/lit/ - Literature

Don't bully your mom with a table leg, even if she has poor taste.

>>15859775
>paperback
Poor choice, my IJ started losing pages faster than I could get through it.

>>15859775
First time through. Liking it a lot

>>15859775
Unironically the Bible.

neuromancer + the upanishads

>>15859946
same, I'm on page 600, what page are you on? what has been your favorite part so far? which brother interests you the most?

>>15860043
I'm reading it on kindle with a pirated epub. I like it because it lets me easily access endnotes.
Doesn't have page numbers, but I'm currently at the chapter in which Ivan and Alyosha are sitting in a tavern having a deep discussion, so I think a little under halfway through.
I think Ivan is the most interesting of the brothers, since he was initially pretty hard to pin down since he seemed to tell others what they wanted to hear/ what would give them the impression of him he desired, and even now I don't know if what he's telling Alyosha is genuine or not (I think it is but am not sure).

>>15859775
(Not ancap he wasn't an ancap he was a Mutualist)

What people have posted so far isn't very noteworthy. Show me your hidden readings, your weary books, your dumpster divings, your guilty pleasures!

>>15860002
Is it a slog? Genuinely curious.

>>15859775
Why are you old and cold and so very old mold?

>>15860193
what?

>>15860193
Kek

>>15860219
The question was, why are you so

A) Old
B) Cold
C) So Very Old Mold

What is your answer ?

>>15860087
Yeah, Ivan is quite the Sphinx as Mitya says. I liked the bar conversation a lot. I had the feeling he was being genuine, it didn't even occur to me that he wouldn't be. hmm...

>>15860190
Dunno, seems like a normie book to me. It is a bit boring to read the pages of A begat B, C, D. B begat E, F, G. A lived 23947829874 years. Nothing too complicated but a bit boring, I already got past that part though.

>>15859849
Short but I enjoyed them.

Currently reading pic related

>>15859946
Nice. I got 76 pages left. Going to finish it today.

>>15860279
a. im not old
b. im only cold when my bf sets the thermostat to 72
c. i dont understand this

>>15860140
I'm not reading it anymore but I recently read a book called Tibetan Venture which was a memoir of a man who traveled to Tibet in the late 30s. It was really entertaining, I love reading things which aren't part of a grand narrative, which exist oblivious to most of the rest of the world.

Reading this now though

>>15860305
Boy you sound like you're trying really hard to sound pretentious.

>>15860424
What? I don't memorize those crazy names and I'm a 'math' person, anon. I just started reading. I'm not into genealogy.

>>15860424
??? its the most common complaint people have about reading the OT, that it's incredibly dense and boring because it's filled with meaningless acontextual names and genealogies (I'm a christian btw)

reading En Route by Huysmans

>>15859946
Almost done here, too. Probably the most difficult book to read cover to cover for me. Well worth it, though.

>>15860413
>Tibetan Venture
Nice! Did you read the French og?

>>15859775
It's damn comfy. I love reading about someone who practices a skill with single minded devotion, learning from peers and standing down rivals. And it's a real payoff to see all the pain and hard work leading up to each little milestone of success.

>>15860315
>Short but I enjoyed them.
Good to know. Just starting Phaedo. Euthyphro was kinda tedious but Crito was highly thought-provoking and Apology had me tearing up.
>Currently reading pic related
Funny, I just finished that one (Fagles). Epic and heroic af.

>>15860332
Congrats fren.

>>15860404
Disregard anon's being silly faggots. How's IJ?

>>15859775
not enough ink to be megan, hmm

>>15860642
>Disregard anon's being silly faggots. How's IJ?
Can you simp any harder?

>>15861161
>Asking someone about the book they're reading = simp
Get laid incel

>>15861171
Woah anon I just finished this yesterday.

>>15859806
his mom has poor taste, but at least she doesnt have self inflicted alzheimers lol

Quiet.

>>15859775

>>15860603
Yeah Apology was my person favourite.

I’m reading the Martin Hammond translation of Iliad so nothing to compare it to and just got to the death of Petroklas, absolutely loving it and can’t wait for Odyssey. Thinking of Theogony after that

>>15859775
On the first book

it's great.

>>15859775

I need to read more though, I only read around 13 pages yesterday. How do I stop procrastinating when it comes to reading?

>>15861192
I’m not that far into it. He’s just started talking with the Burn Victim.