1. flavorpill:  High schoolers especially are in need of reading like this: structure that they can’t quite parse, insane length, hypnotic language and loose ends will do them well in a sea of formulaic novels that ‘lend themselves’ to being taught in time-sensitive classes. Moreover, the novel is in some ways a brutal foil for the teenage experience – Blake Butler recently mused that the book “seems like it was written by an extremely intelligent alien; someone trying so intricately and direly to figure out humans and so utterly, utterly failing.” We don’t know about you, but we remember this feeling. Pair that with a much-needed warning against over-entertainment, and there’s something every high schooler should take a look at. Books you should’ve read in high school  UGH this book. >:( It is beating me. I bought it and started making pretty good progress through it just reading as much as I could whilst munching on my lunchbreak every day. But then I got distracted by reading books that were actually, y’know, enjoyable and rewarding. Now it just taunts me from atop a pile of old printouts and sticky notes.

    flavorpill:

     High schoolers especially are in need of reading like this: structure that they can’t quite parse, insane length, hypnotic language and loose ends will do them well in a sea of formulaic novels that ‘lend themselves’ to being taught in time-sensitive classes. Moreover, the novel is in some ways a brutal foil for the teenage experience – Blake Butler recently mused that the book “seems like it was written by an extremely intelligent alien; someone trying so intricately and direly to figure out humans and so utterly, utterly failing.” We don’t know about you, but we remember this feeling. Pair that with a much-needed warning against over-entertainment, and there’s something every high schooler should take a look at.

    Books you should’ve read in high school 

    UGH this book. >:( It is beating me. I bought it and started making pretty good progress through it just reading as much as I could whilst munching on my lunchbreak every day. But then I got distracted by reading books that were actually, y’know, enjoyable and rewarding. Now it just taunts me from atop a pile of old printouts and sticky notes.

Notes

  1. crsenex reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    It would help. But I would settle for a HS madatory screening of his Kenyon Speech. That is mandatory for all living...
  2. i-do--what-i-want reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    Definitely will take a look. A nice long one.
  3. embermadrone reblogged this from flavorpill
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  5. bretneyangela reblogged this from rocheiie
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  7. wordhording reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    One of my top 10 pithy reads!
  8. fuckingbitchtits reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    i did read this in high school! beginning of senior year. DFW killed himself while i was reading it. i was on page 755....
  9. myjokesarefunnierinenochian reblogged this from whatthehobbitohyes
  10. whatthehobbitohyes reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    books I will be reading in highschool.
  11. stupiditykills reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    UGH this book. >:( It is beating me. I bought it and started making pretty good progress through it just reading as much...
  12. tsibugan reblogged this from sagatrope and added:
    or a book i tried to read after college and got frustrated with. this stuff is intense.
  13. feelthemonster reblogged this from cearaz0 and added:
    Just finished it off again this weekend!
  14. termsofresilience reblogged this from onehundreddollars

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