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Simple Torture · **Posted:** Wed June 16, 2021 9:09 pm

Joey: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how ... ad-ulysses

"I can’t emphasize enough that there are no leprechauns in Ulysses."

epilogue · **Posted:** Wed June 16, 2021 11:05 pm

I probably shouldn't ever read it, actually. That passage you posted doesn't really seem like it's about assfucking at all to me. And that McSweeney's article was too long. *shrugs*

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Wed June 16, 2021 11:32 pm

epilogue wrote:

I probably shouldn't ever read it, actually. That passage you posted doesn't really seem like it's about assfucking at all to me. And that McSweeney's article was too long. *shrugs*

Oh, I should've clarified--those are actual letters that Joyce wrote to his wife that were in his papers. Not passages from Ulysses.

epilogue · **Posted:** Wed June 16, 2021 11:33 pm

Simple Torture wrote:

epilogue wrote:

I probably shouldn't ever read it, actually. That passage you posted doesn't really seem like it's about assfucking at all to me. And that McSweeney's article was too long. *shrugs*

Oh, I should've clarified--those are actual letters that Joyce wrote to his wife that were in his papers. Not passages from Ulysses.

dad · **Joined:** Fri June 24, 2016 2:49 pm **Posts:** 16571

rereading this

Mickey · **Posted:** Fri June 18, 2021 5:10 pm

I've decided that Motherless Brooklyn sucks, but I'm too far in it to quit now.

wease · **Posted:** Fri June 18, 2021 5:42 pm

Mickey wrote:

I've decided that Motherless Brooklyn sucks, but I'm too far in it to quit now.

Naw, man. Get out. Life’s to short to devote time to things you don’t like. Put it down and go on to the next one.

Mickey · **Posted:** Fri June 18, 2021 5:46 pm

It would take more time to find another book that I can comfortably read while drunk than it would to finish it, plus you can't undervalue the moral superiority of being able to say I read it and I know it sucks

dad · **Joined:** Fri June 24, 2016 2:49 pm **Posts:** 16571

Mickey wrote:

It would take more time to find another book that I can comfortably read while drunk than it would to finish it, plus you can't undervalue the moral superiority of being able to say I read it and I know it sucks

this got me.

wease · **Posted:** Fri June 18, 2021 6:59 pm

Mickey wrote:

It would take more time to find another book that I can comfortably read while drunk than it would to finish it, plus you can't undervalue the moral superiority of being able to say I read it and I know it sucks

Do you not have a stack of stuff just sitting there waiting to be read?

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Fri June 18, 2021 7:07 pm

I think it's especially tough to pick what to read next after you read a book that you didn't enjoy. This happened recently and I must've flipped through 20 books on my Kindle before picking something I've read before because I just wanted to be really engaged and enjoy something.

washing machine · **Posted:** Wed June 23, 2021 11:21 pm

This is an enjoyable and easy read, and the recipes between chapters are a nice touch. Totally trying his rice milk recipe tomorrow morning.

Mickey · **Posted:** Sun June 27, 2021 5:24 pm

Starting this one today:

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36224

Re reading Lo Salvaje, a comic from Argentina thats a masterpiece. Also read Cotillon, another comic book full with great visuals and not a single line of dialogue.

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Sun June 27, 2021 6:35 pm

I'm reading 3 books concurrently right now, which is very strange for me, but I'm also having an uncharacteristically difficult time deciding what to read next. So I'm just dipping in and out of these three story collections:

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Mickey · **Posted:** Sun June 27, 2021 6:56 pm

You should read my wife's story collection. And then you should give it a five star review on all relevant platforms.

4/5 · **Joined:** Thu December 20, 2012 4:45 pm **Posts:** 6652

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Sun June 27, 2021 7:29 pm

Mickey wrote:

You should read my wife's story collection. And then you should give it a five star review on all relevant platforms.

Fine.

4/5 · **Joined:** Thu December 20, 2012 4:45 pm **Posts:** 6652

4/5 wrote:

Pleasantly surprised by this. Between it being his first novel and me fundamentally disagreeing with the main thrust of the story: automation bad, I didn't have overly high hopes. It lacks that Vonnegut flair and is by far the most standard thing I've read from him, but I still really enjoyed it.

4/5 · **Joined:** Thu December 20, 2012 4:45 pm **Posts:** 6652

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