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 Post subject: Re: Can I read Infinite Jest in one week?
PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:41 pm 
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Depending on your lifestyle and commitments, it could be done in a week, enjoyably. I finished tonight after starting on June 25. I think this is a great book, not the easiest to understand but that is sort of the point, isn't it?


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 Post subject: Re: Can I read Infinite Jest in one week?
PostPosted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:36 am 
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It took me just over three weeks, reading anywhere between 0 and 3 hours a day, but generally probably an hour and a half each day. I did read another, much lighter book concurrently (Nicole Krauss's The History of Love. I didn't enjoy it), and towards the end of IJ I started to take notes.

Regarding Gravity's Rainbow, I'm currently on my second attempt. I first tried in 2007, and gave up after 500 pages and 3 months. Fingers crossed!


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