1. When was the last time you read an entire book in your country2. What book was it3. did you like it
>>221364746Not sure but I guess the last book I finished was one about our disastrous war against the Prussians and Austrians in 1864, maybe 5-6 months ago. Half the pages are old pictures and paintings and not much text so not sure it really counts. Even though I realised half way through I had already read it before I still enjoyed it. Never heard the term "chapter book" before lol.
>>221364746I'm reading Other birds right now. Amazing book, I'm crying constantlyBefore that the short story Inconstant Moon. Good shitAnd before that Convince store woman (as always Japanese screwing the endings, is like they're not even human)
>>221364746I read the entire maintainance manual for my car
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>>221364746I just finished The Silk Roads by Frankopan. Took bout' 3 weeks. It was pretty interesting for the most part. I was reading it along side the new Penguin History of the World, but I haven't finished that yet. It got somewhat boring.
ayo this nigga readin books
>>221364746I read maybe 3-4 books per year (I'm a slow reader) but haven't picked anything up for this year yet. I believe the last one I read was God's World by Ian Watson.
>>221364746Predictions of fahrenheit 451 was literally correct Those faggot’s brain get melted down by smartphone
>>221364746Never
>>2213647461. A month ago? 2. Solaris3. YesIt was the first fiction I’ve ever read completely as an e-book.
>>2213647461. Today2. Rape of the Mind3. The worst book I have ever read and no this isn't recency bias speaking. I was effectively punished for reading quickly and having a functioning attention span, I didn't think the title was supposed to be literal.
1. Last week2. The Makioka Sisters3. Not particularly but I needed to kill time on a long flight
>>221366174>The Silk Roads by Frankopanwhy are you reading that drivel instead of the canonical text on the history of ancient eastern trade routes and cultural transmission 90% of what frankopan says is a lie
>>221364746Long agoMoby Dickyes
>>221364746I'm on the fifth ASoIaF book
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>>2213647461. Last week2. The Dunwich horror3. I didn't hate it
last I read completely was frankenstein a few months ago. it was ok, nothing too special, idk why it's famous. last I read partially (2/3) was robinson crusoe, which was just too damn repetitive to finish. the short version with pictures, which I read as a kid, was much more enjoyable.
>>2213647461. It's been a while, a few months already2. Plato's Republic3. Yes, it was surprisingly entertaining and easy to read. I was expecting it to be written in a more serious and antiquated way, perhaps the translation was just very good, but Plato is just a really witty writer, and there's some good banter and ironizing statements in the dialogue.I already bought Symposium for my next read, but I might also get Apology of Socrates, first.
>>221364746A few months now but i read idk what i read
>>2213647461. idk maybe a year2. Reverend Insanity3. Yeah I liked it, I think it should be required reading before being allowed to vote or engage in politics of any kind.
Last year, somethimg from Liu Cixin, it was ok. I have been going through lot of stress and find it hard to concentrate. I'm an oldfag and believe I'm 12 months away from losing my job.
>>221364746about 5 months ago I'd say, it was a book about the decline of france seen through the lens of french movies, I liked it
>>221364746JanuaryEvery Man for Himself and God Against All by Werner HerzogI did like it. He's an interesting guy who has lived an interesting life and that is what the book is about.
two weeks agoرياض الصالحينYes
>>221364746I'm not retarded to read books
>>2213647461. Two weeks ago2. Blood Meridian3. It's pretty good. I dislike Cormac's lack of interpunction. But the story itself was very gripping. Missed out on a lot though, because I don't speak Spanish
I genuinely don't respect a person who doesn't read. If you read books, it automatically puts you above people who don't in my estimations, even if all you read is slop. Frankly, I don't even view non-readers as human.
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>>2213647461. I think around 3 months ago.2. Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City3. I liked it, it's a biography about a guy called Charles Masson who fucked around in Afghanistan during the mid 1800s. Ending was pretty unsatisfying though, which I guess you can't blame on the author since it's a biography.I pretty much only read while in bed, so how much I read is pretty tied to how bad my sleep schedule is.
Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down. I might be a lesbian in a neckbeard's body, because I dig female writers and especially her. She's a relatively unknown Australian writer.I wonder if the Australia setting adds or detracts from the reading experience. Culturally I've been so overexposed to American pop culture my brain is fluent in it. ANZ is more nebulous. There's an absolutely captivating description og Kinloch and Glenorchy in winter in the book that I've been playing over in my head for weeks. I didn't know New Zealand had winters like that.
>>221364746>read around 200 pages of a book>go to bookstore >buy new book>read 200 pages of new book>go to bookstore again>buy new book>...>never finish a book
3-4 years ago. I can't focus or finish even one book per year now. I browse tiktok, 4chan, X, talk to AI on my phone.
>>221373431Everything that happens from Colorado River to the end is absolute kino.Davy Brown's trip to San Diego was also great
>>221371116I recommend you read Timaeus. In this book Plato describes how God created this world and I found it fascinating. Christianity adopted a lot of his ideas.
>>221374857Actually I was meaning to get this one as well, because I've read somewhere that it apparently takes place right after Polis. I don't know whether that fact is at all relevant to the contents, but still.
>>221364746I read 3-4 hours per day, have for the last 20+ years since I was a teen. Last one I finished last night was A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab.Liked it a lot. Gonna continue with book 2 in that series today, A Gathering of ShadowsA Gathering of Shadows.
>>221364746Just finished re-reading The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks. It was even better than I remembered. The Culture series is so good.
>>2213647461. In March.2. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (in Polish).3. Tremendously, might be the closest thing I've read to my favourite book, Duncton Woods. Except it's about mostly fictional people rather than about moles. Ellen best girl. And the translator left quite a few spelling errors closer to the end kek.also>chapter bookLike, fucking standard prose...?
1. Around mid-April2. Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer3. Yes
>>221375030And here's me, just having finished Excession yesterdayfist bump
>>221373988don't you worry"she" is also a 45yo neckbeard under a pen name
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Last book I actually read was some boomerslop by Henning Mankell on a flight about a year ago. I listen to audiobooks because my job is a lot of driving, last one I listened to was Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Under the North Star). Amazing book, totally worth its reputation
>>2213647462 days ago. It was the Folio edition of an anthology of WW1 poems, 'Anthem for lost youth.'It was good. I read a lot. I used to vidya only, but now I mostly read - though I've been depressed lately and have been playing games more (currently space marine 2).
>>221374906Symposium is super gay lmao
1. now2. mason & dixon re-read3. funny but a little inconsistent. not as weighty as a man would like. GR is better
>>221364746I'm currently rereading a lot of older books I have. The last one I finished a few days ago is pic rel. It is high-fantasy slop about the villains of the previous novels of the same author. Said villains are evil elves who enjoy in sadism and disproportionate cruelty to those not of their kind. And they are really edgy (making art from the skin and blood of their foes, large scale cattle slavery, everybody is an evil scheming mastermind, etc.). It's definately not great but still fun regardless and I have four more books about them in front of me.>OP pic relIs the complaint there that a book isn't adopted in a visual media?>>221370770One of the weaker Lovecraft stories imo. The Horror at Red Hook, Rats in the Wall and The Lurking Fear are better. And the Dream Cycle is also a fun read but it definately has its weaker entries.
>>221364746Think the last one was Salems lot by Stephen King, just before my son was born. It fucking sucked, and I haven't taken the time to read since
>>221364746reading one right now it's a good activity to past time, better than rot on 4chan (what I'm doing rn too)
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>>221364746I read the first line of Horace's Odes III and went haha that's me and then closed the book
>>221379243>Is the complaint there that a book isn't adopted in a visual media?yes, some people have zero ability to stare at words unaccompanied by pictures for more than a few seconds
