false 28 103 79 true 5810235 read 0 true 2936773 currently-reading 24 true 2936772 to-read 13 false 3430305 to-re-read 7 false 3203189 favorites 1 false 3412675 currently-re-reading <![CDATA[new comment from Adam]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/219162-a-serious-man Adam made a comment in the Movies We've Just Watched group:

Yeah, there's no such thing as too deadpan for me. I was cracking up throughout the whole thing. The humor was bleeding through the pores of the entire film, in my opinion. ]]> <![CDATA[Adam made a comment on Alex DeLarge's profile]]> http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1240502-alex-delarge Adam made a comment on Alex DeLarge's profile:

Hey Alex, thanks for friending me! I should probably update my profile on here, as I just moved to Boston a little over a month ago... but I'm sure I'll be back in PA eventually (unfortunately) :P ]]> <![CDATA[Adam added 'To Bee or Not to Bee: A Book for Beeings Who Feel There's More to Life Than Just Making Honey']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64090060 to: To Bee or Not to Bee: A Book for Beeings Who Feel There's More to Life Than Just Making Honey (Hardcover) by John Penberthy
I agree with the philosophical points presented, as simple as they may be. The illustrations are what make it all worth it. ]]> <![CDATA[Adam made a comment on Greg's profile]]> http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1551557-greg Adam made a comment on Greg's profile:

I'm curbyourentropy... I like it when you do post, I think... You're the one who's into David Foster Wallace, right? ]]> <![CDATA[Adam added 'Infinite Jest']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40732687 to: Infinite Jest (Paperback) by David Foster Wallace
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and so but I just finished this and am pretty much basically flabbergasted by the sheer enormity of Wallace's wit and simultaneous ability to create an entire world and then gradually expose its geopolitical and cultural nuances in wildly unique and disparate ways via e.g. a mosaic of seemingly unrelated stories and details and explanations and descriptions and endnotes, all of which in reality actually contribute to one another and come together to reveal an incredibly complex but at the same time wildly enjoyable narrative about freedom, ambition, and addiction (with, gasp, a little bit of real live optimism thrown in here and there for good measure in between!)

fuck. ]]> <![CDATA[Adam is on page 508 of Infinite Jest ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40732687 Adam is on page 508 of 1104 of Infinite Jest ]]> <![CDATA[Adam added 'The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33570301 to: The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again (Paperback) by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A delightful classic. Very funny at parts, sweet and sad at others. Really sets itself apart from other children's fairy tales by including the aftermath of the journey: death, politics, and war. The Hobbit will always be one of my favorites and a source of many fantastic memories. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Adam]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51707129 Jared's review of Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace

Hey, we're both reading David Foster Wallace. Have you read Infinite Jest? I'm about 100 pages in... man oh man. Love it. ]]> <![CDATA[Adam added 'The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50588140 to: The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality (Hardcover) by André Comte-Sponville
I'd give it a 3.5/5. It's pretty good, but the entire last third of the book is so new-agey it's ridiculous (and this coming from someone who's usually sympathetic to new-age language). Overall it has a great message and preaches tolerance, respect, and love. It just doesn't dig incredibly deep into the issues, and, like I said, the third part is so out-of-character for the book as a whole. It's like the author dozed off and started sleep-writing... very odd. Again, I sympathize with new-age sentiments... but in this book it just seemed out of place and too much. All the same, it's a nice, short, inspiring read. I do recommend it. ]]>