/lit/ - Literature

>>4651043

What do you tell someone when they ask what do you read? When most people ask that they are expecting genre fiction. Would I sound pretentious if I say I mostly read the western canon?

>always sit in this corner of the library reading
>see this cute girl there all the time last semester
>this semester have a class with a math class with her so I have talked to her a few times about class related stuff
>today sitting in my corner reading
>she is there working on homework
>"what kind of books are you reading all the time?"
>"all different kinds"
>"Why?"
>"Why not?"
>"Oh" and she gave me a weird look

Almost the exact same thing happened to me a week ago also. Why is reading for pleasure weird?

what do you do to become a better writer?

I read dictionaries and literary encyclopedias.

First person vs. third person

An encyclopedia of the descriptions of human emotions, character traits, action, places, weather and so on in fiction. Is there such a book?

The Brothers Karamazov

>>4376867
you win. only the second entry and you win . feels of inferiority seeping in

>Anon I heard you like to read. What do you like to read?
>Doestovsky
>Who is that?
>Some Russian that died like 100 years ago
>sounds lame

>Anon I heard you like to watch. What do you like to watch?
>Bergman
>Who is that?
>Some dead Swede that made good movies 50 years ago
>sounds lame

Everything we do is pointless.

>tfw you will never have sex with a 12 year old

>>4291737

>there are

>>3898854

Interesting stuff, I gotta watch it again. This definitely follows the themes of his other films. Why do Russians like god so much?

Probably, my vocabulary basically consists of swear words and I write like a retarded 8 year old

>tfw you have found the intrinsic meaning of ife