/lit/ - Literature

>>15086582
>>15086604
"Noooo! It's impossible to finish the book because the last line leads into the first line!"

Ok brainlets, my definition of finished regarding a book is to have read every word of it. I have read every word of Finnegans Wake ergo I have finished it. Now piss off, we're trying to have actual discussion here.

>>14388033
Yer a homonym

>>14214858

There's a bunch of research on the subject.

Literary fiction (contemporary or classics), improves emotional intelligence.

Shorts stories lessens your need for cognitive closure.

Reading about a character acting out something, ignites parts of the brain that are used in visualization practices that athletes use.

Reading and writing, especially philosophy, is one of the best examples of a surrogate activity