/lit/ - Literature

If you ever struggle to maintain interest in a book, if you need to be in the right "mood" to read, if you need a lot of mental effort to switch between different activities and reading, then I'm sorry but you're a poor reader.

If someone told me to read a book about something I have absolutely no interest or knowledge in, like say the history of metallurgy, I'd be able to immediately sit down and read that book for several hours without letting my mind wander once, recall details and chapter outlines perfectly, make a critical analysis of its themes and characters, explain what I've learned to others eloquently, discuss the topic with with people of the field, and by the time I finished it I'd probably have developed an appreciation for the field of metallurgy because I have a curious and inquisitive mind that is always stimulated by the gain of new knowledge and the charting of new territory. This is what being a skilled reader is, and I am a skilled reader. Be more like me.

>>15040465
The image was unrelated lol. Sometimes I just add images to my posts. Don't read too much into it.
>It absolutely does
Do you have any evidence for this claim?

Give me some avant-teen books.

>>11138581
>Should I give her a try?
I found myself criticizing her the other day without ever having read a word she wrote. I felt intellectually dishonest, so I decided to start reading her. As far as I can tell, this is a "Judge for yourself" type of situation, but I'm not finished with her works yet.