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When was the last time you read a book, /jp/?

>> No.9655495

Yesterday

>> No.9655497

A VERY long time ago. I hate reading. Which is a shame, because everytime I did I enjoyed it when I was finished.

But I just don't have time to sit down and read a book.

>> No.9655505

>>9655497
>But I just don't have time to sit down and read a book.

If you don't have all the time in the world, get out of /jp/.

>> No.9655530

I'm reading right now. But it's so long and I'm so lazy I've had to re-check it out from the library like 3 times already.

>> No.9655535

An hour ago.

>> No.9655539

>>9655530
Just keep it. Eventually they'll leave you alone and the problem will go away.

It's how I got my battered ~1990 copy of K&R a few years ago. Still haven't read it.

>> No.9655542

I just don't have the attention span for books anymore. I can barely even make it through a 90 minute movie, let alone the time it takes to read a novel. VNs I can do for some reason but I have to take a lot of breaks.

>> No.9655544

Like... two weeks ago, I think
I didn't finish it though mostly because I hate reading on a computer screen

>> No.9655555

A few years ago.
I used to read every night before going to sleep but I just lost the motivation at some point.

>> No.9655556

At 5

>> No.9655566

>>9655555
Fuck you dude your shitty blog post ruined my get by less than a second go kill yourself

>> No.9655562

>>9655555
Nice try faggot.
>>9655556

>> No.9655563
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>>9655555
>>9655556

>> No.9655570

5 years ago
murder in mesopotamia
poirot is my waifu

>> No.9655580

>>9655505
Well, it's more the attention span. And the feeling I'm being unproductive if I'm just sitting around reading.

>> No.9655585

>>9655539
Always an option, but I use the library frequently so I can't in good conscience do that.

>> No.9655586
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>>9655566

>> No.9655643

>>9655570
It was pretty classy when he got everyone riled up in Oriental Express just to solve it out of boredom and then walked away and let them have their revenge.

>> No.9655644
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9655644

Is it acceptable to read in a pub? Can I just walk into my local, order a pint, open my book and start reading? Is that seen as asocial or weird? Do people even go to pubs by themselves?

Please respond.

>> No.9655651

>>9655644
Why would you go to a pub?
Just read at home.

>> No.9655652

>>9655644
why are you going to a pub is the real question.

the answer to all your questions is yes btw

>> No.9655663

A couple months ago I wanted to get back into reading so I re-read a couple of short stories I read translations of before, but I never got far.

The fact that I had a hard time finding some stuff I was interested in didn't help. Is there a good torrent tracker for books out there?

>> No.9655668

All the time, it improves my writing.

>> No.9655680

>>9655644
Yes it is weird. It's one thing if you just like visiting pubs and decide sporadically to pull out a book while you're there and read. It'd be eccentric for sure but if you were truly an eccentric person you wouldn't think it odd because you'd just be in your own little world. If you know it's weird and do it anyways for some bizarre sense of novelty then you're dangerously close to be a stereotypical hipster.

>> No.9655675

>>9655644
In america you'd either be shot in the north or stabbed in the south, potentially raped in the west. Canada too, becuase how different can it be?

Australia would result in endless unwanted company.

The uk would accept it, but you'd get a ton of dirty looks.

Ireland might let it happen if you're drinking, and can give a good fight.

Anywhere else in the world will get your ass killed and your organs harvested.

>> No.9655691

I'm reading Högt bland Saarijärvis moar. I also have a sick collection of aerospace tomes.

>> No.9655695

>>9655644
Is there a culture of going to pubs where you live? Like, if you're in UK, it's absolutely fine. But if going to a pub is a special event, then not so much.

>> No.9655702

Anything that isn't Otaku merchandise or is displayed on my screen doesn't interest me.

>> No.9655715

you just read op's post

>> No.9655749

>>9655715
I didn't know OP was a renowned book writer. My apologies.

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9655768

Yesterday, when I was taking a shit.

>> No.9657680

Today.
I read From The Earth To The Moon by Jules Verne and started reading Off On A Comet by the same fellow.

>> No.9657690

It's the 21th century faggot. I play videogames. Fuck reading.

>> No.9657808

>>9655644

If you go during the day. The daytime atmosphere of bars and pubs is usually pretty nice and mellow.

>> No.9657816

>>9655644
A pub that used to be in my local area had a nice collection of books for reading. I used to go there during the day to drink a few pints and read a book.

>> No.9657817 [DELETED] 

Middle school. About a year ago if you count reading books off of the computer. I associate physical copies of books with school, so I really don't like them. They bring back to many memories I want to forget.

