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Dear Augie March:

You…silly boy. You thought you got me, didn’t you? You thought I wasn’t going to finish the first book on my list.  You thought you could make a failure of me. Well, guess what? You thought wrong. I will not … Continue reading

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Procrastination

As everyone knows, I’ve been having trouble with this Augie March book.  I’ve decided to take a break from reading to post a list of the main things that make me take a break from reading in hopes that I’ll be … Continue reading

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Up to Page 80

I’m sorry to report this book has not gotten any easier to stay focused on. I hate to admit this, it makes me feel like an unsophisticated failure, but, I dislike this book.  A lot.  I’m finding it painful to … Continue reading

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Beginning Augie

The Adventures of Augie March is not what I expected.  Saul Bellow and J.D. Salinger do not seem to have much in common…so far.  Salinger is, of course, a fairly easy read;  Bellow, however, is not.  Nothing really seems to … Continue reading

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Bildungsroman

I’ve decided to tackle the list in alphabetical order, so my first novel will be The Adventures of Augie March.  I’m pretty excited for this book, because I think it’s a coming of age story (or a bildungsroman if you’d like).  … Continue reading

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