/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6541407]

I became an avid reader like three months ago and I can't stop. I stopped watching tv and I don't spend much time on 4chan anymore.

Here's how I did it.

-Remember the average person reads like zero books a year. If you read 5 pages a day, you are 5 pages above the average person

-Don't force yourself to read. Commit to read 5 pages a day. I swear after three days you'll feel like reading more and after a month or so you should be reading 50-100 pages a day for pleasure

-Read various books at the same time. When I grab a difficult book or one that makes me sleepy I grab another and switch. This should refresh your head. Keep them thematically different. I read economics and fiction.

-It isn't a race. Reading slowly won't make you sleepy that fast. Try to acknowledge what books are for you to read fast and which aren't.

-Buy the physical copies. When you get the books from your own money you'll feel the need to read them to avoid the feel of wasting your money.

-Start with books highly discussed here so you feel motivated to discuss.

[Anonymous No.6541413]

This is now a pepe thread

[Anonymous No.6541438]

>>6541407
Fresh Prince of Pepe?

[Anonymous No.6541704]

Fantastic advice, thanks.

[Anonymous No.6541713]

thanks for the advice, friend

[Anonymous No.6541716]

>>6541413
rare

[Anonymous No.6541720]

Can someone pls post the 'avid shitposter' variant?

[Anonymous No.6541725]

[Anonymous No.6541735]

>tfw smarter because after becoming an avid reader

[Anonymous No.6541753]

I became an avid memer like nine months ago and I can't stop.

Here's how I did it.

-I saw someone post this un-ironically back in September and had a laugh at it

-Few days later, someone used the term "avid reader", and I was reminded of that thread

-I dredged up the exact post and image from the archive and used it as a reply

-Then I saw someone else repost it from mine, and from there the ball kept rolling

-The rest of the way it was hands free

[Anonymous No.6541754]

>>6541735
>smarter because after becoming

[Anonymous No.6541810]

>>6541407
im currently studying philosophy in my Uni.

I like reading but recently i been feeling sleepy very quickly everytime i try to read whatever.

I'm i the only one whi has this issue?

i had bought some books but havent started yet since i've been very busy reading plato and Descartes. I'm planning to start this vacations. This advice might be helpful

[Anonymous No.6541816]

>>6541754
you passed the avid reader test

[Anonymous No.6541817]

>>6541407
Thanks OP! Good advice/encouragement. Keep up with that reading!

[Anonymous No.6541827]

>>6541407
actual good advice but no one asked for it so pretentious replies is all youll get

[Anonymous No.6541847]

>>6541407
>Remember the average person reads like zero books a year.
The average person reads six books a year.

[Anonymous No.6541853]

>>6541816
kek

[Anonymous No.6541856]

>>6541847
I find that hard to believe, but if we rephrase to leisurely reading, then it is closer to 0 I;m srue.

[Anonymous No.6541857]

>>6541847
does it count if I read Kanye's book 6 times a year?

[Anonymous No.6541864]

>>6541847
does genre fiction really count?

[Anonymous No.6541866]

>>6541864
yes

[Anonymous No.6541868]

>>6541810
If it's an energy thing, try like 5 push ups to get your heart rate up whenever this happens

[Anonymous No.6541873]

>tfw you'll never finish the western canon
>tfw in your dreams you can hear Harold Bloom laughing at you
>tfw you jerk awake in a cold sweat around a pile of unread books
All aboard Mr. Pleb's wild ride. Next stop; the infinite void.

[Anonymous No.6541878]

>>6541866
but it doesn't really

[Anonymous No.6541884]

>>6541873
>harold bloom will die in your lifetime

;_;

[Anonymous No.6541891]

>>6541878
>genre fiction
well it depends

[Anonymous No.6541916]

>>6541884
>and we won't get a sticky for it