im retarded and its hard to focus, whats the most addictive book you've read ?

[Anonymous No.22448237]

[Anonymous No.22448440]

You will need a clear bag that has no logo, drawstring or any other type of closure, a suitable gas such as helium, and a flow regulator.

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[Anonymous No.22448480]

>>22448237
the most addictive was Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, but that was basically the book that helped me learn about my preference for non-fiction.

[Anonymous No.22448618]

If you're having trouble focusing I think you should start by reading books that are short and simple, like Animal Farm. That may ease you into reading longer and more complex books later on.

[Anonymous No.22448620]

>>22448237
Brando Sando

[Anonymous No.22448627]

>>22448237
I've read picrel countless times. Wayyy to funny.

[Anonymous No.22448821]

Boy's Life, Robert R Mccammon
First time I read it as a teen I cried, reading it now in my 20's and it's still captivating and makes me lose track of time in an instant.

[Anonymous No.22448826]

I haven’t been addicted to a book since I was a child. It’s not the books that were addicting, but the experience of reading which is now so completely overshadowed by my experiences of the pleasures of sex and drugs and music that I really cannot lose myself in a book anymore. The magic is gone.

[Anonymousn No.22448871]

>>22448826
>but the experience of reading which is now so completely overshadowed by my experiences of the pleasures of sex and drugs and music that I really cannot lose myself in a book anymore
For a couple of years I was in a grim slump of not reading anything at all, and then late one night while very high on edibles I randomly started reading a PDF of Chekhov stories, and felt such an overwhelming sense of what I'd been missing out on, and how much more subtle and deep the pleasure of following good writing is than just zoning out stoned to twitch streams, that it managed to get me back into reading. It took a lot effort to regain a sense of that pleasure while not very high on edibles, and there are still often times when reading does nothing for me and I simply have to slog through or abandon the book, but I'm extremely glad that I realised that the most immediate and obliterating pleasures aren't the richest, before it became too late to start repairing my brain.

>>22448237
I think you're taking the wrong approach, OP. Don't try to go for something that will remove the need for effort; go for something that will make the level of effort manageable. Like this guy says >>22448618, I think you should go for something short -- a Chekhov short story collection, for instance.

[Anonymous No.22448888]

>>22448871
I definitely can enjoy a book still, but it once came effortlessly, spontaneously. Now? It's a chore. I am lazy. I can own that. Still, there used to be a mind in me for books, a deep, searching, imaginative, willing mind. It may still be there. Something's in the way.

I suppose I am reaping the corruption of my mind from the seeds I have sown.

[Anonymous No.22448896]

>>22448888
Lifestyle of sex and drugs is known to suck out all the good energy from life.
Addictive stupid music too.

Though i don't read literature and just joined here to find thread about philosophy, but still - think about it

[Anonymous No.22448914]

>>22448237
American Psycho and A Clockwork Orange were addictive to read for me

[Anonymous No.22448961]

>>22448826
quite cringe

[Anonymous No.22448967]

>>22448961
My life is a tragedy.

[Anonymous No.22449070]

>>22448896
What about addictive GOOD music? (For example, Laughing Stock by Talk Talk)