>> No.9657820 [DELETED] 

Middle school. About a year ago if you count reading books off of the computer. I associate physical copies of books with school, so I really don't like them. They bring back to many memories I want too forget.

>> No.9657822

Middle school. About a year ago if you count reading books off of the computer. I associate physical copies of books with school, so I really don't like them. They bring back too many memories I want to forget.

Finally got it right.

>> No.9657897

A month ago when I read The Fellowship of the Ring. Now I'm trying to muster the motivation to read the second book.

It's not that I don't enjoy reading, I just have hard time starting any projects that take more than an hour to complete.

>> No.9657959

Yesterday. I'm reading the song of fire and ice series since I thought the show was pretty awesome. I'm a bit over half way done with the second book and goddamn that fucker is long.

>> No.9657964

It would be unique to answer this with something like. "In elementary school"

But I read one just before my breakfast.

>> No.9657979

Yesterday, reading through the brothers karamazov.

I'm not surprised neo-neo-neo-/jp/ is filled with idiots/crossboarders who don't read, it explains a lot really.

>> No.9657992

>>9657979
Says the /lit/ crossboarder?

>> No.9658099
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9658099

I'm reading The Amber Spyglass right now.

Also plan to pick this up at some point. The hilariously proper English title on the cover was all it took to convince me.

>> No.9658101

>>9655570
He's such a little bitch sometimes, though. So rude. You know he'd be the biggest tsundere.

fuck now I want Hikari Sakurai to write female tsundere Poirot into her next game.

>> No.9658103

>>9657992
BURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>> No.9658161

I was reading the second GoT novel.

I'm almost done after 2 months

>> No.9658165

I don't read fiction because I'm an asburgic nerd bitch homo ass afggot

>> No.9658172
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9658172

I have read over 300 lbs. of books.

>> No.9658173

>>9658165
Don't be so hard on yourself.

>> No.9658187

Ive been reading a symbolic logic textbook currently

>> No.9658193

Read Dune some days ago, but just couldn't get into it.

>> No.9658201

>>9658193
Dune's kind of boring. It's also super fucking long.

>> No.9658235
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Primary school.

>> No.9658250

>>9658201
It isn't long at all when you realize the only book that is worth your time is the first.

>> No.9658252

>>9657992
/lit/ is (was) a good board, and relatively slow/quiet like /jp/

I'm talking about the /v/ and /r9k/ crossboarders.


Speaking of reading, I find it sad that the only bookstore in my country was Borders, and we all know how that ended. I'm now in a place where the only way to obtain books is online. This is a sad state of affairs.

>> No.9658277

>>9655566
hahahaha fuggin owned

>> No.9658289

>>9658252
My thread on /lit/ is really successful!

>>>/lit/2945155

>> No.9658305

I think it was about 3 years ago when I was in hospital for a week.

>> No.9658307

>>9658289
/lit/'s filled with edgy atheist college hipsters, and heavily infested by JIDF, like the rest of this site.

>> No.9658895

>>9655566
Oh wow KOG got owned hard.

>> No.9659357

>>9655644
Why would you go to the pub? Go to a teahouse.

>> No.9659575
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9659575

I read this recently if it counts

>> No.9659597

Yesterday evening. Collection of Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op short stories.

>> No.9659616

I haven't read a book in years. I used to enjoy it, but now I always feel bad when reading. I start thinking things like "I could be playing a video game, or watching an anime" and can't focus on the book.

>> No.9659628

>>9659575
How did you like the writing? Not the content but the way it was written?

>> No.9659640

Today. I'm reading 1Q84.

>> No.9659644

Isn't there already a light novel thread up?

>> No.9659651

Many years ago. I am still more eloquent than most people however, having been an avid reader as a child.

I wonder why I stopped? I suppose as technology advanced and my senses were pervaded with new, more captivating stimuli, the old text-on-paper shtick became rather dull.

>> No.9659677

>>9659651
Look at this try-hard

>> No.9659688

>>9659644
I guess it doesn't count since it has cute girls for cover art.

>> No.9659702

>>9659677
I know you're only saying that because you've had a rough day. Please insult me more if it makes you feel better. I don't mind.

>> No.9659708

>>9659702
I've had a nice day and I'm relaxing with some iced coffee right now. Please don't jump to conclusions.

>> No.9659718

This thread inspired me to start reading again. I started with Slaughterhouse-Five. It was okay.

