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always start with the greeks

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Santa Claus here. What books does /lit/ want for Christmas?

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Anything I need to read before reading this?

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Maybe not exactly /lit/ related but how many of you journal? Do you use a certain method of journaling? What pens and journals do you use on a daily basis? 99% of videos about journaling are done by women and it makes me wonder why men are less inclined to journal.

I find journaling to be a good practice for staying focused on my goals by keeping a daily log of what I've done and intend to do. I also use it to jot down notes about books I'm reading or quotes I think are important. Sometimes I write down new words I really like. I rarely use it as a "diary" but maybe I should express myself in this manner more often... Does anyone find that helpful?

Tell me how you journal /lit/.

>pic related?

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>tfw you're slow at reading

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Wow. Just finished this and I have to say, what a book! It really blew me away in parts and I have to say the scenes with the inspector were really great! It rreally reminded me of Professor Snape the kind of suspense around whose the good guy and all that. I was wondering if you could recommend me any similar classic books because I want some more murder mysteries but first of all I just wanted to start off by asking why do you think he killed the old woman?

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This is my first year at uni. I study a Humanities degree, so I expected it to be full of hipsters, snobs and people that may be ellitist motherfuckers, but with the same (or similar) interests in movies, literature... as me.
>tfw im surrounded by GoT/genre shit readers, redditcore listeners, guys with encyclopedical knowledge of Hollywood movies (ONLY Hollywood), LoL players, anime fans...

What went wrong?

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What are some good books to read for someone who's lacking a father figure in his life?

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What the public opinion on using e-readers in public?

Ive had a kindle for like 4 or 5 years and ive always been too scared to use it in public, but I just moved into a house with a lot of roomates, and have been going to a library to read, would people kek at me?
The library is mostly old people and some homeless

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What does /lit/ think of Houellebecq's new novel? My thoughts are mainly positive. In fact, I think it is likely his greatest achievement.

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Can we have a ban on these books and authors from here on out? We're here to expand our horizons, not wallow in memey shit or talk about books we read in high school

>1984
>Pynchon
>Lolita
>Catcher in the Rye
>Brave New World
>Pynchon
>DFW
>Finnegans Wake
>Pynchon

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Hey /lit/ it's my 19th birthday today
Since I'm getting more into literature

>recommend me your top 3 books to get more into it

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How do I the 'Western Canon" or "The Greeks"?

Before I start signing out every one of these books, and reading them from beginning to end, I'd like to know if there is a method to doing this as quickly as possible while still getting something out of them.

I realize it may take many years, but I have a lot of theory and contemporary stuff and a minimum wage job to get through as well.

Mainly, I want to read the greeks and the classics and the canon in order to recognize when newer lit is using the symbols or literary devices or stories or is references stuff by homer, Shakespeare, etc.

Any advice?
Ideally I'd enrol in a university, but I don't have the money for it.

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Anyone here following, and hooked on, any novels?

Pic related is what i'm reading currently. I'm slowly writing up glossaries as i read stuff.
I Shall Seal The Heavens is probably my most favorite one in the list.
If anyone is curious and has any questions about the titles in the list, just lay them out.

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Is there any answer to Doug Richmond's 1985 How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found?

Obviously a lot has changed since then.

Asking more out of morbid curiosity than anything else.