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Well, count me in the small group who has read this in its entirety….

It‘s been the biggest reading-related undertaking of my life.

Took me six months to read…more probably. Many sections I read twice.

I‘m noticing this review is mostly about me rather than anything having to do with the book. Good. That fits with what this book is like, if that makes any sense.

I‘ll say this: I‘m heavily impressed that this thing exists. I‘m glad it exists.

At this point I‘m confident I‘m the only person, besides the author himself, who has read this thing in its entirety.

When he makes his way along a hairline alley to the building‘s rear the Saxon chapel seems to him ablaze with moment and significance as if he‘s looking at it for the first time or the last, and in Narrow Toe Lane he finds he cannot see for tears although he doesn‘t know what they‘re in aid of and within a dozen paces has forgotten them.

Only a thousand+ pages deep into this…no big deal.

I did it! I got through that languagey section I was mentioning before on here!

Such a relief to be back into normal English…I can read so much faster.

While I‘m not recommending you read this, I will say this book is wild, and I‘m proud of myself for getting through it. Because I‘m over 700 pages in, and still have a ways to go.

I can‘t believe I‘m saying this…but this book is awesome.

It went from boring—and I had no idea how I was going to get through it (because it‘s LONG)—to getting good, by around page 250, and now, over 400 pages into it, I‘ve come to think it‘s awesome.

The whole thing is epic. And I still have so far to go, too….

Refuse just once to eat the shit that you‘ve been served up and the powers that be will make sure there‘s a double helping steaming on your plate at every supper for the next eight hundred years.

Belief, in Peter‘s private view of things, counted for little. The eternal, insubstantial ideal was the thing…

This one should take me the rest of the year. #newbookday #jerusalem #alanmoore

I‘m never gonna finish this book and I‘m ok with that

It's heavy! Love it, find it a bit boring, then Moore is blowing my mind. One moment it's dull, next moment the best book ever 😂

The semi-annual library clearance sale is always good for trying new things! You'll also spot 2 brand new Barnes books in there: the tagged one and Firstlife. Anyone read these? 📚📚📚
All of these (except the 2 new ones) for $5! 💃🏽💃🏽

1. Thor: Ragnorak, Infinity War, Deadpool 2, and The Quiet Place—they‘re all tied!!
2. A date? What‘s that? 34 years married and counting!
3. 7? I‘m not really lucky! 😁
4. I DNF‘d the tagged book, but not because I didn‘t like it. I started reading it with a group and realized a couple of chapters in that it is a beautiful, very complex book that deserves a slow pace and close attention to truly appreciate. I plan to read when I have time.

Friday nights

1. Predator, Monster squad, Aliens, Star Wars
2. French fries
3. Cardi B.....I know I know I‘m old but she is amazing
#friyayintro
@jesshowbooks

The Boroughs in Northhampton provides the backdrop for the epic Jerusalem. This Oikos is an #englishhouse which remains true to Moore's heritage and literary style. Could do with being hacked away at to make a more succinct, sharply formed novel but in spite of these flaws it's an unforgettable read - for all the right reasons!
#aprella @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola @Cinfhen

Shall we begin? #jerusalemAM

.....perfect

Finally finished this chunkster as an audiobook. It was hard to follow on audiobook (although the narrator was amazing!) and I may reread at some point. It is a sprawling epic tale spanning ancient times to modern times. Great interesting characters that tie together in varying ways.

So I have a ton of bookshelves! But here's the first books (George R. R. Martin)on my first shelf and the last book (Jerusalem)on my last shelf!
#24in48
@24in48

1. Aquarius
2. Had my students totally engaged in reading Julius Caesar!
3. The tagged book. I started it but found it was too rich, too complex and savor-worthy for the amount of attention I could give it at the time. I plan to revisit when I can enjoy it lingeringly!
4. Work 😞
5. Will do!

#friyayintro

My biggest “big book” to-hand is my galley of Jerusalem - still unread - that clocks in around 1200 pages 🙀 #riotgrams @bookriot

I am predicting these to be 5🌠 reads. #fivestarpredictions

Thanks to @Lcsmcat for inviting me to play.

