tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780642520803074770.post3718463108639668971..comments2014-06-19T05:46:57.630-05:00Comments on How Do I Know What I Think Until I See What I Say?: Jay Loves A Book #4 - Infinite JestJay Montvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07165174061380427178noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780642520803074770.post-36882814692010688502008-06-02T10:56:00.000-05:002008-06-02T10:56:00.000-05:00I'm simultaneously intrigued and intimidated. Jus...I'm simultaneously intrigued and intimidated. Just the initials ONAN make me nervous!<BR/><BR/>We invented our own tennis game in high school. It involved hitting the balls toward the fence instead of over the net. Simple but fun. Elegant, you might even say. ;-)Katie Alenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17210222751354931694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780642520803074770.post-85163953768350765292008-06-01T08:29:00.000-05:002008-06-01T08:29:00.000-05:00Thanks, Joelle--I put A Short History on my list. ...Thanks, Joelle--I put A Short History on my list. I may skip the metrics though...I wouldn't have any idea how big anything was. "Three meters, hmm? I could probably fit that in my hand." whoops.<BR/><BR/>As for "Infinite Jest", yeah, it's a commitment (as in you will be committed if you try it. :) ). I can't recommend Wallace's essays enough, though. He makes things I'm not interested in interesting. He's got one online (google "David Foster Wallace article" and it's the entry about Roger Federer) that you can take a look at it and see if he's for you. (And you don't have to know anything about tennis...I certainly don't, unless badminton counts.)Jay Montvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165174061380427178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780642520803074770.post-12253747718216548362008-06-01T01:05:00.000-05:002008-06-01T01:05:00.000-05:00Hmmm...I think I'm too much of a coward to take on...Hmmm...I think I'm too much of a coward to take on this book. And I too am a YA writer who occasionally strays into other genres but just your description scared me! If you haven't read Bryson's A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, you probably would like it (and there's nothing short about it!). It was fascinating in only the way Bryson can make things that everyone else finds pretty dense fascinating. I read the British version which was an extra special challenge for me because while I live in Canada now, I was raised in the USA and metrics are not my strongest point (you know-that crash course in third grade didn't really stick -although I'm learning). All his measurements and things are in metrics in the British version, of course!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com