I became an avid reader like three months ago and I can't stop. I stopped watching tv and I don't spend much time on 4chan anymore.
Here's how I did it.
-Remember the average person reads like zero books a year. If you read 5 pages a day, you are 5 pages above the average person
-Don't force yourself to read. Commit to read 5 pages a day. I swear after three days you'll feel like reading more and after a month or so you should be reading 50-100 pages a day for pleasure
-Read various books at the same time. When I grab a difficult book or one that makes me sleepy I grab another and switch. This should refresh your head. Keep them thematically different. I read economics and fiction.
-It isn't a race. Reading slowly won't make you sleepy that fast. Try to acknowledge what books are for you to read fast and which aren't.
-Buy the physical copies. When you get the books from your own money you'll feel the need to read them to avoid the feel of wasting your money.
-Start with books highly discussed here so you feel motivated to discuss.
>>9187557
> competitive reading
You don't seem to get it.
thanks for the advice!
>Rimbaud
>Rimjob
>Rambo
What does it mean to say "The system of German idealism is incomplete?"
>mfw kantbot is more relevant than any academic philosopher alive
Nothing
"Hegel couldn't complete the system of German idealism."
What did he forget?
What does /lit/ think of James Ellroy ? I am currently reading The Black Dahlia and i'm really enjoying it
hey, i was reading that but i got sidetracked, i'm still like halfway through
it was bretty gud from what i can recall, but i think i have to start over because i've forgot all the details
>>9187354
goat crime fiction writer, better than hammett, better than chandler
God damn, Omensetter's Luck was good. I highly recommend it.
>>9187248
What were your favorite parts. Why was it good. What books can you compare it to.
>>9187248
shit. i started that a year ago and never finished it. I should read it.
>>9187248
Your first Gass? Tell us more, op.
Anyone know of some transgender or crossdresser/trap romance books?
>>9187125
orlando by woolf
12th night by shakespeare
>>9187129
Thanks friend
Hello, I'm looking for more books about jazz. Currently I'm reading History of Jazz by Ted Gioia, and I read the autobiographies of Miles Davis, Michał Urbański, Tomasz Stańko, Charles Mingus and I read Coming Through Slaughter. What else would you recommend?
I'm also interested in books on soul, funk and hip-hop.
>>9186923
I meant Michał Urbaniak, not Urbański.
bump
I have nothing helpful to add past the fact that I think the Miles Davis autobiography is one of the most entertaining biographies I've ever read.
What are your favorite romance books?
>>9186679
Not purely a romance but Anna Karenina had me giggling like a little girl at how cute the romance between the two main characters was
>>9186679
Love in the Time of Cholera
The First Men in the Moon
/lit/ characters that remind you of yourself
Smerdyakov:
>"he was conceited and seemed to dispise everyone"
this book keeps coming up in conversation, is it really that fundamental? if so I will buy a copy and begin reading asap
>>9186548
Out of the four brothers, Smerdyakov is the one I relate to the most too. Ivan is too intelligent for me. Alyosha is too religious. Dimitri is too dumb. But Smerdyakov? He is the amalgam of the three brothers. Extremely conflicted.
> This character is just like me!!11
You should remember to pause and reconsider your attitude to reading when that happens.
Are writing channels welcome here? Are there any of note?
https://www.youtube.com/JennaMoreci
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpmE_gtZChY
We all know that you're advertising yourself, faggot.
What does /lit/ think about my shelf?
>>9186476
>shelf
>multiple shelves
i think you're a god damned liar
>>9186476
It's too small!
>>9186476
But is that really your shelf, prove you're not a robot OP
Anyone here read this? Can't put it dowm atm.
General Vampire fiction thread.
are you a girl?
>>9186409
No, 24y/o dude
>>9186441
are you a faggot?
Does anyone know any good books on Crystal/Gemstone Lore? I'm interested in reading about them more out of curiosity than any actual belief in the idea of mystical powers.
I've been recommended Judy Hall's books but I thought I'd ask some of you guys if you knew.
Go to the 110s (dewey system) section of your local library-there's loads of stuff, and it's all the same. Don't waste your money on such drivel.
>>9186235
Yeah I'd rather not pay but I haven't found any webpages or PDFs floating around that very comprehensive. Though to be honest that's probably more to with the subject itself.
>>9186317
I work in a library. There are tonnes of books. Just follow the middle aged ladies that smell of cats.
Grisham? Sheldon? Brown?
>>9186156
Brandon FREAKIN' Sanderson.
>>9186156
James Patterson. It's not up for debate.
>>9186156
Crichton
LOW AND BEHOLD
IT IS FEAR THAT DRIVETH US
THAT TAKETH US AWAY
THAT MAKE THE SMALL THE LARGE AGAIN
AND RAIN RAIN RAINY DAYS
TO BACK AND FORTH
AND BRING THEM TOP
TILL SUNDAY BUTTONS TAKE
A ROAD UNLIKE ANOTHER ONE
AND BUILDING, BUILDING CAKE
SING A THING OR TWO FOR ME
A BARGAIN, PLEASE AND BEG
TWO STOPS, ONE HOT
THE OTHER; NOT
MY STARRY WITHERED BED
TILL DAWN
WHAT HO
A YARN!?
TIS SO!
CUPS OF NOT SO MUCH
ODE TO TWINKLE TOE
TWINKLE TOE YOU SAY?
A HAY
NO, THIS CAMEL HASN'T SOME
MY WATER WATERED WATERY LOVE
WILL SURELY NEVER COME
TILL DUSK, A FATE
A WAIT
NOT YET
BRIGHT UNLIT FURROWED SKY
A LITTLE PRITTLE PRIM AND PRAT
A TONGUE?
TOO NOBLE
THE BACKWARDS IS THE ONE