/lit/ - Literature

>>5691999
Go find some other good that looks interesting, maybe?

>>5691999
I think about the book

Get on the Internet usually.

>>5692001
*book

>>5692003
this. how else will i know if what i read is any good

>>5691999
Look at my big backlog and choose. Sometimes I take a day or two or longer for rest, because I like to research the opinions of critics and academics on the book especially if it I liked it.

>>5692003
>>5692006
What sites do you visit?

>>5691999
I've never finished a book.

I get about 20-100 pages in and buy a new one.

>>5692009
It's sucks to admit but I spend 90% of my online time on facebook and /lit/.

>>5692013
>It's
Fuck

I feel that if I research information about the book, such as another person's interpretations or the intended themes and morals, I'm unable to create my own unique interpretation.

But on the other hand if I don't find out what were the themes and morals I may be misunderstanding the book.

Is it ok to interpret a book a certain way, even if it's different from what the author had in mind?

Usually reread the last page or paragraph or so and reflect on the book.

Masturbate to the increase of my knowledge over the unwashed masses.

>>5691999
I reflect on the notes I've taken concerning themes, motifs, etc. in the book I finished.

Summarize the book in my own words.
Go through and outline the book in my own way.
Find all the relevant quotes/points for each section and write them down.

This is the only way I'll truly intake what I've just read

>>5691999
that's a cute horse

i mean on your pic, not that i would finish a book that way :3

>>5691999
Well, i'm going to wait a few months and revisit it, then if i'm happy with it i'll try to get it published.

In the mean time, i'm writing another one.

>>5692150
I really hope you get incredible sex in your life since you deserve it kitty. keep being the best tripfriend.

>>5692160
>tfw you're in love with a textual construct on a Taiwanese picture forum

Start another.

I feel the need. The need to read.

Get up, read. Sit down, read, Stand up, read.
Nigga why you baby sittin only two or three poems? Imma show you how to turn it up to tomes. First you get a library full of classics then you dive in. A shelf full of classics and you dive in. I wave of a few volumes then I watch em all flock all the girls delight when I recite.

>>5692179
In love is a bit much, but I'd like that construct to have conceptual happiness.

>>5692189
In love is probably a little over the top yeah haha
but I do also wish her happiness. :)

>>5692185
A- for the idea
C for the execution

>>5692185
I cringed

>>5692209
>>5692213
It's supposed to be in the vein of to the library, step on it.

Reflect.

Stare.

>>5692149
lmao are you serious?

>>5692547
I am dead serious. That is how you interpret and retain information.

If its Gene Wolfe, I read it again.

>>5691999
Drink.

FUCK HER RIGHT IN THE SPINE

click the 'read' button on goodreads™ and give it a rating

feel contempt
go to sleep
start reading something else
take a walk
think about the book for a while
talk to someone about the book

finishing a book leaves you with such a nice feeling, anything feels great to do.

>>5691999
Take a day thinking about what I read
Form my opinions
Pick a new book
start to read that one

>>5692999
Oh and occasionally (depending on the book) for funsies i check out someones else interpretation of the book via the internet to see how close mine was from theres.

>>5691999
I dip into my backlog and start reading again.

I should really start reading more than just 5 books at a time. I tend to get bored and stop reading for a while at the halfway point and then I just feel anxious because there's so many books I still want to read.

I can't really read through these books quickly though, because none of them are fiction and it's pointless to read them if I don't attempt to have their teachings stick.

Still, I've started getting past the halfway point on two so far and I'm no longer moving onto another book.

I've been reading some of these for months and I feel pretty bad about it though.

I go on /lit/ and start a thread about it

I feel empty.

Romance novels with real emotion and no bullshiting?

Reflect. Unless it is something like grrmartin, then I go on about my day.

>>5691999
Get high and reflect upon what I have read.

>>5691999
>What do you when you finish a book?

I after I finish a book.

Come on lit and make a thread about it

>>5691999
I put it back on my shelf, or take it back to the library, or give it back to the friend I borrowed it from.

>>5695031
this

>>5691999
sometimes the book makes you remember to flip through the pages even after the end. oh man, whatever else is in here is gonna sound cool.

sometimes I just don't care.

I do feel like there is a THE END guy in my head, tho. Oh wait that's SETTLE IT IN SMASH guy saying THE END OF THAT BOOK when I finish, you know, a book