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13369088 No.13369088 [Reply] [Original]

What book do I give to a snotty nosed 12 year old, who only plays fortnite, to cultivate an enjoyment in reading?

>> No.13369091

Why would you give a book to a snot who isn’t going to read it?

>> No.13369092

>>13369088
a fortnite guide

>> No.13369094

The Stranger

I read it when I was twelve it’s what got me into lit, alternatively you could give him The Catcher in The Rye

>> No.13369099
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>>13369088

>> No.13369102

Starship Troopers

>> No.13369104

>>13369088
ready player one

>> No.13369106

>>13369091
Don't worry about her.

Her responses get all long, really long and tense, and then I make her masturbate and she relieves tension.

This is how we function. :3

>> No.13369134

>>13369088
They're too far gone. The only thing that could save them is destroying any device that can play Fortnite.

>> No.13369277

>>13369088
Don't. Let them discover it on their own or let them continue doing whatever.

>> No.13369297

>>13369088
chronicles of narnia, magicians nephew or silver chair. similar appeal to lord of the rings without the same stigma, also lewis was a cool dude

>> No.13369300

>>13369088
Depends how much they read atm. If they think that books are entirely useless, try diary of a wimpy kid or something zoomery.

>> No.13369530

Unironically Harry Potter, the series got me into reading when I was about that age.

>> No.13369540

>>13369088
too young to grasp anything really thought provoking. Just find them some good fiction, or a book about a hobby they like.

>> No.13369553

>>13369088
No one started reading regularly because they were given books. Most started on their own accord

>> No.13369570

>>13369088
Get him something edgy.

>> No.13370062

>>13369088
in my high school, most people actually read 1984 instead of just sparknotesing it, so id start there,

>> No.13370065

>>13369088
Fathers and Sons by Turgenev, point out how it can be applied to him and his life.
Though that's probably for a somewhat later time in his life.

>> No.13370382

>>13369099
no no give them the koran instead

>> No.13370415

forgotten realms

>> No.13370447
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>> No.13370457

Brave New World.

>> No.13370574

>>13369088
Finnegan's wake

>> No.13370807

>>13369091
Imagine trying to make someone interested in something they arent interested in by making them do that thing.

>> No.13370897

>>13369088
Leave little nibba alone.

>> No.13370907

you have to be careful in your method because if you try to introduce him to reading the wrong way, he may never want to read a book again

>> No.13370912

>>13369530
This

>> No.13370962

Allowing your child to play video games is child abuse. It's no different than cocaine. Just as addictive and just as life-destroying.

>> No.13370970

>>13369088
minecraft: the island by marx brooks
apparently, it's legitimately hilarious.

>> No.13371039

>>13369088
Alex Rider books

>> No.13371064

>>13370807
Imagine giving a book to a snotty gaymer and trying to make him read it.

>> No.13371268

>>13371064
kys trip

>> No.13371272

>>13370962
Alienating your child from their peers is abuse

>> No.13371276

Mein Kampf
or
I'm a 30 Year Old Gaming Virgin and this is My Suicide Note
Write it yourself, OP. I'm sure it'll sell like hotcakes in today's market.

>> No.13371280

>>13369088
any book you can beat the shit out of him with

>> No.13371366

>>13369277
This. People change because they want to change. If you try to force them to change you push them away and then before you know it they're 25 year old NEET living in your basement. i was a degenerate gamer for 15 years before i realized literature was the way

>> No.13371370

>>13369088

Percy Jackson Series. Will get him into Greek mythology then he can unironically start with the Greeks.

>> No.13371477

>>13369091
>to cultivate an enjoyment in reading

can't you read?

>> No.13371481

>>13369088
Way more important to get him into lifting weights

>> No.13371489

Give him the hobbit.

>> No.13371511

>>13371481
I would do this and with the upperbody

My dad forced me to walk after he realized I was playan games too much, now I can walk miles and miles without stopping or dying but desu what ai really needed was a better upperbody for physical tasks and fighting

>> No.13371707

You laughed when parents called video games satanic in the 80s and 90s. Who's laughing now?

>> No.13371910

>>13369088
lore books if he has the intellectual capacity

>> No.13372125

>>13369088
Masters of Doom
Of Mice and Men
Carrie