/lit/ - Literature

>>12654080
We don't "know" that JBP had a hair transplant. Balding can sometimes be reversed to some extent through changes to diet. Anyway, I can see an argument to be made that something like this would be considered a form of grooming. If, for instance, someone had surgery to obscure a facial scar, would we consider it a sign of vanity?

>>12654153
Me too. Though, to be honest, I probably wouldn't have given him the time of day if I hadn't seen /lit/ singing his praises.

>>12653732
There are some just criticisms to be made of Stephen Fry, but inadequate enthusiasm for the Classics isn’t one of them.

>>12653199
He does something that /lit/ usually likes in a way that's accessible to normies.

>>12653326
Why not try my approach? Having fewer options makes choosing easier.

>>12653172
"Books for women"? What do we mean by "for women," exactly?

>>12653286
>My to read list is just the books I have on hand already.
Perhaps it's relevant that I'm reading on a Kindle.

>I intend to read a set of books this year, but if I change my mind on any of them, I’m free to do so.
How big a set are we talking?

Does anyone else do something like this?

I keep a "to-read" list that I limit to 10 books. If a book catches my eye, I put it on the list, but I also have to kick another book off. This helps keep it from sprawling to unmanageable length.

>>12651666
Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "The Head That Fell Off" probably qualifies.

>>12652955
Are we meant to mock this hypothetical person or are we meant to find her appealing?

>>12649371
I'd describe myself as an aspiring bloomer.

>>12646759
Don't flatter her. There's as much space between mediocrity and "worst of all time" as there is between mediocrity and "best of all time."

>>12652668
I concur. The book wasn't horrible, but it seemed less focused and punchy than his lectures. There are a lot of strong points entangled with weaker and more diffuse ones.

>>12652327
Hating Ayn Rand is a meme, yes, but she’s still a poor writer.

>>12652182
Apu obviously shares his PC with a more verbose roommate.

>>12638000
Ah, man. I’ve lost some pets, but never had to put one down. That’s tough.

I recommend French as it’ll give you an in with French girls.

>>12651998
Minton Moogler is a little-known poet who actually composed his final (rather brief) poem while in the process of committing suicide.

Minton Moogler - “July 12, 1936”

Today I think myself I’ll kill
So now I stand on window sill
I look up, I look down
Now I fall toward the ground
Too late to take my mistakes back
So now I’ll EEEEEEEEEE jdhckzklzkjx

>>12651308
I was made to read it during middle school; however, my father was a fanatical anti-Semite. So I was stuck in the position of having to read this book and do assignments on it completely under the radar.

>>12650946
Many antitheists come out of majority-Christian societies (if for no other reason that anti-theists outside the West are more likely to get lynched or beheaded) so it’s natural that they’d focus more on Christianity than, say, Zoroastrianism.

>>12652092
GOODNIGHT

I thought the mods had done away with you.

>>12650576
Yawn.