/fa/ - Fashion

currently reading girl with curious hair by david foster wallace
it seems good
dunno if it's /fa/ but who cares

Taipei is the Yeezus of books. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing

East of Eden. Not really digging it, hope it picks up cause I don't have anything else laying around that I haven't already read.

reading Moravagine by Cendrars
bretty good

>actually reading
>not having your qt robot maid to read it out loud to you

smells like pleb in here

Rereading the stranger.
I don't like how people try and knock it down, it is a good book.

Also thinking of picking up "Oil!" By upton Sinclair

>reading

>>7693950
My psychology teacher in hs would always read us excerpts from this book
Very interesting concepts...

>>7693943
i have a qt who reads me her favourite poems :))

>>7693920
This book absolutely changed my life. I shutter thinking what my life would be like had I never come across this gem. I can honestly say that by the last page of the book a gigantic burden is lifted from one's soul. Almost as to say, you've reached a new milestone in your life, you're that much closer to having a fulfilled life. Tao Lin is the genius of the 21st century. Contemporary literature belongs to him... NO, he is contemporary literature in motion.

The Silmarillion by J.R.R.Tolkien and thoroughly enjoying it.

>>7693971
is this niqqa srs?

>>7693971

>>7693985
your daughter is cute nat, how old is she now?

>>7693971
>>7693985
>>7693988

>plebs hating on based Tao
>they probably even like Game of Thrones

Dead Souls in my spare time.

Selections from Being and Time for a seminar I'm taking on Heidegger.

Just finished Kokoro a couple days ago for my jap lit class.

>>7694000
Thank you! :)
She is two, just for a few more months though.

>>7694008
Tell me this is a joke

>>7694015
ngl she looks like a goblin.

>>7694015
chiste grande

god bless you both

>>7694015
>Gays raising children.

Gee, I wonder who's behind this?

>>7694034
Again Thank you very much :)

>>7694035

I'm not really proud to say it's this, but I went to the Anne Frank house and it was all kind of moving so I decided to read it even though it's something that was at my reading level in elementary school. it's very cute and kind of refreshing to read something easy.

reading 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' , read 1/4th of it today before and in between classes

how can i make myself motivated to read???
i really want to read but its just so much easier to laze around on the internet
please help me sort my life out

>>7694075
go away from the computer
go to the library / cafe / somewhere you don't have easy access to electronics and is a relaxing environment for you

godspeed

>>7694048
It's not fair to the child.

Beyond simply inculcating a perverse morality it deprives the child of the diversity inherent in a male/female household that is essential to developing into a well-balanced adult.

Liberalism is destroying this once great country.

Soon recreational drugs will be as commonplace as bubble gum and fags will flaunt their sins openly in defiance of God and our forefathers.

>>7694082
lol

>>7694075
Start off by not reading junk like novels and read sometihng practical.

I laugh when people think they are smart as fuck because they read some fantasy story that isn't relevant to their living situation. It's honestly the equivalent of playing a video game or watching tv - EXCEPT not exactly because it builds your focus and vocabulary, but like I said, it's all just fantasy.

SO if you want to get the best out of reading, find a writer who has ideas and read his work, so that you can develop a mind of your own. Or read something practical, something that teaches you a skill. Like How to Influence people by dale carnegie, or the 33 strategies of war.

Don't waste your time with this lord of the ring star craft wars chicken shit bullshit/

>>7694082

heh.

>>7694100
what makes u think i was reading lord of the rings lol
anyway thanks :)

picked this up at a book fair. Sure, it's probably quite dated but the consideration of scientific reasoning is pretty interesting.

>>7694082
Okay all 4chan bullshit aside, don't talk about my child. Don't tell me how to raise my family.

>>7694113
>>>/reddit/

>>7694115
You don't have to respond to him nat. He is just butthurt that you got laid and he didnt (that was ajoke)

Just finished Dune. Kinda interested in desertcore now

>>7694115
I have all the right in the world to tell you how to raise a child. It's not your personal property to do with what you wish.

