a stoic a second time around.
 

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I seem to be regressing...

Just picked up a copy of Treasure Island and Dracula. I also have a desire to re-read The Little Prince.
 

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I recently finished Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris - my favorite by his so far.

I'm now reading In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.
 

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Paul Monette's Becoming a Man and Borrowed Time are on deck for this weekend.
 

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Originally Posted by HORNS
I recently finished Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris - my favorite by his so far.

His best IMO.
 

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I won't be poasting much leisure reading in the near future as my honors seminar has 250-300 pgs. of reading per week. Our first book:
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itsstillmatt

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Originally Posted by HORNS
I recently finished Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris - my favorite by his so far.

I'm now reading In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.

These two people make me want to kill somebody, preferably them.
 

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Originally Posted by iammatt
These two people make me want to kill somebody, preferably them.
I don't get David Sedaris. His sister Amy is 20x funnier.
 

itsstillmatt

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Originally Posted by Connemara
I don't get David Sedaris. His sister Amy is 20x funnier.
I went to see him read his garbage. Everybody in the audience was falling apart laughing, and I was just sitting there.
 

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has anyone picked up/read:

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?

i'm curious to see if it's just weird and unmanageable or actually kind of interesting.
 

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Originally Posted by HORNS
I recently finished Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris - my favorite by his so far.

I'm now reading In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.


Originally Posted by iammatt
These two people make me want to kill somebody, preferably them.

Interesting. I enjoyed Omnivore's Dilemna, and I find Sedaris' stuff somewhat funny when I hear it on the radio, although I probably wouldn't bother to read any of his books. But he definitely has that NPR voice that gets under Matt's skin.
 

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