I'm tagging @Kristy_K @Noonlightreader @batgirl @LitLogophile and @Dragon

"It was as if life were some great big impersonal piece of machinery, like all the things they had in factories that would keep rolling on whatever happened. Getting born was just the same as getting your coat lining caught up in its wheels. Life pulled you in and that was that, you were enmeshed in all its circumstances, all its gears, until you reached the other end and got spat out, into a fancy box if you were lucky."

"The plunge of Grafton Street gushed with a growling steel and rubber torrent, vehicle flow swollen by a rain of lunchtime drinkers . . . threatening to overspill its banks. White-water driving by some Netto Fabulous crash-dummy who bled Burberry, shooting the traffic island rapids in his hotwired kayak, home to Jimmy's End across the river in the west . . . squinting in the spindrift of oncoming headlights." I love this metaphor!

Trying to decide if I really need this mammoth book. I mean, it's already in my cart. Right? 💅 What would Tupac do? #currentlylistening #wwtd

Thank holy heaven that's over! Honestly, only my determination to best this behemoth kept me going. Overwritten, overblown and overwrought with characterisation that veered from thin to dubious and a structure that mistakes convolution for complexity. The chapters "Upstairs" were more readable but ultimately left to languish. An absolute mess of self-indulgence and flawed rhetoric. For the love of God, is there an editor in the house?!

Finally on the home stretch... 😧

Working on moving some bookshelves this evening. Did you know the city requires a safety permit for the proper relocation of a copy of Jerusalem? 🤔

Ahh! Goodreads questions, ily!

Also, I kind of want to read this now 😂

I thought today's #riotgrams was going to be really tricky, then I remembered that I have this in my audiobook queue. Alan Moore's latest could not be more #setnearwhereyoulive for me - he's writing about my hometown and the districts right near where I live. He lives here too. Know where to go and you can see him drinking in the pub!

Whenever I head into Powell's City of Books, I avoid New Releases & Bestsellers; and hunt instead for New-To-Me Authors & Backlist Bargains. I spent most of this trip in the Gold Room (SFF) and in the Blue Room (Literature.) After hours stack stalking across 3 of the 4 stories, stairs & concrete floors; and much deliberation, I ended up w/the above pictured #BookHaul. 🙂💸📚#GetIndie

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Just thought I'd check on how I was doing...19 hours! How it's that even possible?! 😭😧

I had to ditch the hardcover behemoth from the library, the weight and the tiny font were making it too difficult. I've been reading this in fits and starts for weeks now and it isn't working so I'm going to have #onemoretry at putting a real dent in it today! #JuneTunz

Making good on returning all of my library books to focus on the books I own. Luckily my old roommate left this 31 bag at my house or I don't know how I'd haul them all. (I also have a backpack full of books to return)

I picked up this beast from my library the other day. 1200 pages, give or take, and a ridiculously tiny font (as I've tried to illustrate on the right. It's so physically difficult to read I might have to risk it and buy the Kindle edition to save my poor eyes and wrists!

Not normally intimidated by big books.... but I hope this one is worth it. 🌝

Why did I check this out at the library? Over 1200 pages. Never going to finish it on time. Never.

Little one in my lap some monster high and Alan Moore #goodevening

My most recent Book Outlet haul. The day it arrived, I got an email about their sale and an additional 15% off. Oh well 😔

#bookoutlet #bookhaul

As a runner and someone who has run a few marathons, I keep coming back to books like this and infinite jest. There is something challenging and rewarding in these books much the same as training and finishing a marathon. It's hell of a lot of work, but it will be worth it....at least that is what I tell myself

I featured the ladies earlier today. Here are the #Audies2017 finalists in the Best Male Narrator category. I always love seeing Simon Vance's name in this category. I own Jerusalem, but wow is that a time commitment.

Part one of six downloaded and ready to go. Only 60 hours of audio. Yikes!

Just getting started on this one. Slightly intimidated even though I'm always on the hunt for giant epics. 🏔

For #fiestyfeb #bestdebut2016 I will go with Jerusalem, Alan Moore's book about everything. @RealLifeReading even though I haven't finished it, though I did complete the audiobook but I know I missed stuff. @RealLifeReading