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Tom Bensley is on page 826 of 1088 of Infinite Jest
i can't believe i still haven't finished this
Jan 06, 2025 02:55PM Add a comment
Infinite Jest

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Tom Bensley is on page 90 of 480 of Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
"The nut of the problem is that covering this presidential campaign is so fucking dull that it's just barely tolerable ... and the only thing worse than going out on the campaign trail and getting hauled around in a booze-frenzy from one speech to another is having to come back to Washington and write about it."
Sep 03, 2015 02:30AM Add a comment
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

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Tom Bensley is reading Mythologies
"mere reader" he may think himself to be, but Barthes's influence is palpable in modern essayists (David Foster Wallace much?), and his critical thought process is infectious.
Jul 05, 2015 01:00AM Add a comment
Mythologies

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Tom Bensley is reading Middlemarch
well. it's taking me a while.
May 23, 2015 07:45PM Add a comment
Middlemarch

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Tom Bensley is reading Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1)
makes me wonder what happens to classics that aren't "Classics". what happens to the book that becomes a cult classic, i.e., not "highbrow" enough for the Penguin series, but still clearly worthy of endless reprintings and discussion?
Jan 03, 2015 09:56PM Add a comment
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1)

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Tom Bensley is reading The Iliad
had to get a new copy, switching from butler's stiff, outdated translation (with the gods under roman titles) to e.v. rieu's excellent translation in the penguin edition, with a great deal of extra information.
Nov 22, 2014 07:11PM Add a comment
The Iliad

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Tom Bensley is reading Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
reading it for the letters, essays and for The Violent Bear it Away.
Nov 04, 2014 10:41PM Add a comment
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works

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Tom Bensley is reading This Is How You Lose Her
was trying to think about how i feel about this, and came up with this:
"mixed feelings/thoughts"
Sep 09, 2014 09:47PM Add a comment
This Is How You Lose Her

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Tom Bensley is reading The Elements of Style
i get it now. the simple, clear statements are endlessly helpful. so many headslapping moments, like "of course! how could i not've been doing that before!"
Aug 29, 2014 12:11AM Add a comment
The Elements of Style

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Tom Bensley is reading Runaway: Stories
she's a master. it's a pleasure to read her, but admiring her expertise at her craft is just as rewarding. every deft characterisation and lucid sentence seems so effortless.
Aug 29, 2014 12:08AM Add a comment
Runaway: Stories

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Tom Bensley is reading Runaway: Stories
the title story was spectacular. munro sets herself apart as a short story writer because she creates lives. she doesn't just write stories.
Aug 23, 2014 07:03PM Add a comment
Runaway: Stories

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Tom Bensley is reading A Man in Love (My Struggle #2)
am taking a short break. it's awesome, but exhausting. so much knausgaard.
Aug 21, 2014 11:43PM Add a comment
A Man in Love (My Struggle #2)

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Tom Bensley is reading You Private Person
i want to read this again. you know that weird thing, where, while you're reading a book, you're already thinking, i will read this again? like you're missing something or you just know that this kind of book benefits from multiple readings.
Aug 21, 2014 11:42PM Add a comment
You Private Person

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Tom Bensley is reading You Private Person
richard chiem writes beautifully. sometimes i'm not sure what about, but it's beautiful always.
Aug 19, 2014 06:26PM Add a comment
You Private Person

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Tom Bensley is reading The Collected Stories
i have trouble with the modernist writers. maybe i just need some time, but i feel very disconnected from mansfield.
Aug 06, 2014 05:04AM Add a comment
The Collected Stories

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Tom Bensley is reading A Man in Love (My Struggle #2)
feel like, at the end of the last one, i'll be different somehow.
Jul 26, 2014 06:01AM Add a comment
A Man in Love (My Struggle #2)

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Tom Bensley is reading Selected Short Stories
boule de suif. oh man. so late to the party, but like, this maupassant cat is pretty rockin'.
Jul 22, 2014 07:15PM Add a comment
Selected Short Stories

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