jlewallen

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Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace
35 readers · Fiction, Psychology, Society

jlewallen · Nov 9, 2015

I'm having the hardest time getting momentum on Infinite Jest. I think partly due to the fact that I personally only have some vague idea of what I'm getting myself into.

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East of Eden

John Steinbeck
19 readers · Fiction, History, Philosophy

jlewallen · Nov 9, 2015

Anything Vonnegut, East of Eden, and The Things They Carried, to name a few.

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The Things They Carried

Tim O’Brien
2 readers · Fiction, Psychology

jlewallen · Nov 9, 2015

Anything Vonnegut, East of Eden, and The Things They Carried, to name a few.

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Trapped Under the Sea

Neil Swidey
1 reader · History

jlewallen · Jan 4, 2016

I just finished Trapped Under the Sea by Neil Swidey Definitely feel confident in saying I enjoyed rather than loved the book.

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