Broom of the System | 
DFW's debut novel is equal parts witty, sardonic, and fantastical. It includes some unforgettable passages, such as an explanation of "second order vanity." Lenore struggles to find identity, belonging, and her missing grandmother. Oh, and much of Ohio is a desert.
Couldn't resist these...
Some light (j/k) Sunday reading for anyone interested. This article had my head swimming in the best way. Understanding DFW is one of the most fulfilling pursuits of my life. This focuses primarily on The Broom of the System (his work closest linked to Wittgenstein) but #infinitejestbuddyread participants may find it interesting too. (Mild spoilers within.) http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2010/12/philosophical_sweep.html
Here's two of my current reads, plus The Fifth Season on my Kindle and Invisible Man on audio. #riotgrams
pickThis book is a complete treasure for fans of DFW. He wrote it as an undergrad, and it's a delight to see the beginnings of what he would become as a novelist.
It's clever, absurd, stimulating and hilarious. DFW makes you work for what you‘re reading. He challenges you to remember all of his characters and the clever little details that he plants along the way. But the brilliant thing is that it doesn‘t actually feel like work.
It's been very hectic this month and it felt like I had read more than this but I'm not overly disappointed because whilst I have selected these two as picks it could very easily have been almost any of the titles I read this month. It's been a great month material wise! #photoadaynov16 #bestofnovember
This book is a hug to my soul right now. It‘s not even that it‘s affecting me in any sort of deep emotional way. It‘s just that DFW has this way with words and with storytelling that is so damn endearing. I love him. I miss him.
This is what most of my evenings look like.
My one Black Friday purchase because we happened to be near the independent bookstore in Harvard Square and I couldn't resist going inside and I came across this special edition copy of a David Foster Wallace book that I haven't read yet and I feel like I'm really going to need some David Foster Wallace in my life as I attempt to endure the horrible reality of living in America right now.
pickHad so much fun with this! You can see the roots of Infinite Jest and it also called to mind Murakami's 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' but it is definitely its own thing. I know some people don't like DFW but if you're curious this was clever, touching and endlessly funny. Vlad The Impaler is the best fictional bird I have come across
Having A LOT of fun with this book. Its quirkiness is the perfect pick me up after some script cuts and research!
Today's bookish plans! Green Grow The Lilacs is homework and then some fiction and non-fiction. Loving The Broom Of The System so far!
Saw the new Penguin Orange Classics in person yesterday - they are stunning. // at PowerHouse Books in DUMBO.
I'm a sucker for an artsy cover.
Seems like an appropriate pencil to use while reading this one.