But more importantly, whenever someone whines about fanservice now, I'm just going to quote this at him:

>Gluck led the way to a building that he thought might contain the kitchen, and he opened the sliding doors in its side. There wasn't a kitchen in there, though. There was a dressing room adjacent to a communal shower, and there was a lot of steam. In the steam were about thirty teen-age girls with no clothes on. They were German refugees from Breslau, which had been tremendously bombed. They had just arrived in Dresden, too. Dresden was jammed with refugees.
>There those girls were with all their private parts bare, for anybody to see. And there in the doorway were Gluck and Derby and Pilgrim-the childish soldier and the poor old high school teacher and the clown in his toga and silver shoes-staring. The girls screamed. They covered themselves with their hands and turned their backs and so on, and made themselves utterly beautiful.
>Werner Gluck, who had never seen a naked woman before,closed the door. Bill had never seen one, either. It was nothing new to Derby.

Even critically acclaimed novels find time to fit a bath scene with a bunch of teenage girls in, so why would you criticize it in anime or whatever?

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9659720

I recently picked this up because my mom wanted me to drive her to Barnes & Noble.
You can probably guess why.

>> No.9659728

>>9659720
No, why?

>> No.9659734

>>9659718
Just because a widely-celebrated novel used a bath "scene" doesn't mean that fanservice can't be abused to some extent in another medium.

>> No.9659753

>>9659720
For a copy of 50 Shades of Grey?

>> No.9659747

>>9659708
Yes. I apologize.

>>9659718
>>9659734
Especially a medium in which the visuals are most prominent. Besides, novelists can get away with doing practically whatever they please, as long as they attribute "artistic value" to it.

>> No.9659759

>Besides, novelists can get away with doing practically whatever they please, as long as they attribute "artistic value" to it.

The same can be said for movies and the like.

>> No.9659784

>>9659759
Possibly, but it hardly applies to anime, which is what we were contrasting. I don't think even the most honey-tongued sweet talkers can fool people into thinking Ladies vs Butlers or Seikon no Qwaser are the pinnacle of sophistication.

>> No.9659813

>>9659784
>Possibly, but it hardly applies to anime, which is what we were contrasting

I understand that most anime is simple merchandise-centric pervert pandering, but that doesn't necessarily mean that every single one of the shows are devoid of artistic merit.

>> No.9659837

>>9659813
Not that guy, but what the hell is wrong with that? You sound like those kids who grew up watching anime on Cartoon Network thinking it's high class then got disillusioned soon after.

Novels aren't any different. For every Song of Fire and Ice there are twenty or so Twilights and 50 Shades of Gray.

>> No.9659854

I make a throwaway joke about fanservice being acceptable and people get instantly defensive as fuck?

Did you remember to cry about ero killing eroge today too?

>> No.9659858

>>9659813
>that doesn't necessarily mean that every single one of the shows are devoid of artistic merit.
Oh no, I agree. If it sounded like that was what I meant, sorry. I don't think that.

>>9659854
...? No one is getting defensive.

>> No.9659865

>>9659854
But ero is really holding back eroge. The medium could be so much more.

>> No.9659867

>>9659837
Trust me, I know anime is not high class.

>> No.9659912

>>9659867
LOGH and Crest/Banner of The Stars aren't? I know it's the cool thing to hate on anime, but get your facts straight.

>> No.9659929

>>9659912
If he is >>9659813, I think you might be preaching to the choir.

>> No.9659949

>>9659929
That is me. I'm trying to basically say that some shows are high-brow and others aren't; but it's all subjective anyway, I don't judge people's tastes.

>> No.9659979

I'm reading Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian.
Does anyone in /jp/ read wuxia novels? (i.e. stuffs by Jin Yong, etc...)

>> No.9659998

>>9659949
This might be pigeonholing matters a bit, but I think only delusional fanatics think all anime is the gods' nectar, and only ignorant bigots think all anime is low-brow garbage. Anyone who isn't a moron should realize, as all mediums, anime offers a variety of things.
The discussion of subjectivity vs objectivity regarding quality tires me, so I won't talk about that. But in any case, I think we're on the same page here.

>> No.9660005

>>9659998
Exactly, people should avoid thinking in such extremes.

>> No.9660018

>>9660005
It's really hard to think otherwise when their only exposures to the medium are hentai and kiddy shounen.

>> No.9660064

>>9659753
>>9659720
No, the only reason I ended up getting that book was because of a reference from SubaHibi.
I'm seriously out of touch with literature and have no idea what to read these days. I don't understand how people can go to a bookstore or library, pick up a random book, and start reading.