Fucking liberals disgust me.

I have a moral obligation to look out for those who can't look out for themselves.

What you're doing is no different from child abuse.

Pretty soon liberals will demand the right to diddle their own children and cry foul at anyone who attempts to speak up in defense of the child.

>>7694119
The fuck are you getting at? Are you saying that anyone who reads a scientific book (one written for laymen at that) is a neckbeard? dense cunt

>>7694136
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iJj6tANXh9I

>>7694136
literal autism

>>7694143

XD

>>7694156

>>7694150
>XD

Kill yourself

>>7694142
>this is how a liberal responds when confronted with a higher morality

You bilk me out of thousands biweekly so that poor people can spend their EBT at McDonald's and some POG that retired at 40 can collect his 90k pension.

You shit upon my religion.

You promote the selfless pursuit of pleasure whether it be via sex/drugs/food.

Fuck you.

>>7694158
Can't we all just get along and watch the superbowl?

>>7694159
is this you?

pls confirm/deny

>>7693943
>qt robot maid to read it out loud to you
<3069
<not just downloading books directly into your consciousness

>>7693949
bein dum ant /fa/ yo

>>7693982
subtle...
good1 baldchan

>>7694075
walk outside w/a book when its nice; take 1 to work or skool and read during lunch/breaks; go get some coffee, or hell to a pub and get a beer and bring ur book; anytime ur on ur phon playin a dumb game u could be readin an gettin mad vocab gains if u had ur book

>>7694124
good book. i heard somewhere herbert didn't have a typewriter wen he wrote it, so he rented one and banged that shit out in like a week. loved the planetary science in tha book


just finished diamond age/a young lady's illustrated premier a couple days ago and am almost done w/this
i was reading both concurrently

>>7694185
The thirst is real

>>7694082
lol wut

>>7694199
I don't touch solid 7's

>>7694100
This
Much fiction doesn't do shit to expand intelligence. Yet when people read shit like Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings, Game of Thrones, That Hunger Games shit or whatever trendy shit exists because it has a show or a movie, and people swear you down they read the books before the show [yeah right as if the flux of interest in the books didn't come around the time of the movie].

But back to the point. No books don't make you smart, because all you do is read. The simple act of readings something doesn't make you smart, it's about what you read and if that shit can be applied somewhere. There's a whole lot of dumb shit in books. 50 Shades of Grey for example. Books like movies are subject to the same shit. You sit down and watch 2 and a Half Men, that show is stupid. You could sit down and watch PBS programs , Bill Nye The Science Guy, or you can watch geeky shit like Star Trek which your knowledge of will only impress other geeks.

The problem is books have become a symbol of intelligence in themselves, so much that every dumbass tumblrette things just because she's reading the new Hunger Games books she smart. They brag on reading books, and that is just stupid.

But people also tend to think just reading or watching shit with a geeky aura around it makes them look smart. Again, watching something like Star Trek or reading books like Harry Potter. Geek =/= smart, so doing geeky shit, taking up interest in superheroes, video games, and other pop culture shit geared at geeks does not make you look smart. The simple act of picking up a book doesn't make you smart or make you look smart. A lot of stupid stuff has been written in books. A lot of idiots have written books.

Sure it can help improve your vocabulary (as you can see, mines if very shit) but the simple act of reading isn't going to make you anymore intelligent. It's about what you read.

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>>7694159

>>7694206
(313) 4eight3 2832

hmu bb when you're ready to step your game up from Denny's

>>7694209
based anon dropping knowledge

>>7694210

Casino Royale atm. Idk what I want to read after that, maybe some Murakami.

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>>7694216
Lol it was 3am...

>>7694228
Sowweeee :( <3

>>7694226
If you're looking for recommendations Kafka On The Shore is my personal favourite Murakami (out of windup bird, norwegian wood, after dark, and kafka).

