It’s bad enough that Jeanne has been getting on me for how long it’s taking me to read A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, but now the facebook app iRead is, too!
Dear Ben,
We noticed that you have marked as ?Reading It? on Books iRead. Are you still working on it? We wanted to send you a reminder, just in case you finished reading the book but forgot to mark it on iRead.
You Can,
Mark Prayer for Owen Meany as Read It. You will be able to rate and review the book on this page.
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Books iRead makes it really easy for you to organize your bookshelf and show off your reads to your friends.
Sincerely,
The Books iRead Team
Two and a half years ago I finished Neal Stephensen’s Cryptonomicon. I liked it, but it took forever to finish. Well, fast forward to today and I just finished the prequel, Quicksilver. I got the book for my 27th birthday and it took me a year and a half to finish! I probably never would have read it, but the free chapter included with Cryptonomicon sold me. Damn you. Not that Quicksilver wasn’t good, but it’s almost more impressive as a thing. I can appreciate a mountain without having to climb it or a bridge without having to jump off it.
I’ll be 80 by the time I finish the whole series.
Typically I flop between fiction and non-fiction, and I just started reading the Selfish Gene. Usually the fiction goes by faster, but in this case I’m devouring it.
Two and a half years ago I finished Neal Stephensen’s Cryptonomicon. I liked it, but it took forever to finish. Well, fast forward to today and I just finished the prequel, Quicksilver. I got the book for my 27th birthday and it took me a year and a half to finish! I probably never would have read it, but the free chapter included with Cryptonomicon sold me. Damn you. Not that Quicksilver wasn’t good, but it’s almost more impressive as a thing. I can appreciate a mountain without having to climb it or a bridge without having to jump off it.
I’ll be 80 by the time I finish the whole series.
Typically I flop between fiction and non-fiction, and I just started reading the Selfish Gene. Usually the fiction goes by faster, but in this case I’m devouring it.
Damn!
Kurt Vonnegut died at the age of 84. He was the best.
Damn!
Kurt Vonnegut died at the age of 84. He was the best.