The Things You Can Read: January Reading Goal: Infinite Jest

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

January Reading Goal: Infinite Jest

GoodReads

For the start of the year, we are joining forces with Goodreads to accomplish reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. This has been on our TBR list for awhile. We started it this past summer, but were not successful. Hoping that the second attempt will yield better results, we are ready to try again. If anyone is interested in joining the group, click on over to Goodreads and check it out. Let us know if you plan to participate, or if you have already read this one, tell us what you thought!

Reading Schedule:
Dec 30-Jan 5: pages 3-95
Jan 6-12: pges 95-198
Jan 13-19: pgs 198-299
Jan 20-26: pgs 299-379
Jan 27-Feb 2: ps 380-508
Feb 3-9: pgs 508-601 (to: “that was a matter of opinion.”)
Feb 10-16: pgs 601-698
Feb 17-23: pgs 698-808
Feb 24-Mar2: pgs 809-902 (to: “knock down.”)
Mar3-9: pgs 902-981 (end)

Note: be sure to read the footnotes as you go along. They contain information and details. It will be handy to have a bookmark in the footnote section to easily flip to them.

This is the edition being used for page numbers: