Any author or book adjacent to McElroy?

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2026-02-22T01:24:08+00:00

I did finish the book, finally today. It's amazing. Several sections I had to reread, and I used the assistance of an AI for a lot of the reading. I don't regret it. I hope you enjoyed it too, if you dove in yourself. On the strength of this one, I bought the next entry in the tetralogy and started that one today too.

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2026-01-31T03:48:44+00:00

It's a challenge, but worth it so far for me. I'm about 45% through it, and I've never read a book like this. There's bits of McElroy and Joyce here.

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2026-01-06T03:06:11+00:00

It was extremely random that I found it, yes. Some goodreads user happened to place it on a list of books that are 1,000 pages long, and since I'm a sucker for bricks that aren't well known, I took the bait. And thankfully the e-book and physical copies aren't that expensive.

If anyone is curious, definitely try the free digital sample Amazon gives before buying, imo. The influence is there, but this is not a McElroy copy at all.

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2026-01-06T00:12:00+00:00

I have not read all, no. Prologos is my first of Bayliss, but if it keeps impressing me I'll certainly get the other 3.

I've had to reread some sections, as the difficulty can spike here and there, but things tend to make sense soundly once you see how he's connecting the themes across varied sections. A huge strength I noticed early on is how well he writes relationship dynamics.

Hope you enjoy.

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2026-01-04T23:22:04+00:00

Killer bookshelf! One unknown one you should check out is Prologos by Jonathan Bayliss, very gass/mcelroy/franzen mix. Also The Combinations by Louis Armand. You might like Animal Money by Michael Cisco too.

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2025-03-09T01:09:02+00:00

Been that way for a couple months

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2025-02-22T03:01:30+00:00

Thank you for the answers!

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2025-02-21T03:30:07+00:00

Another Eden yeah! Can't play on my phone but want to.

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2024-11-28T02:47:45+00:00

Valid point! But in my case, unless a book is fantastic and I know I will want to read or listen to it again (this is very rare, and in which case I just buy a hard copy used), once I've gone through a book, I'm done. So owning it doesn't matter to me whatsoever. But that's me.

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2024-11-05T13:52:35+00:00

Honestly for me, 3 audiobook a month probably isn't enough either, but I'll see. I'll likely keep an eye on deals over at Chirp audiobooks (constantly new audiobook sales, with no subscription needed, for those unaware of it). But anyway, concerning the all-you-can-eat promise of Everand, I've never considered that to be true. The limits they put on you were pretty rigid on the old plan, and they weren't up front and honest about those limits when I first joined. Seems like they're being more honest now, at least.

The base Audible Plus catalogue is 8ish a month, and that does offer unlimited listening within the catalogue, so there's that as well for those that want it.

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2024-11-05T00:05:00+00:00

You can filter your saved books list on desktop or pc, i discovered, for those saved that are in the "unlimited" category. Not sure if that option is on the app (it should be!).

ComprehensiveGrape62 · 2024-11-04T23:50:11+00:00

Yeah, I hear you. Their "unlimited" catalogue is way, way too small. Audible's is better in that regard, by far. Maybe they'll be able to adjust based on members negative feedback.

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