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Moves one right through a person’s ordinary struggle to deal with this unnatural occurrence

Met Queequeg recently, can’t wait for more interactions!

loved "the circular ruins" and was enjoyably confused by babylon

getting flashes of Pale Fire while reading Quixote, unsurprisingly how I'm forced to think of Kinbote

currently immersed in Tlon and turning over the idea that all men who quote Shakespeare are Shakespeare. I rented the book while forgetting I had already purchased it earlier -- a happy coincidence.

short, quick stories about each match with some personal introspection of Hornby's life woven between the other thoughts on football; nothing mind wowing specifically but generally enjoyable to let one's mind munch on.

the secret of medicine is how to BUFF and TURF every GOMER out there; this is depressingly hilarious

basic argument that US foreign policy is achieved through economic means instead of soldiers is an interesting one; the rest of the story with being involved is the NSA is just fluff

author is strangely bitter for having been born with white privilege, allowed to go to upper level schools, and having the choice to go to fantastic colleges; not sure where the cynicism is coming from since we've yet to go into the economic manipulation schemes. In short, gigantic eye-rolls so far

much like the movie but with a lot more depth and thoughts; fun reads

"Blood-red! What a useless adjective that is. Nothing is as beautifully, richly red as flowing blood on snow. It is strange that the eye can love what mind and body hate."

still going strong

Fox terriers are born with four times as much original sins as other dogs are ... lol

In which it takes more than 3 men to open a tin of pineapple

As explained to me earlier, it's the 19th century version of Dave Barry. When viewed in that light, the book is a nice light read.

Really good and I’m already hooked.

I’m looking for the big potato or a game of frogger

End of Canto Two commentary

The more I advance, the more I just want to delete Kinbote’s absurdities from the book and just enjoy the poem, which is really enjoyable. Is all literary criticism pointless?

What a joy to read - short essays on different aspects of Japanese culture.

A factual yet colorful description of an experience in WWI.