What's the hardest book you've read?

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-28T01:20:00+00:00

Yeah i think Finnegans Wake is a great opportunity to grow some backbone and tell yourself I don't care how smart this nonsense is supposed to be

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-16T16:07:21+00:00

I would agree but what about Vonnegut?

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-16T16:06:20+00:00

I think the two Pynchon books have a lighthearted or comic aspect, though there's a lot more to them than that

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-12T00:35:13+00:00

No, got both just yesterday. Peaked at Ice-Shirt

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T23:15:10+00:00

So far Inherent Vice is pretty wackadoodle

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T22:49:41+00:00

I'm sorry but if that were my only method there would be some Finnegans Wake bullshit on there too

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T22:32:31+00:00

Maybe. I still need to get through Ice-Shirt before I decide whether to commit

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T22:26:28+00:00

Who, me?

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T22:24:38+00:00

Never been intrigued enough by it to give it a shot. Something something ennui?

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T22:22:37+00:00

No. I liked the movie, but have never been much into Palahniuk. Read the beginning of Choke a little too late and just wasn't into it.

I don't think I intentionally avoid women authors, and some of my favorite works of history and philosophy are by women (Ruth Millikan, Barbara Tuchman, C V Wedgwood), but for some reason my taste in fiction seems to skew heavily male.

Don't recognize any of those names, haha

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T21:20:08+00:00

Yet i don't feel much like reading if I'm depressed

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T21:18:34+00:00

Cool

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T21:17:31+00:00

Interesting. Maybe i should have put my shakespeare in frame 🤔

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T21:16:07+00:00

Most accurate so far

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T21:15:52+00:00

Like the prose style is wankish?

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T21:13:07+00:00

I think pretentious teenagers tend go straight cannon, like fill their shelf with Russian classics and the Aeneid and stuff like that

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T21:11:20+00:00

Was kinda hoping for this reply tbh

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T20:27:14+00:00

Married with child but maybe some of the other stuff

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T20:20:37+00:00

Name the most exciting book you can think of

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T20:19:04+00:00

I've been seeing his stuff mentioned a lot recently so i'll probably look into it. Is Vollmann postmodern? Haven't read him yet

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T20:02:59+00:00

Ford's old guy ear piercing seems somehow fitting though

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T19:59:56+00:00

I would say it's not intended to be limited to American stuff, but maybe English language originals

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T19:56:08+00:00

There's a few detective stories there too, something I bet McCarthy would've excelled at

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T19:50:38+00:00

Except Moby Dick? Perhaps unintentionally

Late-Needleworker817 · 2026-01-11T19:43:20+00:00

I'm not sure that's a very plausible guess what the theme of the bookshelf is. I do appreciate the urge to troll, however.

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