/lit/ - Literature

i just rented it from the library. the first 25 pages are boring. I started to skim, and there was no where to stop skimming so I keep skimming

>>5486308


some say, he's still skimming to this day.

>>5486308
LEARN TO SKIM LEARN TO SKIM LEARN TO SKIM LEARN TO SKIM

>>5486281
I'm studying accounting right now and I'm on here all the time. I mainly lurk though, for obvious reasons.

...back to lurking.

>>5486325

Why did this make me cackle so laughlingly gleefully?

>>5486337
You got me

>>5486350
The reasons are not so obvious to me. Please elaborate.

Community college accounting major master-race reporting

whats that cut page supposed to be
i seed 5 to 12 so its gotta be something

>>5486281
everything's a nail when you're a hammer

jk

sort of

Just got my Master in Accounting; currently studying for CPA exam. Coincidentally, I started coming here right after I graduated. I am mostly what this guy >>5486350 said.

>>5486369
So I am this >>5486350 guy, and basically I just don't feel qualified to post. Reading lit./phil. is a great hobby, but I haven't properly studied any of it. I don't want to reveal that I am a pleb.

>>5487228
Very nice. Which state (or non-US country) are you looking to become a CPA in? It's good to see there are a couple other accountants here.

>>5487256
Texas. I have to say I am much more comfortable with numbers than words (written/spoken).

>>5487256
if you're just honest about what you've read and don't make assumptions about what you haven't you're already a better poster than most of /lit/

I'd rather /lit/ become overrun by open-minded "plebs" than stay dominated by self-styled patricians who only bother to learn enough about other books to shitpost about them

I dropped out of accountancy after I found the first year to be the most boring thing I had ever done and couldn't face it being the thing I had to do for my career. The Pale King seemed terrifyingly authentic and confirmed everything I suspected. I'm currently NEET and never ever regret my decision.

I'm probably the most unqualified (shit)poster on /lit/, no one is going to insult you for lack of knowledge here and if they do its all anonymous.

>>5486337
TEACHIN' BITCHES HOW TO SKIM

>>5486325
nice meme

Sup OP.

I'm not in account or anything but Pale King is probably my favourite book. Didn't take the time to "get it" at first but so glad I did eventually.

>>5487276
This

Most "patricians" on /lit/ are just the equivalent of /mu/'s "/mu/-core" fanboys

OP here, glad to see some accountants (future accountants) on lit
IRL pretty much no one in the field reads anything

If you haven't read TPK I'd highly recommend it

>>5487933
What parts of it did you enjoy most/least?

Personally, I didn't really take to the history of that one girl (Meredith, or the other one?) where her mother's boyfriend or whatever chases them down and hits their car over the road, and has to lie there feigning being dead as her mother's blood drops on her face. Thought that was kinda lame.

The Good People story (Lane and his girl by the lake) is probably my favourite short story, I've read it approx. 10 times.

>>5487948
I liked the Cusk sections (the guy who couldn't stop sweating) and the long chapter in the middle about the 'wastoid' guy. The 'As The World Turns' part.

>>5487955
Yeah the wastoid part was great, especially that quote about how he and his father were both saying "whatever" to their lives or whatever but in totally opposite ways (his father working a job he hated I think and he just squandering his abilities)

Yeah the sweating was pretty cool.

You should check out link related: http://conversationalreading.com/is-this-what-the-pale-king-should-have-looked-like/

It's about how DFW id some readings of various parts of the book (the too-nice kid) and how he edited it over and over for like six years until he died.

There's a google doc link in there comparing how his stuff looked originally and how it looked when he an hero'd