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Mitch
The Pale King | David Foster Wallace
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MrBook
The Pale King | David Foster Wallace
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Today‘s author spotlight: David Foster Wallace! Born in Ithaca, NY, he died in 2008 at 46 in Claremont, CA, from suicide after struggling with depression 😔. He was the first Roy E. Disney English and creative writing professor at Pomona College. He received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer, and TIME ranked “Infinite Jest” as one of the
English language‘s 100 best novels between 1923 and 2005. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow

Leftcoastzen 👍🙌😢 4y
wordslinger42 I've read Infinite Jest! It was really hard to get through! So heartbreaking that he took his life 💔 4y
ljuliel Doggone , I totally missed this post. I like seeing what the authors look like. Putting a name to a book , so to speak. Very sad 😢 (edited) 4y
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TheSpineView
The Pale King | David Foster Wallace
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gradcat David Foster Wallace ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
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karajay
The Pale King | David Foster Wallace
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ I liked it alot! I wonder what it would have become if he hadn't died prior to finishing.

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karajay
The Pale King | David Foster Wallace
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Current read! A day late. I suck. #30junebooks @howjessreads

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karajay
The Pale King | David Foster Wallace
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Starting this book today!

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Kamisha
When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi
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Wow. That epilogue. This was such a beautiful and emotional book! Something I‘m definitely not sure I normally would have picked up if it weren‘t for my reading challenge, but I‘m glad I did.

Read this for my #readharder2018 #posthumous prompt.

Samplergal I loved it. 5y
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Susanita
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Today‘s locale! #NationalBookFestival

But first, #AugustWrapup #Augustisatrip

-Where the Heart Is (Billie Letts) #beachread
-The Girl in the Tower (Katherine Arden) #sequel
-This Is How It Always Is (Laurie Frankel) #LGBTQIA
-When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi) #posthumous
-I Am the Only Running Footman (Martha Grimes) #mystery

For one day thanks to #24B4Monday I was caught up with the pace for my #Goodreads goal, but I‘m not worried!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 6y
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TheWildCard
The Pale King | David Foster Wallace
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If you‘re not already a fan of DFW, this book is probably not for you. But if you ARE a fan, read it. I miss his mind so much, and I‘m still very, very sad about his suicide. This novel would have been fantastic had he finished it.

britt_brooke This is in my TBR. I‘ve still only read Infinite Jest, but I loved it. 6y
the_real_archimboldi The book is hard to read without almost constantly considering his suicide, especially when you get towards the end and know it will be left unfinished. The last scene doesn‘t require much background info and sort of stands alone as a short little story, and it is emotional reading it knowing it is the last thing we‘ll ever get from him. 5y
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SleepyDragon
Light In August | William Faulkner
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May Update
4 books read this month, 3 fiction, all print, one steampunk, one classic sci fi, one famous autobiography, all #MtTBRchallenge
A Moveable Feast #readharder #posthumous
The Sirens of Titan #readharder #classicofgenre #GAR
Glaciers #RtC
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Volume Two #steampunk

In Progress: Light in August #readharder #OprahBookClub #MtTBRchallenge