this is one of my bookshelves...
there is a range of topics on history, mythology, etc... the idea of sticking to a long drawn out fiction series causes me physical pain. it's too much brain rot
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there is a range of topics on history, mythology, etc... the idea of sticking to a long drawn out fiction series causes me physical pain. it's too much brain rot
ur stacking them wrong. not how shelves work
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Ediot
you really need to start reading GOOD fiction.
it sounds like you've been reading way too much goodreads slop, if you want recommendations let me know.
my biggest ones would obviously be classics like Dostoevsky, but also, the entire Trainspotting series is FUCKING fantastic.
it sounds like you haven't gone through the thread n seen what i've actually read then.
for starters, i am old enough to know what i do/don't like when it comes to art/media. second, i don't open goodreads tabs. third, i've read dostoevsky (which you would know if you read the thread instead of opening the tab n slinging your opinion in here all willynilly). fourth (n possibly most important), i've taken some reading recs from ppl on here before who i do actually appreciate the opinions of n DID enjoy reading so when you say i'm not reading good fiction you're insulting their taste n that's a double fuck you right there for that.
i LIKE what i read, n if i don't that's a ME problem
go be insecure with your hobbies somewhere else
you're just flexing now lmao. i like my stories to be meaningful but i require them to be covered in a thick layer of slop to enjoy them. your post makes me feel like a retard.
i mean, i have an entire shelf of junji ito... it's not that i can't fiction, but the idea of 260 hrs +/- of it just evokes a visceral disgust, esp without the "knowing your audience" thing. "you like [politics]? try [book with politics]!"
like... if you, who i've known for yrs, right now, recommended me a 30 hr book n said "there's a couple pages in the middle where a clown stabs ppl outside of a gas station" i'd download it...
hmm, i could name Iain Banks' "Surface Detail" as a work painting a picture of two societies. one where neoliberalism went so hard that private debt is made hereditary and slavery legal, while the process of this is highly... ritualized. the other society where they made hell a reality where "bad people" go after they die (their consciousness is uploaded into this specific simulation). the rest is the usual Iain Banks culture universe with thinking spaceships and space commies.
mentioning this partly to illustrate my previous post, really like reading about a completely fucked society like this in a fictional setting as it awakens a natural disgust at private ownership being this fetishized. it's entertainment but it makes me think and feel stuff and things.
Working threw this right now
hmm... i, despite my love of dry, tedious, boring n unfiltered facts, understand this somewhat.
you've mentioned this series before a bit.
i tend to seek smth deep n different in my forms of book entertainment. my favorite works of fiction lean more mythology related n humanity oriented? i've mentioned before, i think, that i love the rabbit mythology lore in watership down...
as a sewing break i will crack open another book i don't think i've ever mentioned really but to one or 2 ppl
a monster calls. another "kids'" book, but complex and full of beautiful art
i will put my autism in a text block.
it's about a boy who's mother is dying of cancer, and he inadvertently calls awake the yew tree in his back yard. tree says he's going to tell him 3 tales over the course of some nights and that afterwards he must tell the tree about the nightmare he's having
in between the tales he's getting visited by his father, who says he can't come live with him, and moving over to his grandmother's as his mom's treatment fails. each tale is smth the boy needs to hear. my favorite is about the apothecary and the parson. the parson preaches away the apothecary customers but then runs to him when his daughters are dying, and the apothecary tells him to fuck off (not in those words). the kid emphathizes with the parson, ofc, n the tree says one of my favorite quotes that's stayed in my brain all these years (had this book for like, 15 yrs now.): "Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits. And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most. He believed selfishly and fearfully."
later, they try to treat his mom with some medicine derived from a yew tree, n it doesn't work and the boy starts lashing out n the tree says "I did not come to heal her. I came to heal you."
beautiful writing. deep dialogue. 205 pages. i cry every tiem
in between the tales he's getting visited by his father, who says he can't come live with him, and moving over to his grandmother's as his mom's treatment fails. each tale is smth the boy needs to hear. my favorite is about the apothecary and the parson. the parson preaches away the apothecary customers but then runs to him when his daughters are dying, and the apothecary tells him to fuck off (not in those words). the kid emphathizes with the parson, ofc, n the tree says one of my favorite quotes that's stayed in my brain all these years (had this book for like, 15 yrs now.): "Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits. And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most. He believed selfishly and fearfully."
later, they try to treat his mom with some medicine derived from a yew tree, n it doesn't work and the boy starts lashing out n the tree says "I did not come to heal her. I came to heal you."
beautiful writing. deep dialogue. 205 pages. i cry every tiem
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obnoxious faggot
Wow, you have become quite the little threat machine. This is why power should never be in the hands of those who cannot handle it.
That's a mistake
That's your second mistake
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obnoxious faggot
For those not in the know, Muffy doesn't actually read REAL books. Like a child, she prefers to have her books be read to her by an adult.
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obnoxious faggot
Next up on my reading list:
101 Stoic Lessons: Life-Changing Wisdom Inspired by Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, Seneca, and Epictetus for Modern Resilience, Unshakable Self-Discipline, and Freedom from Overthinking
Heidi the girl
Ediot
I expect the top 5 lessons with critical examples of how you've applied them to your life.
As this one was mentioned here before, I've read it too.
Call Me Tim
EDF Hero
You're not fooling me you turned the camera sideways.
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obnoxious faggot
As long as no PI is revealed, you will be gifted with important information.
ooooohhh did you tell me abt it when you did?
but yeh i need my "realness in the fake" to be more succinct
in a groupchat with rads n scum n ofc i care abt them both dearly but they keep gushing over this dresden files series n trying to get me to read it with them n they're like 12 books deep
i can't do it
me when long series
nah just picked it up in one of the book threads and downloaded it. remember it as p good, should probably reread some time.