/lit/ - Literature

>I have a great hatred for "small, independent bookstores", the kind that sell enamel pins, and reusable totes saying "fear women who read". They're no different from public libraries that pivoted to flophouses for the homeless & "digital humanities social justice" centers. "Supporting local businesses" by lapping up Dan Brown's vomit will not remove the worms that have encysted like hard almonds in your brain, muscle and the smooth rings of your guts. People who support these places are bloated with a sickness - I'd rather buy from Am*Zon.

Woah...

>"If a book bores you, leave it, don't read it because it's famous, don't read a book because it's modern, don't read a book because it's old. If a book is tedious for you, leave it... that book has not been written for you."

>Green loved the study of literature. In a 2014 interview, he was asked, "And literature is written to be entertaining?" to which he replied emphatically, "Absolutely. My God, to read without joy is stupid. If you follow charts, if you talk about how many books you have managed to get through in X period of time, if you talk about "entry-level" literature, if you think reading literature is self-improvement, if you think it is like lifting heavier and heavier weights, stop reading.

"In a 1986 interview, Green was asked, "And literature is written to be entertaining?" to which he replied emphatically, "Absolutely. My God, to read without joy is stupid.'"