If it helps at all, I really enjoyed Julie & Julia - more than I expected to. It unexpectedly really spoke to some angst I was feeling in my own life (tho' almost 10 years older and not yet married, so shut up, Julie! t /ignore me, still dealing with my own issues ). So I'd probably fill the time with J&J while waiting for Mark to catch up, if it were me.
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
EpicTangent - Apr 06, 2011 2:51:44 pm PDT #14309 of 28290
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Laga - Apr 06, 2011 5:05:47 pm PDT #14310 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I read on in Infinite Jest, got to the first big gush of endnotes and said, "oookay, this is a good stopping point."
Laga - Apr 07, 2011 6:32:52 am PDT #14311 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Waitaminute, the end notes have end notes? I don't think I can do this book before coffee.
Tom Scola - Apr 07, 2011 6:36:19 am PDT #14312 of 28290
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
If I recall correctly, the endnotes of the endnotes have endnotes.
Laga - Apr 07, 2011 6:38:28 am PDT #14313 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
gnargh
Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2011 7:47:59 am PDT #14314 of 28290
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Plus if you hold your copy up to a mirror you can read an entirely different novel!
Polter-Cow - Apr 07, 2011 1:21:35 pm PDT #14315 of 28290
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
gnargh
Have you read House of Leaves ? The footnotes have an appendix that has footnotes.
le nubian - Apr 07, 2011 1:46:06 pm PDT #14316 of 28290
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Why would footnotes need footnotes?
Cass - Apr 07, 2011 2:27:02 pm PDT #14317 of 28290
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
footnote fetish?
Laga - Apr 07, 2011 3:01:53 pm PDT #14318 of 28290
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Clearly all the other books I've been reading are footnote deficient.