>>7694236
Post another.

>>7694250
What city are you from

>>7694245

Norwegian Wood is the only one I've read so far. Not sure about Kafka from the plot summary, sounds a little too out there for my taste.

>>7694209
eh

That's a lot of generalizing and assumption making.

As a writer who started reading Harry Potter at a young age, I admit your argument has a place in the overall discussion.

But to say books don't make you smarter is a bit of an injustice to the countless hours researchers have already spent proving you wrong.

>>7694257
I travel a lot for work.

Don't worry bb if you're in a major metro area I'm sure I'll be around at some point.

>>7694267
Oh, good. I wouldn't say they don't make you smarter.

But I can't stand the people who brag about reading.

>>7694257
Post one more while you're at it

>>7693944

I don't like writers who's characters are just vehicles for philosophical ideas.

Anyways, i'm currently reading Mao II, Being and Time, We Have Never Been Modern, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Libra, and The Pale King.

>>7694269

lol, who the fuck is this ironic conservative trip?

>>7693920
i just finished that book last night.
mixed feelings for some, but it wrapped up being very good.

>>7693950
Weird they have this at every thriftstore and i've thought of copping.

>>7694063
niiice that is on my list and i may have to read it next.
i usually wait to find books used, since there are so many worth reading, but i bought Taipei new and it was worth it.

>>7694274
I empathize.

http://www.amazon.com/Ulysses-S-Grant-Selected-1839-1865/dp/0940450585/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390985851&sr=8-1&keywords=grant%27s+memoirs

>>7694260
>Murikami
I copped his book Birds at a thrift store just yesterday. I've been curious about him, and want to know it that's a good place to start.

>>7694370
wait it was actually called Dance but i was thinking of birds.
>tfw thinking of birds

>>7694245
im reading kafka atm

norwegian wood is by far my favourite though. actually my fav book of all time

>>7694377
would you say that
Norwegian Wood is one of asokone's favourites?

LOLOLOLOL

Currently I am enjoying The Big Sleep, although I've only just started. Coincidently, I finished Taipei last night and found it very good. It was too relatable, at times, in a sad way but I love how it captured our current generation.
Taipei is a book that will be better ten years from now.

I plan on reading Kafka (the author) next, and some non-fiction.

>>7694383
>>>/4th grade/

>>7694387
I guess you're not that far into Kafka yet (I found it funny)

>>7694389
i guess not, i thought you meant 'norwegian wood' as in norwegian erect penis

my bad brother

Also sprach zarathustra
It's very hard to read but very interesting as well.

>>7694100

>How to Influence people by dale carnegie

Any other good self improvement books? I would definitely read more of the genre, but trying to find truly helpful ones is like navigating a minefield. 99% of them either tell you obvious shit or just bs.

Organic Chemistry, 7th edition by Christopher S. Foote, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn

Junky.

Again.

>>7694436
I find that Junky is the kind of book you can read time and time again, though. Every time I've read it it sucks me right in

>>7694400
you will look so autistic reading them in public tho

>>7694400
It depends on how you learn, and what you already know. People are against the idea of "self help" books, believing readers are just looking for some magic cure, but obviously that is not the case for you.
If you are willing to read a book, acknowledging they are ideas, not universal truths, and are planning on actively thinking about and practicing the techniques, then there are some great books out there.

>7 Habits of Highly Successful People
>48 Laws of Power
>Book of Pook

People swear by all three of these, and I can say that BoP is definitely a diamond in a mound of shit when it comes to motivation and self improvement, and building sexual relationships.
BoP isn't technically a book, but a collection of forum posts, assembled together, yet it is far better than most books on the same topics.

>>7694447

Me too. When I read it I feel like William's opening a door to a private world and sneaking me in somewhere I'm not supposed to be.

I've finished my second read-through of the Dresden Files, moving on to the Shadowrun 5E Rulebook because I have to GM if I ever want to play it. Going to read "Blackout" by Marc Elsberg parallel to that because that's what my dad got me for my birthday.

