/lit/ - Literature

>Dad
Was once able to quote Don Quixote and William Shakespeare on impulse. The most he's read the past maybe 7 to 9 years are the introductions to Bill O'Reilly nonfictions and Tom Clancy airport novels.

In an effort to make him seem interesting, I'll say his favorite novel is Don Quixote.

>Mom
Supposedly she named me after Nathaniel Hawthorne because she liked the House of Seven Gables. She once had a rich collection of modern and classic books. I learned how to flick my tongue underneath the clitoris at an early age thanks to her Earth Children novels. Just like my father, her reading streak ended abruptly in her 30s. All she "reads" now is the Bible or random self-help books. "Seven Ways to Cope With Living With Highly Screwed Up People" and "Raising a Child with Aspergers" (despite appearances this applies more to my little brother than me) are among the titles.

So I'll say House of Seven Gables to make her seem more interesting.

>Older brother
He only reads whatever I or his second-hand interpretation of Reddit friends tell him to read. The last book he was excited about was The Alchemist by Pablo Coelho, which seemed like new age sentimental trash to me. He's always buying books and never reading them. His sensibility seems to have hardly ever have evolved or changed. He's not stupid per se, just sort of shallow.

>Younger brother
I know Philip K. Dick is his favorite novellist. I'm not sure which novel is his favorite. He's sort of dumb and only latches onto the conceits and gimmicks Dick uses, not necessarily the grander themes or ideas. He's diagnosed with aspergers and schizophrenia.

>Me
I get very excited by books and perpetually feel that such and such is my new favorite. The Trial, Lolita, Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment and The Stranger are the ones that stuck with me the most.