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Joshua is Currently Reading

Joshua gave

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Infinite Jest

by David Foster Wallace

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Nov 22, 2011 09:03pm

Joshua gave

to:

The Moviegoer

by Walker Percy

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Joshua said: "TOTAL lack of sentimentality. Binx sees clearly and truthfully and while around him seems to be caught up in fakeness or little self-delusions. Even Binxs' faith is that way(see the end). This writter has no patience for fake sentiments or sappiness....more "

Oct 20, 2011 05:18am · see review

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to:

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

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Joshua said: "Nonstop. Like "Choose Your own adventure" books. No lingering. weird and unreal. Kind of movie-like, that way. You can't be bored reading this, like Karl Barth.
Personally, I prefer more realism, but this is maybe the best novel I've read in my life,...more "

Oct 20, 2011 05:11am · see review

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Joshua's Recent Updates

Joshua is now friends with Sarah Montambo
May 11, 2012 02:06pm
Joshua made a comment on his review of The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament "I read the book. The authors contradict what they say in the Intro and online, You fucking idiot. "
May 11, 2012 02:04pm · see review
Joshua gave to: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace	My rating:
Nov 22, 2011 09:03pm
Joshua gave to: The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament by Brendan Powell Smith	My rating:
This is NOT, as the makers say, just an innocent retelling of what's already in the Bible. Like every illustrated bible (And 2000 years of art history) it chooses what angle to take on each and every scene. It Selects and Focuses on parts while omitt...more
Nov 22, 2011 06:21am · see review
Joshua marked as to-read: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins	My rating:
Nov 16, 2011 10:14am
Joshua added: The Shape of Content by Ben Shahn	My rating:
Nov 11, 2011 03:14pm
Joshua added: Not a Box by Antoinette Portis	My rating:
Nov 10, 2011 03:53pm
Joshua added: A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis	My rating:
Nov 10, 2011 03:53pm
Joshua marked as to-read: Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism by John Updike	My rating:
Nov 10, 2011 04:20am
Joshua is now following Phoebe's reviews
Nov 08, 2011 03:51am