/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6949375]

I'm interested in your reading habits
post your

>favorite author

>favorite book

>currently reading

>favorite place to read

>time of day you normally read

>weekly time spent reading

>vocation

>highest level of education

>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies

[Anonymous No.6949396]

i would drink that girl's bath water

if you're a girl and reading this right now i'll drink yours too

[Anonymous No.6949412]

>>6949396
what the fuck man

[Anonymous No.6949414]

>William S. Burroughs

>The Western Lands

>Gravity's Rainbow
>The Essential Kierkegaard

>my recliner

>morning before my day begins, and in the evening after I'm in for the night

>~25hrs

>student/sandwich artist

>college sophomore rn

>prefer physical, but mostly read electronic bc I'm a pirate

[Anonymous No.6949417]

>>6949412
some thirsty ass niggas

[Anonymous No.6949435]

>>6949375
>favorite author
Dostoyevsky

>favorite book
Brothers Karamazov

>currently reading
Tolstoi's Hadyi Murad (a compilation with The death of Ivan Ilich)

>favorite place to read
Either my bed or my particular armchair

>time of day you normally read
Evenings and nights

>weekly time spent reading
Depends on my mood

>vocation
History

>highest level of education
I'm in uni

>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
Physical

[Anonymous No.6949489]

most of these don't apply to me 'cause i don't read, lel

i mean, i used to back when i was stupid enough to though.

[Anonymous No.6949511]

I hate these threads but I'm really bored.

>favorite author
Melville

>favorite book
Discipline and Punish.

>currently reading
The Book of Disquiet and theory for class.

>favorite place to read
My desk.

>time of day you normally read
Usually from about 10pm to 2am.

>weekly time spent reading
At least a couple of hours a day.

>vocation
First-year composition teacher.

>highest level of education
In graduate school.

>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
I prefer physical copies but I often don't get to choose because so much stuff is circulated via email.

[Anonymous No.6949519]

>Author:
Jorge Luis Borges or Calvino, can't decide

>Book:
At the Mountains of Madness (it's a novella, does that count? If no, The Aleph.)

>Currently Reading:
Neuromancer. About damn time.

>Favorite place:
On the porch or on the train.

>Time of Day:
Late Night or as soon as I wake up, no in-betweens

>Weekly Time Spent Reading:
Depends on what counts but I'd give it a healthy 7-8.

>Vocation:
Student/Archivist. Trying to get published, 30pg into first novel. Dreaming of Film or Professorship.

>Education level
Finishing up Bachelor's this year in English/Anthropology

>E-readers or Physical
Physical, but I bounce between both

This has been lovely

[Anonymous No.6949539]

>>6949414
>burroughs

you can't be serious

[Anonymous No.6949540]

>>6949375
>Haruki Murakami
>Anthem by Ayn Rand
>Moby Dick or The White Whale
>Outside on my porch
>mid/late-morning to midday and then again in the late afternoon
>4-7
>kek
>top kek
>physical copies

[Anonymous No.6949547]

>Edgar Allen Pow

>Notes From Underground

>The Illiad, 2666

>On my porch, chain smoking cigarettes

>In the evening after work. Sometimes at work when its slow.

>12-20 depending on the book and my workload

>Tattoo Apprentice/Bumming off parents

>College drop out after one semester

>Ereaders are more convenient, but I love the sensuousness of physical copies

[Anonymous No.6949674]

>>6949375
>favorite author
Dostoevsky. I just started to get into Russian literature and The Brothers Karamazov was pretty great.
>favorite book
I feel bad about not reading enough, but I will have to go with The Sun Also Rises
>currently reading
Infinite Jest and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Casually flipping through the bible also.
>favorite place to read
porch
>time of day
Evening and Night
>weekly time spent reading
Maybe three hours.
>highest level of education
High School
>ereaders of physical copies
I never had an e-reader since my library is around ten books.

[Anonymous No.6949715]

>favorite author
Tolkien
>favorite book
LoTR, Silmarillion, GRRM (fuck your hate)
>currently reading
Kafka, The trail
>favorite place to read
At my desk
>time of day you normally read
Morning, evening and nights
>weekly time spent reading
5-15 hours
>vocation
Economic history student at Oxford
>highest level of education
Master's degree in history and international relations
>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
physical copies. I collect antique books like pic related. The books in picture are early 20th century Larousse encyclopedias

[Anonymous No.6949721]

>>6949375
>Count of Monte Cristo
>Reading Crime and Punishment
>Sit on coffee shop patio 3-7 (closing time)
>move to park until dark (8:30ish)
>read at home midnight-4am
>30-50 hours, less if with friends
>no motivation beyond reading
>just finished undergrad
>love being able to pirate ebooks, but still need physical copies for annotating

>>6949414
Does the Kierkegaard collection you're reading include either/or? Regardless, how do you like it so far? Did you go in blind, and if not, what/whom did you read to prepare for Kierkegaard?

[Anonymous No.6949728]

>>6949715

Also, to further clarify. I generally like medieval-based genre fiction (e.g. Tolkien), as medieval European history is my area of expertise.

