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Anonymous Sun Jan 3 17:45:56 2016 No.7537363 [Reply] [Original]

>tfw 24 and never read a book
Where do I start, /b/?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 17:46:47 2016 No.7537370 File: 27 KB, 316x487, TeacherManOldMan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7537363 Frank McCourt

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 17:48:57 2016 No.7537377 turn away from your computer and count to one hundred with your eyes closed if you can do it correctly and calmly you are closer to your goal of getting into lit by 50%

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 18:38:39 2016 No.7537558 >>7537363 Middle school probably

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 18:43:50 2016 No.7537583 >>7537363 It's honestly too late for you

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 22:15:28 2016 No.7538398 >>7537377 So do I just count to 200 then?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 22:21:49 2016 No.7538420 Celine

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 22:24:25 2016 No.7538434 Morning Crafts by Tito Perdue >implying i'm wrong

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 22:28:31 2016 No.7538447 >>7537363 finnegans wake

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 22:30:15 2016 No.7538452 War and Peace, obviously.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 22:47:22 2016 No.7538503 The Cat in the Hat.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 22:50:09 2016 No.7538513 >>7537363 >>7537558

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 22:57:46 2016 No.7538526 >>7537363 Don't even try. Just stick to your habits as they are.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 23:19:36 2016 No.7538600 File: 52 KB, 300x446, FandlinLV.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7537363 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 23:50:23 2016 No.7538671 >>7537363 Is that you? >Never read a book >Black :^)

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 23:52:08 2016 No.7538677 >>7537363 Go for something fun, dumb, at your reading level and in your interests. Read like five pages a day, you don't have your sea legs yet. What do you like, OP? Tell /lit/ your likey-likes.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 23:54:57 2016 No.7538686 >>7537363 Los griegos.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 3 23:55:07 2016 No.7538687 File: 418 KB, 747x1417, Starter Kit (2).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is the easier starter kit

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 00:03:01 2016 No.7538705 File: 9 KB, 200x146, fish.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7538687 >downloading the same image 3 times

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 00:44:44 2016 No.7538835 File: 562 KB, 1035x2056, Starter Kit (1).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7538705 nah I just renamed them. I only have two starter kits

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 00:45:52 2016 No.7538844 File: 3.92 MB, 896x2751, Babby's first lit kit.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Now, the true starter kit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 00:47:00 2016 No.7538852 >>7538835 >renaming images >not keeping the original 4chan file name for posterity

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 02:21:12 2016 No.7539189 >>7538844 >8844 >Hitler dubs and halfler dubs So this pic is confirmed for best starter kit? >>7538852 It's harder to navigate file folders when everything is only numbered

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 02:30:56 2016 No.7539216 >>7537363 The death of ivan ilyich. Extremely short, extremely easy to read, profound, humorous at times, compelling, and written by the best author of all time.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 02:32:40 2016 No.7539221 File: 16 KB, 230x300, sweating_man.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7538844 >nearly 4 mb holy jesus

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 02:37:03 2016 No.7539234 >>7538398 Nobody likes a smartass, OP.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 02:42:08 2016 No.7539253 >>7538687 >>7538835 Not OP but since I've been meaning to read Siddhartha I would like to know what is the best translation of it. Is the Hilda Rosner translation the most recommended one? Does the same follow suit for Hesse's other works?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 02:48:11 2016 No.7539271 >>7539253 When it comes to translations I look up reviews, and download a few of the various translations... I read 1-3 pages of each translation and intuit which I liked best. I haven't read Siddhartha so I can't offer my opinion

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 02:51:16 2016 No.7539284 Kurt Vonnegut Or The Quran Hope everything goes well, OP! Good luck on your journey! /lit changes lives

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 02:54:10 2016 No.7539292 Start by reading every book on this list, OP: http://interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtbloom.html

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 08:21:42 2016 No.7539957 >>7537363 Why?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 08:51:28 2016 No.7540016 File: 618 KB, 320x240, 1450868051761.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >ctrl+f 'greeks' >0 results

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 11:37:13 2016 No.7540408 >>7537363 Alice in Wonderland

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 12:27:57 2016 No.7540522 Mi diario, para ser honesto.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 12:51:39 2016 No.7540574 You should commence with the Carthaginians imho senpai

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 13:46:03 2016 No.7540697 File: 926 KB, 896x2751, Babby's first lit kit.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7539221 there

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 14:20:29 2016 No.7540804 >>7539216 Seconding this, amazing book

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 14:43:14 2016 No.7540870 >>7538835 Is Ficciones really good? And what edition are people usually talking about? The Collected 500 page thing, or the 180 page one?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 15:56:34 2016 No.7541032 Hyperspehere

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 16:06:23 2016 No.7541054 >>7540697 >>7537370 >>7538835 >>7538687 all too boring

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 16:37:27 2016 No.7541134 fuck reading, you should try to write a book having never read one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 16:40:34 2016 No.7541146 File: 1.15 MB, 648x1276, exit.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7537363 Read these.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 16:42:58 2016 No.7541159 >>7537363 Read an alphabet book, you are on lit, not /b/.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 17:14:40 2016 No.7541278 >>7541134 this is actually a great idea

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 4 17:20:56 2016 No.7541302 >>7541278 At first I thought this was a joke, then I remembered J.K. Rowling