Sean’s Comments (group member since Jan 30, 2019)

Sean’s comments from the Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die group.

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

One part bizarre
One part screwball
Two parts confusing
Three fun and amazingly creative writing
Two parts "I can't believe that just happened"
One part "What just happened?"
Many parts brilliant

Today I finished my 50th LIST book for 2020.

Getting a little bit of a late start on The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

Finished Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally. A sad but important work.

Alice wrote: "@Sean, I had to run over the library website to see the renewal policy. Check out for three weeks, renew twice, which makes a total of nine weeks. The library is close enough that I can run by to c..."

That'll work. I'm enjoying it. A little strange.. but so am I!!

Alice wrote: "@Sean: my public library has Infinite Jest. I think I'll start it as soon as I finish the book I'm ready now: Sister Carrie."

Hopefully they have a good renewal policy. It's a long one.

Just finished Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. That was very challenging, but very fun also.

With all this talk about long books....

I started Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace today.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. I liked it. I liked the twist. Classic stuff, although my first ever Christie book.

In for a fun ride... I can already tell.... Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Just started The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. It'll be my first Christie. Never got into this very popular genre so I am very interested to read it.

I liked Smiley's People by John le Carré much more than book one in the series.

I just started Smiley's People by John le Carré.

I totally see what you are saying. I really did enjoy it. And I am glad it was picked or else I likely would never have experienced it. I think that you are right. The editors probably really wanted to include something so they chose his work or prose.

And again we have continued discussing more works in Portuguese. I think it's interesting too.

The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition by Fernando Pessoa.

A book written without actually having been written. Pages full of paradox while being empty of absolutely everything.

While I was reading it - then once again while not reading it - I considered telling you that you should pick up this text. But how can I? You are not really there to receive my recommendation. I dream that you are. But since I dream it, then it can’t be.

If you were to answer this note, by causing pixels to flow through the chasm of the cyber-cosmos peppering my illuminated display with darkened spots in the form of electronic symbols and verses representing your own abstract ideas; then perhaps you would believe you are proving to me that you are real. But upon such proof, my dreams will have become failure. For how can we imagine that which is identified? We cannot. The imaginary and the real are mutually exclusive. And when my dreams have failed me… I will have failed to exist.

And so, I weep. I weep at my incapacity for weeping.

Karen wrote: "Finished Remembrance of Things Past (or In Search of Lost Time): Volume 7, Time Regained by Marcel Proust a few days ago. So that concludes Remembrance of Things Past (7 volumes, 4,..."

That's super awesome. I plan to start that in the next couple weeks.

Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally

Written 40 years after Survival in Auschwitz, The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi is amazingly different but just as important. I liked it much better also.

James wrote: "Speak for yourselves. I intend to live until I finish all of them. :)"

I'm pretty sure you must!! It's in the title of the book.

It's not called 1001 Books You Might Wanna Read Before You Die

Vikki wrote: "Sean wrote: "Vikki wrote: "The Pelican Brief by John Grisham"

I've heard this was good. But it's not on the list.... not on this list, anyway..."

Oops, I guess I will read it anyway."

I'm not sure that's allowed... moderators.... ban hammer!! :P