Algernon’s Reviews > Infinite Jest > Status Update

This is taking forever! It's about equal parts amazing and annoying.
I have just come across a self-referencing joke in one of the footnotes that captures the experience perfectly:

"Watching Grass Grow While Being Hit Repeatedly Over the Head With a Blunt Object"

For the moment I'm hanging in there and even laughing (when I'm not checking how many pages are left before I finish the damn book)