Kurt Vonnegut, How I Love Thee

[jenwhits]

I just finished Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut. I started it yesterday. I read it like lightning. I think my reading days are back. I've been watching too much tv lately. Anyway, it comes in a disappointing last place among the Vonnegut that I've read. It barely even felt like Kurt Vonnegut. In his earlier days, he wrote a lot about the

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[smurfweb]

are you going to be here for thanksgiving???

[jenwhits]

sure am! we should DEFINITELY hang out if you're available. let me know when's good for you.

[idlegenius]

i like this post and your list. remind me and i will drag out my stupid journals from my 18th year when i was seriously reading KV and i will show you all my favorite quotes.

i also just re-read S5 and it was so much better than i had remembered. i am now hitting up the budding geniuses of my age bracket who owe some serious debts to KV:

Jonathan Safran Foer (i almost cried before i fell asleep last night while reading his latest, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Gary Shteyngart (his only two novels are two of th funniest, true books i have ever read)

[jenwhits]

i will definitely remind you.
i've never heard of either of those other guys. i'll have to check them out. i always like your book recommendations.
are you gonna be around for thanksgiving? i haven't seen you in years.