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17260525

Anonymous Mon Jan 11 16:23:38 2021 No.17260525 [Reply] [Original]

Is life too short to read books you don't love?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 11 16:29:13 2021 No.17260558 >>17260525 Yes, but it is also too short to prevent yourself from reading a book you might end up loving just because you hold prejudice against it

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 11 16:31:16 2021 No.17260573 >>17260525 No

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 11 16:32:32 2021 No.17260579 >>17260525 If you are a writer you SHOULD read books you hate. It'll make you a better writer because the bad things you see in other work will suddenly jump out at you in your own, and you'll be able to fix it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 11 16:41:49 2021 No.17260622 >>17260525 What are the essential books to read in my life? I'm 19.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 11 16:43:16 2021 No.17260631 >>17260622 http://sonic.net/~rteeter/grtbloom.html

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 11 16:45:21 2021 No.17260647 File: 7 KB, 250x202, 54352364326436432764.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17260525 >halfway through 400 page book >realize it's absolute garbage >could've used that time to read a better book

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 11 16:51:01 2021 No.17260694 File: 895 KB, 1745x4931, image2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17260525 >reading your books instead of singing them ngmi