At bookstore

>at bookstore
>see qt crush coworker
>"oh user! I didn't know you were into books"
>talk about books a little
>she browses the shelf a bit
>she picks up a copy of Infinite Jest and says "haha have you read this?"
>say no because I might look like a pseud hipster if I say yes
>"Oh it's the best thing ever written like, ever!"
>she spends the next 10 minutes raving about how great it is
>"You know what I'm going to buy it for you"
>"Y-you don't have to do that."
>"No, it'll change your life. You have to read it user"
>too late to say I was lying earlier
>"t-thanks"
>she says she'll help guide me through the book when we talk at work
>tfw stuck with 2 copies of Infinite Jest now
>tfw have to let it fill up my reading time when I wanted to read Proust instead

>wah a girl likes me

How cute are we talking?
Also I can’t actually imagine someone recommending huge books, only like medium length novels

If I posted her picture here you would probably make fun of her but I think she's pretty and nice and I don't want to break her heart.

I kinda understand what you mean, so I’ll take that at face value

Thing to do is just admit that you dropped the spaghetti and explain. She'll probably just think it's cute

Well, wait a month and then act like you've just read it.
Just don't mention DFW doesn't have any discernible talent.

1. do this
2. or just skim it if you've read it already so you can rattle off lines you liked to her
3. read Proust and pretend that the copy of IJ was misprinted?

2 seems like the easiest option

>3. read Proust and pretend that the copy of IJ was misprinted?
kekd

IJ in bookstore mentioned, obligatory post

Lmao saving this

Lost it at the end

>not admitting to read it instead, but qualifying it with something vague and ambivalent, such as "in my earlier youth"

This didn't happen

God fucking damnit that last line

Should have been honest, user

>all these newcomers
disgusting.

>>tfw have to let it fill up my reading time when I wanted to read Proust instead
sparknotes

>>>r/eddit

>that last line
perfect

It makes me happy to see that the spirit of Toole is alive and well and residing in the green-texting anons of Veeky Forums.

> I have potential to fuck a girl
> but muh proust can't wait

the absolute state of this board

>artemis fowl: opal deception
>"Critical reception was mixed, with some reviews praising the book but others pointing out confusion and poor writing"

kek

It's a fine state to be in, and a better one than any other board on this degenerate Nepalese thimble image site.

No girl is worth that much reading time

Xdddffdfxddddddddddd

Go kill yourself

yes, yes, a girl totally bought you a copy of a 1000 pages book just because you haven’t read it

girls are cunts, buying stuff for some coworker kek OP is fucking delusional.

how much can a book cost? like $5?

ij it's 11.39 new at amazon, probably fewer bucks if it's used.

just passing through eh?