The name of the Infinite Jest reading challenge might be seasonally inappropriate (it has never felt less like summer, although the infinite has some resonance right now), but I’m now 12 days into it and starting to feel as though it’s not only achievable, but highly enjoyable.
When the book arrived in the post, I was intimidated by it’s heft. And by all the tips on how best to tackle this monster. It started to feel as though it was going to be punishment and I read for pleasure rather than pain. Still, I gamely printed off the custom-made bookmarks (complete with schedule) and laminated two of them: one to keep my place in the text and one for the endnotes, as advised. I signed up to the Google app somebody had ingeniously created to track reader progress against the deadlines. I added a column for #infsum in my Tweetdeck. And, on 21 June, I started reading.
Continue reading Infinite Summer – progress is being made
