Wait. What happened? You are at the end of Infinite Jest. You’ve been reading for the last 34 days, over the course of a thousand pages, and your friends and family members are wondering if you are ever going to return to them. You have met hundreds of characters, underlined dozens of passages of symbolic […]
The Summer of Jest is over. Here are some of my thoughts on the last 300 pages. Spoilers ahead. For anyone who chooses to read this book, rest assured that it requires anti-social and obsessive behavior in order to finish it. I completed it in 34 days, reading an average of 31.7 pages or 14,235 […]
I just finished the second trimester of my Jest-ation. Here’s what I’m thinking as I finish pages 300-601: 1. My pace has slowed. 2. Fatigue is starting to set in. 3. Nevertheless, this is still one heck of an entertaining book. 1. My Pace Has Slowed I was originally reading on a “31-squared” scheduled–31 pages […]
I’m almost halfway there. Considering I lost three to four days of reading time to packing up and moving out of my house, plus the six or so hours I just blew on the above graphic, I am pretty satisfied with where I am in Infinite Jest. In 13 days I’ve covered over 400 pages (not […]
Mmmyellow? My family and I have sold our home. We’re living temporarily with my in-laws, trying to stay out of the exurban heat, and awaiting the birth of our second child. Throughout all of this, I’ve been lugging around Infinite Jest, trying to make headway. Here’s where I am so far: Now that I’m 300 […]
This summer I am going to read David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. Maybe. The summer of 2011 is going to be a difficult but rewarding one. First, my wife is expecting our second child at like almost any moment now. Also, we are in the process of selling our house and buying a new […]