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What do you do when a book is finished?

>> No.21000917
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>>21000889
Marvel. Wish to change my life and the world. Walk with a spring in my step.
I read good books

>> No.21000923

>>21000917
>tips fedora

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>>21000889

Keep it if its good/needed for reference. Otherwise, I give it away.

>> No.21000930

i feel happy then disappointed that it's over

>> No.21000979
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>>21000889
Depends on the book.

If it's generally considered by society a valuable book for centuries like the King James Bible or Shakespeare's complete works, I'll keep
If it's a philosophy book that I really like, I'll keep (even if I have disagreements with the philosopher)
If it's a history book (especially of the old kind, history's getting rewritten nowadays too much) or a map of a city, country, or of the world inside a book, I'll keep
If it's a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc, I'll keep
If it's literary fiction, I'll either keep if it's a masterpiece (any of Dostoevsky's books, Ulysses, or Don Quixote), otherwise I'll give it away
If it's genre fiction, I'll almost always throw it in the garbage which includes
>Any of Stephen King's books
>Dune books
>Harry Potter books
>The Lord of the Rings books
>Narnia books
>Any of Robert E Howard's books
>Ender's Game
>Hitchhiker's Galaxy whatever-the-fuck-that-shit-book-was-called books
basically any book that doesn't delve into our place in the universe, the human psyche, human (or the entire of the world's) history, or just goes into a made up fantasy land fairytale nonsense, I throw away (with the exception of Lewis Carroll's books, not sure if that's genre fiction but those are good books so I keep) unless someone in my circle like family or friends wants it, then I give away.

>> No.21000988
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>>21000889
I usually put the book into my "read" (past tense) stack for it to be covered in dust while I ponder on it for a few days. Then I go to my "read" (future tense) stack and begin a book that was in there.

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>>21000923
Not to you

>> No.21001122

>>21000889
I keep everything

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>>21000889
start another one

>> No.21001242

>>21000889
>be me
>finish book
>reread first chapter
>write a short essay
>frolick or wallow
>find a completely different book, like, THE opposite
>read

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>>21000889
I ask /lit/ what I thought about it.

>> No.21001271

>>21000889
I put it back on my shelf and then give myself a certain amount of time to think on it as necessary. Some books require a day or two tops, others a week at most. There’s only been one book that required more and it really didn’t let me enjoy any others for a couple of months.

>> No.21001316

>>21000889
i go on /lit/ and say how bad/shit it was

>> No.21001488

Delete it from my hard drive.

>> No.21001516

>>21001271
>There’s only been one book that required more
Do tell.

>> No.21001671

>>21000889
Start a new one.

>> No.21001785

>>21000988
You mean
"have read"
"to read"

>> No.21003027

>>21001785
Should be "have redd" and "to reed"

>> No.21003062

>>21000889
Throw it in the trash.

>> No.21003519

>>21003062
>Throw it in the trash.