/lit/ - Literature

why can't any of these dumb assholes hold a book properly?

>>5630642
Fulcrum first, doorstop if I need to hold something with my other hand which tends to happen.

Modified Doorstop with erect penis in place of thumb.

Warning; only suitable for reading erotica

depends on the size of the book

>>5630642
>let's settle this once and for all

sure

buy an ereader

>>5630649
I'd assume that taht would work better with a kindle when it comes to changign pages.

>>5630649

Left hand: corner hug
Right hand: doorstopping

Anyone here only truly comfortable reading when laying down?

It's a comfy curse.

When sitting I use the doorstopper + an index finger, and when lying down I use the corner hug

>>5630684
This is only tolerable if you are a petite girl.

>>5630642
I start with either the corner hug or the fulcrum while lying in bed, my back supported by my cover in an angle < 45°, my head supported by my cushion lying on top of the cover. Then after a while, that tires me and I lay down completely, rotating so my body and my view are mostly parallel to the mattress, shifting to either a left- or right-handed version of the clotheshanger with a 90° angle between the open pages, half of the book comfortably supported by the mattress, which half being determined by whether the page I was reading before altering my posture is found on the left or the right side of the book. Then, when reaching the next page I either rotate my body to the other side or I stuff the cushion under my head, elevating it in a slightly diagonal way, enough for me being able to read the horizontal page.

>>5630702
think geek had some glasses to see 45º bellow you, so you can read while lying down.

>>5630642
The Doorstop checking in

>>5630642
Corner hug in bed, Doorstop while eating, and Clotheshanger when on the train.

>>5630642
>tfw i used everyone of those positions to hold books over the years
lucky thing I use audiobooks and ebooks now

Fulcrum master race.

Doorstop is the sexiest way to read a book. Corner Hug and Fulcrum just makes you like 10 years old and bookish. Clotheshanger is kinda girly.

>>5630709
:( i am not that

>>5630888
Then you must look awkward as hell

>>5630886
Only if you pass the figners of your unused hand through your hair from time to time and let your arm rest in a relaxed and seductive way.

>>5630916
I don't know, doorstop always struck me as a dominant-looking pose, hence the sexiness, but read a book how you want I guess

>>5630642
It depends on the dimensions and thickness of the book, as well as whether it is paperback or hardcover.

>>5630679

One handed fulcrum, table supports left side of book

The Modified Doorstop: Hold the pages down with your thumb and pinky while propping the book up with your fingers.

Doesn't work too well with books over 800 pages long.

>>5630933
You don't play with your hair while you read in public? Next you'll tell me that you don't need the free hand to ask people to not disturb you asking you out while you read in the bus.

>>5630959
>you will never be a bookworm cute trap

Why live

Doorstop, but I don't use my thumb to hold the middle inside of the book. I use my thumb to hold the left side, and I use the ring finger and pinky to hold the right, all on my left hand. The index and middle finger stay outside on the cover. It's kinda awesome and doesn't stress my hand out that much.

I am seated in a milkshop, surrounded by spooks.

>>5630971
To achieve all your intellectual pursuits!

>>5631016
Wait, wrong thread. Nothing to see here

>>5631019
but i am not going to be cute.

whats the purpose of being wise then

>>5631016
Funny enough, the text in the OP image is in fact from Infinite Jest. Around the part Schact is conversing with a blindfolded Arlsanian.

>>5630983
Reverse doorstop! I've used that too, but it's sort of unconfortable because the fingers will always cover some of the bottom middle corners

>>5631024
>implying you're being answered by someone really cute
I said intellectual pursuits! Go write the great american novel! Engineer the fuck out of something! Design the most revolutionary table top game and sell it to wizards of the coast!

>>5630642
I use Corner Hug and Doorstop for mass market paperbacks and normal-sized paperbacks that aren't thick as fuck, and Fulcrum for IJ-tier thick books (I often stretch my right hand to wrap fingertips around the spine, instead of how it's shown in the pic). I only use Clotheshanger if I'm trying to grab something (drink, pencil, another cigarette)

One hand holding the spine, the other hand pushing the pages apart with fingers. I.e. Right hand holds back of book, left hand holds pages open.

Alternative: first half of book, one hand fulcrum with left, right holds spine. Swap at about halfway

I always Doorstop, it's the easiest way to read while walking. I have an awful habit of bumping into things.

On a table/desk: kinda like a doorstop but holing my fingers on the inside to keep the pages open and spine/cover(s) on the table

On a bench, bus, or anything without a surface: clotheshanger, maybe holding the pages apart with my left hand depending on the thickness of book/how far into it I am

Laying down: start with fulcrum with my head/shoulders propped on pillows, move pillows down and lay like facing my walls, switch to corner hugs with one side of the book resting on the bed depending on which page I'm on, I roll over every page to keep from getti g too tired and falling asleep

If you do anything but The Cornerhug you are reading short books or paperbacks.

Fucking disgusting.

>>5630958
This is my go-to. Stability meets comfort with the appeal of having a free hand.
Having hands has to be one of the best things about being human. What a privilege.

>>5631519
I always check my privilege each morning by clapping.

>>5631533
>this guy

>>5631548
>guy
love you too anyway, anon

>>5630642
Doorstop, because I´m almost always busy and/or reading on public places, or walking. The Fulcrum when "Shit is about to get serious" on a book and I really want to focus.

>>5630642
Depending on how thick the book is, or how tight the binding is, I prefer the door step as I don't like to get fingerprints all over my pages. But if that makes it difficult to keep the book open to my current page, then O opt for corner hugs.

>Clotheshanger

Literally Kurt Cobain

Doorstop never fucking works with a book of more than, say, 200 pages, unless you have some kind of gorilla thumb, in which case you're probably too oafish to read a 200+ book at all.

>>5630707
I am u and u are me

Thumb and pinky spread out to hold open pages. Middle three fi gets around the spine. One of the joys of being 6'5" and having big hands means I can do this with big books too.

>>5634612
>fi gets

Fingers obviously. Stupid big hands.

>>5634470
ive been reading 2666 with doorstop. are you a baby or do you just have baby hands?

Support book from back/hand in middle of page to hold book open master race reporting in.