/lit/ - Literature

>Really? Percy Jackson? THAT's your favorite book? I expected more from you
top kek how will we ever rever percysisters?

>>19682306
He said it directly in the post: "Isn't the point of reading enjoyment?" I personally think so, but only in the sense that you get enjoyment from the intellectual stimulation and growth that reading provides, not because reading is superficially entertaining like a car chase or a dumb comedy movie that makes you laugh.
If he thinks the latter type of enjoyment is what reading's all about, then I guess it makes sense to read superficially entertaining books about dragon's and overcooked drama.

>>19682306
Maybe the book just has childhood significance to him?

>>19682334
He said he's an adult who reads YA.

>>19682306
OP, redditors are retarded, we have been over this already.
>Art of War, The Prince, and many, many other tomes
This pisses me off though. So many people are just so stupid yet so arrogant.

>>19682385
>I read metaphysics!!
>Dense *deep* tomes, much too dense for try average layman
>Lists 3 books that are neither about metaphysics, or are dense in any way
I hate these people so fucking much.

>>19682385
>>19682398
I hope is a shitpost, as the Prince and Art of War are both below 200 pages and written as short and concise manuals and are extremely easy reads, so they can be comfortably read in a single evening.
At least I cope so, as a fellow Malazan fan.

>>19682306
>What's your favorite TV show?
>Oh you know, I really enjoy Teletubbies!
>I just don't understand why adults who watch TV shows for children or babies are looked down on!

>What's your favorite music?
>Oh you know, I really enjoy nursery rhymes and the songs we sang elementary school music classes!
>I just understand why adults who listen to nursery rhymes and lullabies are looked down on!

>>19682339
I refuse to believe that anyone who liked this isn't under 14 years old or at least on the spectrum (the post reads like it was written by a low-functioning autist).

>>19682450
Most adults don't even read books anymore for pleasure anyway, and a big chunk of those who do read don't move on past YA or basic fantasy novels.

>>19682443
>I cope so
kek

>>19682334
Kinda like me when it comes to the hobbit, although it isn't my absolute favorite and is probably the peak of kids/ya lit, it's still a book I absolutely adore and reread as an adult.
The metaphysics part on the other hand really had me scratching my head.
Is the poster a troll or just an idiot?

>>19682469
Yeah, most of them read shit like Becoming by Michelle Obama and other ghost-written popculture biographies.

OP why don't you go back to arrbookscirclejerk and cry about women and trannies being oppressed? Why come here? Nobody here cares except you autistic tourists about who reads what.

>>19682492
>Nobody here cares except you autistic tourists about who reads what.
How do you explain half the threads that pop up here every day then?

>>19682488
>ghost-written popculture biographies
And those are written at an elementary school reading level too.

>>19682492
>trannies and women being oppressed
It's not that they're oppressed it's the question of whether or not it's moral to oppress these subsets of the population. Western society agrees that it's ethical to oppress criminals and those who break the everchanging code of ethics which governs Western society.

desu i wouldn't know why you'd have the art of war or prince as your favorite books either

>adult says his favorite book is hungry hungry caterpillar
>someone looks at him like he's stupid
>he makes assblasted reddit post about it
same energy
>>19682385
>tomes
both of those were really short iirc
r-site pseuds actually

>>19682531
Ethics govern all societies and have always governed all societies. Because ethics govern individuals.

>western society punishes those who break rules

Well yes, it is absurd in a way but so what? What the fuck does that have to do with anything? You're fucking retarded

>>19682514
All made by bookscirclejerk tourists who can't be racist there because of tranny mods and of course the usual complacency at reading basic literature that pervades our times...

>having a favourite book in the first place
do /lit/oddlers really?
What's next, your favourite number?

Have any of you even read it? Maybe it's really good.

>>19682661
Percy Jackson is just Harry Potter but with Greek Gods.

>>19682661
I liked the series as a kid in middle school. Battle of the Labyrinth was my favorite since it had love triangle drama and I thought tsundere Annabeth was cute.

>>19682645
153

>>19682645
Isn’t the author a massive fat on Twitter?

>>19682695
*fag.

>>19682645
I don't get what's wrong with that?

>>19682661
Isn’t the author a massive fag on Twitter?

>>19682326
A woman? Not on my board.

>>19682339
>He
if it were a woman I would have had some sympathy as that’s just what I expect at this point but jesus christ

>>19682661
Diary of a wimpy kid is good too but imagine saying that your favorite book was one of those books. No shit you would get weird looks.

>>19682682
No, it really isn't. Confusing superficial similarities
>summer camp vs boarding school
>godhood vs magic
seems stupid. If your point is that the structure and plot follow certain beats, MacDonald was doing the same shit in 1858.
>>19682726
Yes. He capitulates and rewrites when accused of "ism" or "phobia" in any context.

>>19682306

>>19682891
Haha I remember my Leapster and my Leapfrog talking book. Good times.

>>19682446
>I just don't understand why adults who watch TV shows for children or babies are looked down on!
Millennials are obsessed with cartoons and children entertainment in general

>>19682645
6

>my favourite works or metaphysics? You know, the Art of War, The Prince.... other dense tomes.

>>19682693
>>19682982
Why?

>>19682306
One of the 1st posts that comes up on the sub.

>>19683046
It is equal bith to the sum and the multiplication of its submultiples. It's perfect

>>19682306
>>The prince
>>A tome?

That's like 100 pages of simple prose and aphorism.

>>19683109
What disturbs me is that these people are nearly as old as my dad. I’m so glad I didn’t grow up with turbo-nerd parents I do not envy the children of gen-z although nerd shit is probably not the worst thing they will force on their kids.

>>19683148
If 40 is nearly as old as your dad then you're a zoomer.

>>19683153
Honestly i don’t know if I’ll ever have kids if I can’t get a good stable career that earns lots also I’m not great genetic stock, I’m pretty sure I’ve got some form of spectrum disorder and wouldn’t want to pass that on to a kid considering how miserable my life has been on the whole.
If I found a very intelligent and reasonably good looking wife to cancel out my traits it might be worth it but I don’t really have a way to attract one apart from very mild good looks and a potentially good career in cs.

The greatest book ever is game of thrones and there is no disputing this

>>19683190
Just give up. It's what most men have done, and what most men will continue to do. You can't swim against the cultural current, the family you want for yourself isn't something you can achieve at this point in the zeitgeist. Any female will be polyamorous, pansexual or trans - they'll play with you for a bit, then dump you. Anons think money is attractive to women, and it can be, but women are really attracted to themselves and their self-concept.
>>19683198
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1459299

>>19683236
>trans
>female
You mean dudes in dresses?