Monday, January 26, 2009

Currently Reading: The Effect of Living Backwards, by Heidi Julavits


Well, really, I just started. I got it from the library a while ago sort of randomly. I think it's interesting so far... I guess we'll see if I stick with it!

The title comes from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass (and What Alice Found There).

"The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday--but never jam today."

"It must come sometimes to 'jam to-day,'" Alice objected.

"No, it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know."

"I don't understand you," Alice said. "It's dreadfully confusing!"

"That's the effect of living backwards," the Queen said kindly: "it always makes one a little giddy at first--"

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