>> No.9660122

The only book I've read this year was Nation by Terry Pratchett. It was pretty mediocre.

I don't know why I stopped reading. I used to love reading, and spent pretty much all of Elementary and Middle School reading. It just lost it's magic for me at some point.

>> No.9660168

>>9659718
This made me smile.

>> No.9660241

Last book I flicked through was "Differential Diagnosis" b Churchill Pocketbooks.

Last book I read cover to cover was "Can't Be Arsed: 101 Things To Not Do Before You Die" by Richard Wilson. Fantastic reading.

>> No.9660482

Last book I had to read was "Iphigenie auf Tauris" by Goethe yesterday.
Last book I read voluntary was the first Harry Potter book. It was last week or so.

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I'm reading this right now. Wonder if I should discuss it at /an/

>> No.9660609

I'm reading Osman's Dream and A History of Russia right now.

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>>9660650
>in english..and english is not my language
Wow... amazing.

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9660650

does manga counts as books ?

if so ..one minute ago
like seriously i read abut 300 pages of manga/comics everyday, in english..and english is not my language

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HAVE YOU READ YOUR SICP TODAY?

>> No.9660657

>>9660650
You should learn Japanese

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>> No.9660673

>>9660652
but we python now

>> No.9661540

I am simultaneously reading three books at the moment, actually.

>> No.9661547

Just finished the Book Thief for English Class.

Now I have to read Uncle Tom's Cabin. I'm suspecting that one will be particularly more dry.

>> No.9661549

>>9661540
thats funny because your mom is simultaneously taking three cocks at the moment

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>>9661549

>> No.9661558
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>>9661549
>>9661551

Stop it you guys

>> No.9661563

>>9660652
I've always been stupid and I can't understand half of what the book says. Which sucks because I've always wanted to program, but I've never been able to understand any books or tutorials. I mean, I'll follow for a little bit, but before long everything gets too complicated for me to make sense of. I'm doomed to never be able to accomplish my dream.

>> No.9661574

>>9661563
Your dream is shit
Seriously? Programming? Talk about no ambition

>> No.9661583

>>9661574
It's not like that's the only thing I want to do. I just want to be able to create things on my computer, because I spend most of my life on it.

>> No.9661607

>>9661583
Sorry, I was being rude

>> No.9661880

What is up with this fascination with a specific first year programming textbook?
Or is this just one of those epic me-mes I've been hearing about?
You don't seriously believe you can learn everything you need out of one textbook, do you, /jp/?

>> No.9661893

I'm reading yet another Stephen King book. It's not exactly advanced shit, but the fact I can my adhd de-motivated self to even get through a book is exceptional.

>> No.9662018

>>9661893
Challenge yourself to read the entire 7 books of the Dark Tower. It's really worth it.

>> No.9662067

I started reading Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series again out of boredom. I loved them when I was younger so I decided to reread them to see if I still feel the same way.

They're 500+ page books and there's 11 of them. I wonder if I'll be able to read them all or give up after the first one. I'm only ~100 pages into the first book.

>> No.9662079

>>9662067
Whenever I read Terry Goodkind I feel he's silently judging me for receiving state autismbux instead of going out into the world and fulfilling my Objectivist, Randian destiny.

>> No.9662090

>>9655675
The Australia one is true, the more you try to separate yourself from he pub, the harder people will try to get you to talk to them. Fucking bitches I was just thirsty.

>> No.9662105

I used to love reading but now I'd rather not. The last book I read was Neuromancer .

>> No.9663390

>>9661563
Here:
>http://inventwithpython.com/
This shit is written so a 10-year old could follow, and even if that doesn't teach you a whole lot, it's a start that will make other shit easier to get through.

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>>9659718
This is the best fanservice book of all time. Maids, yuri, breast envy, NTR...it's amazing reading it 250 years later because it's a lot like my Japanese porn games.

>> No.9663414

khanacademy.org/cs

>> No.9663426

>>9663414
Khan Academy isn't a book, nerd.

Free web resources (currently) pale in comparison to a well-written textbook. These are just volunteers who know a little about something, but they're usually not very qualified or good at teaching. A textbook is written by one or more experts, properly copy-edited, typeset, and fact-checked. Of course textbooks make mistakes too, but we really need to wean people off Wikipedia and Khan Academy and the like, and get them back into reading textbooks. Crowdsourcing is a great idea, but it's currently not an adequate replacement for proper learning materials.

>> No.9663444

>>9663426
I don't even know whether you're trolling.

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