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Ask a man who is about to read the entire book Crime and Punishment in one day. I have some test on it on Thursday, so i have to get cracking. Don't feel like sparknotin it because I heard that this book is actually half decent. Also, I haven't read a full book in about 3 years. Do you guys think I can do it??? I'll post updates throughout the day.
Pic related, It's my book.

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I know /lit/ typically does not advocate speed reading, instead focusing on retention and comprehension...

But you have greats like Mr. Bloom reading 16 pages per minute in his prime, and still able to retain, memorize, and analyze the text. I can't even imagine how this is possible.

To what extent should you put effort into increasing your reading speed? Obviously reading faster is beneficial because you can read more. Right now I read between 250-350 WPm which is basically average.

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I just got into Project Gutenberg and I'm totally overwhelmed.

What are your top Gutenberg picks?

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Let's have fun, gentlefolk.

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Is Pynchon the greatest actor of our time?

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What books have you read that helped you in life? Currently reading pic related

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Who is the lit equivalent?

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Is it common to just not be able to read everything assigned in college? I'm at a real university for the first time since 2013 and I'm struggling to keep up with the pace. I'm behind on the reading in my philosophy class, one of my English classes, and I'm also a little behind in my other English class. I don't know where I'm supposed to find the time to read everything being assigned, let alone read what was assigned with a reasonable level of attention/thought.

Has anyone else dealt with this? I feel really guilty about it. I should be treating the early months of the semester as a sort of weight training to improve my mental stamina but that hasn't been happening (is it even possible?).

Ways to improve reading speed? I'm crazy slow and hate skimming. Worried about my future in academia if I have trouble reading 30 pages of Dante's Inferno in a day.

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>early 2000s
>Franzen bitches about Oprah choosing The Corrections for her book club because it might hurt his standing in the literary world
>2015
>I don't care whether people read books or not

What happened?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MYiu3fuJjM

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I want to be forever remembered as a meme-loving patrician. What should my yearbook quote be?

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So I've just experienced true life-altering heart-ache for the first time in 27 years. My whole perspective is warped but the shining light is my creative output has absolutely exploded.

So /lit/ does one have to experience some sort of traumatic event to create a true work of art?

Also, Pepe me please, nothing feels real anymore.

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What Dream Cycle stories should I start with?
Also HP a QT with glasses
>captcha: select all mountains

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whatever happened to the /lit/ smallchat? it looks abandoned, is it kill? it was pretty comfy sometimes.

>inb4 fuck off back to /soc/

i'm bored and lonely sorry ;_;

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I FUCKING LOVE READING