>>7694348
what do u read for then? plot? lmfao

we by zamyatin

it's okay, i guess. not really blown away by it. i suppose it was great at it's time and has an important place in modern literature though

Currently half way through Kristin Lavransdatter. For some reason I'm really interested in old Norway, so this book hits the spot. Fantastic writing as well.

How fast does everyone here read? I'm about average at 230-300 wpm and I don't feel like I could read any faster than that without sacrificing my ability to appreciate the prose of what I'm reading and visualise the narrative in my head.

>>7694530
i have no idea

>>7694530
460 with 100% comprehension

>>7694530
>How fast does everyone here read?
who gives a shit faggot.
i sometimes read the same page, chapter, or even sentence hundreds of times over because reading to me is like listening to a piece of music you tasteless fucking mongrel.

>>7694530
im a very slow reader
takes me weeks/months to finish books

>>7694600
>overreacting this much

Trouble at home?

>>7694606
gay boi

>>7694530
gee idk faggot i believe i was faster reader in class in grade 3 at 118wpm.

>>7693971
stop posting about yourself tao

>>7693920
Pic related. It changed me, /fa/.

Mein Kampf

sickboy is a real piece of shit

>>7693971
go to bed tao

John le Carre discography
which author is most effay?

Picrelated & 'Paul Rand' by Steve Heller

>>7694825
<3 hi

so many plebs itt holy moly

>>7694348

but the reason why The Stranger was loved by some many people is because it managed to spread a worldview via a truly captivating story, not with semantics and a made up language.. smh

atleast you seem to have decent taste judging from what you're reading

right now I'm finishing my hardcover of pynchon's 'V' that I got from my daddy, working my way through The Brothers Karamazow on my reader, just finished with Man's Search for Meaning and about to start reading Calvino's 'Invisible Cities'

>>7694847
Sup

I keep changing from 1 book to the next.

>>7694825
>>7694895
>>7694976


not bad

>>7693920
Reading The Idiot by Dostoevsky, as well as a rather interesting book about American colonial history and race relations for one of my classes.

Still trying to make complete sense of The Aleph, but with that little nagging idea that I probably never will and that is the whole point.

>>7693971
get a haircut tao

>>7694052
Go to bed Jeff

Joyce's Dubliners and The Anxiety Of Influence by Harold Bloom.
Dubliners is an easy read and often very moving (despite the occasional odd, morally grey moment featuring children) but The Anxiety Of Influence is pretty dense, I don't really know enough about the canon to appreciate what bloom is trying to say 100%

as expected, thread is full of pseudointellectual bullshit

>>7695558
why do you get annoyed at other peopl enjoying different things to you

you guys read all this pretentious nonsense and I doubt you guys really understand it

just reading it for the hipster cred

just read something normal like Michael Crichton (R.I.P in peace) or Stephen King

>>7695645
epic

>>7695645
>you guys read all this pretentious nonsense and I doubt you guys really understand it

0/10, you can troll a little better than that.

>>7694530
just did a test
670wpm w/ 91% comprehension

good to see my english degree is paying off!!!

>>7695737
oh and current reading material:
some stuff about the american landscape for uni
museum without walls - jonathan meades
the kitchen diaries 2 - nigel slater

gotta read some hawthorne and melville short stories for next week

>>7693971
classic tao

post a fit tao you fuccboi

Just started it

>>7696276
pretty depressing read.

Just finished reading Hrabal's little town where time stood still, incredibly beautiful prose like god damn.

reading Fitzgerald's Tales from the Jazz Age rn, when i'm in classes i like to stick to smaller novels/short stories cause i just don't have the time to slough through some 600 page book. Gonna start reading Lovecraft or p Dick next i think.

>>7693930
he has some of the best essays i've ever read. try to pick up A Supposedly Fun Thing... it's great.