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Alex is on page 50 of 304 of Shadow Ticket
This is a lot of fun. The Lake Michigan setting might be biasing me a bit but oh well. I’m thinking it would be an interesting project one day to read all of Pynchon’s books in order of their historical setting…
Oct 11, 2025 07:01AM Add a comment
Shadow Ticket

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Alex is on page 229 of 458 of Berlin Alexanderplatz
This has really picked up.
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Berlin Alexanderplatz

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Alex is on page 490 of 1001 of Schattenfroh
To my taste as a reader, if a book aspires to a certain level of impenetrability, it should also simultaneously somehow seduce the reader into attempting to uncover its secrets. Schattenfroh has long sentences, but at least in translation, they lack the style that keeps me invested in works by say, Pynchon or Gass. I’m not the least bit curious about what it all means. I think I’ll be putting this one aside.
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Schattenfroh

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Alex is on page 70 of 168 of The Nun
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The Nun

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Alex is on page 118 of 458 of Berlin Alexanderplatz
Perfect for when I need to come up for air from Schattenfroh.
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Berlin Alexanderplatz

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Alex is on page 330 of 1001 of Schattenfroh
Sep 11, 2025 04:01AM 1 comment
Schattenfroh

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Alex is on page 252 of 1001 of Schattenfroh
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Schattenfroh

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Alex is on page 22 of 168 of The Nun
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The Nun

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Alex is on page 147 of 1001 of Schattenfroh
I’m in.
Aug 31, 2025 08:04AM Add a comment
Schattenfroh

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Alex is on page 145 of 274 of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
I feel like I know where this is going, and have for some time… unless I’m just falling into Tagarczuk’s trap. Either way this is a lot of fun. Curious about her other work, which I’ve heard is a bit more literary…
Aug 11, 2025 07:05PM Add a comment
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

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Alex is on page 33 of 304 of Roberto Bolaño's Fiction: An Expanding Universe
Thinking about rereading 2666 next year. Maybe this will tip the scales…
Aug 03, 2025 06:16AM Add a comment
Roberto Bolaño's Fiction: An Expanding Universe

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Alex is on page 170 of 319 of Fox
Diving back in for WITmonth.
Aug 03, 2025 03:59AM Add a comment
Fox

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Alex is on page 280 of 388 of That Awful Mess on Via Merulana (English and Italian Edition)
The Joyce comparisons are, for once, not unwarranted. This demands a reread and some supplemental literature.
Aug 01, 2025 08:15AM Add a comment
That Awful Mess on Via Merulana (English and Italian Edition)

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Alex is finished with Nobodaddy's Children
Wow, what a steep drop with Brand’s Heath.
Jul 13, 2025 05:38PM Add a comment
Nobodaddy's Children

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Alex is finished with Nobodaddy's Children
Faun: ? What a !
Jul 09, 2025 11:19AM 1 comment
Nobodaddy's Children

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Alex is finished with Nobodaddy's Children
It turns out that when Schmidt chills with the punctuation and the etyms, he’s actually one of the best prose stylists out there.
Jul 07, 2025 06:19AM Add a comment
Nobodaddy's Children

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Alex is 68% done with Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Because every once in awhile I need to be reminded to chill the f out.
Jul 06, 2025 12:10PM Add a comment
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

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Alex is on page 310 of 906 of Parade's End (Vintage Classics)
Finished the first novel. Ford kinda hits you over head with the title (Some Do Not…) in a way that couldn’t help but make me flash to Ron Howard saying “Hey, that’s the name of the show!” Onto No More Parades.
Jun 27, 2025 03:38PM Add a comment
Parade's End (Vintage Classics)

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Alex is on page 225 of 906 of Parade's End (Vintage Classics)
Still fantastic. The plot seems so simple at times, but Ford makes plenty of unexpected choices. You think maybe you’re going to watch a slow progression of entanglements, something like Middlemarch maybe, then he pulls the rug out from under you with a massive time-jump. I really don’t know where this is all heading, but I’m definitely along for the ride.
Jun 24, 2025 06:28AM Add a comment
Parade's End (Vintage Classics)

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Alex is on page 91 of 906 of Parade's End (Vintage Classics)
The characters drew me in right away, even if Sylvia is rather cartoonishly evil. Still, she drives a compelling plot and the pseudo-Woolfian style is doing it for me. Let’s see if it will continue to do it for 800 more pages…
Jun 17, 2025 12:55PM Add a comment
Parade's End (Vintage Classics)

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Alex is on page 164 of 308 of Hard Rain Falling
This has become an entirely different book. And I like it.
Jun 05, 2025 10:34AM Add a comment
Hard Rain Falling

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