[Anonymous No.6949744]

>>6949715
k

[Anonymous No.6949768]

>>6949375
Ellis

Thank You For Arguing

V.

Beach

All day

All

N/A

B.S.

Phys

[Anonymous No.6949773]

>>6949375
>>favorite author
Cormac McCarthy
>>favorite book
Suttree
>>currently reading
Therese et Isabelle
>>favorite place to read
outside on a cool autumn day
>>time of day you normally read
afternoon
>>weekly time spent reading
I binge read, it varies
>>vocation
cashier
>>highest level of education
high school
>>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
for "hard" books physical
for "easy/quick" ebooks

[Anonymous No.6949778]

>>6949768
How very minimalist of you.

[Anonymous No.6949789]

>favorite author
Joe Hill or Chuck Palahnuik
>Favorite Book
Invisible Monsters or Horns
>Currently Reading
Just finished NOS4A2, gonna restart American Gods
>Time of day normally read
Late night, before I go to bed.
>Weekly time spent reading
Really depends, with class starting soon it's been nonstop but if I'm working it's a trickle
>Vocation
Math tutor
>Highest level of education
Currently in university
>E-readers or physical copies?
Physical any day. It's just easier to mark up my books

[Anonymous No.6949846]

>Mathias Malzieu

>Catcher in the Rye

>Steppenwolf

>I don't give a shit.

>Night

>21-ish hours.

>Student

>First semester in college.

>Physical

[Anonymous No.6949858]

>>6949375
Thomas Pynchon

Mason and Dixon

Dubliners (rereadng)

My boyfriend's lap

night?

If I'm feeling good, maybe 10 hours?

Barista

Third year studying law

Physical copies, obviously..

[Anonymous No.6949861]

>>6949375
>>favorite author

Bukowski, I guess.
I don't know.

>>favorite book

Shirley Jackson's Hangsaman

>>currently reading
Hogg

>>favorite place to read
Bed

>>time of day you normally read
Bed
>>weekly time spent reading
7 hours give or take
>>vocation
Teacher
>>highest level of education
1 year into my MFA
>>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
physical

[Anonymous No.6950959]

>>favorite author
Wolfe and Dostoevsky
>>favorite book
Book of the New Sun and The Brothers Karamazov
>>currently reading
Discourse on method, Book of the Long Sun, Aquinas on law, kingship, justice
>>favorite place to read
Coffee shops
>>time of day you normally read
3 pm
>>weekly time spent reading
4 or so hours. Don't know, something like 20-40 pages a day
>>vocation
Student
>>highest level of education
Still working on it
>>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
Don't have an e reader

[Anonymous No.6950974]

Gogol
The Tin Drum
Madame Bovary
The pub
Morning, bedtime, work breaks
2hr per day ish
Chef
MA in history
Physical copies

[Anonymous No.6950993]

Not sure

Not sure

The Iliad

In my room or in the backyard in the sun. Sometimes the bus or train can be nice as well.

Usually afternoon and night.

Nursing

B.A.

Combination. I prefer reading on my my kindle but I also like the sensation of holding a book.

[Anonymous No.6951987]

>>6949375
>Chuck Palahniuk
>The Catcher in the Rye
>Pygmy
>My basement
>Late afternoon or night
>20 hours or so
>Student
>I will have my bachelors degree this winter
>Physical copies

[Anonymous No.6952905]

>>6949539
you can't be shitposting

>>6949721
it does include either/or.

right now I'm working through introductory journal entries and letters, so I haven't got to the meat of the book yet. I started with the Greeks and have read wide and varied philosophers over the years (some Nietzsche, Kant, Hegel, etc.). also just finished reading A History of Western Philosophy, which involved also a lot of supplemental online material, so I'm no expert, but def not going in blind.

I saw that my friend had Essential Kierkegaard when I was at his house and couldn't pass up borrowing it. I'm no philosophy major, so my approach to what philosophers I read is usually a matter of when I come across them, or if I have a particular hard-on for this or that thinker at a given time.

[Anonymous No.6952912]

>>6952905
and btw the book is the one edited by Howard and Edna Hong. it looks well assembled and like a decent introduction from what I can tell.

[Anonymous No.6953316]

>>6949375

>Stendhal

>Le Rouge et le Noir

>Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)

>my couch

>Evening

>it really depends... 8-9 hours

>Student

>Still studying

>Physical

[Terrible Person !.fNJV2Jlhw No.6953446]

I don't have a favourite author but I end up reading a lot of Dean Koontz. I used to like reading in the woods, but I live in town now, with roommates, so my favourite place to read has become the bathroom.

Currently reading-

-Brother Odd

-John dies at the end

-This book is full of spiders

-The supernaturalists

And my own writing cause editing.

[Anonymous No.6953951]

>>favorite author
Walt Whitman
>>favorite book
Eleanor & Park
>>currently reading
A farewell to arms
>>favorite place to read
My bed
>>time of day you normally read
When I wake up or before bed
>>weekly time spent reading
Idk
>>vocation
Student
>>highest level of education
Currently in college
>>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
E-readers are fucking gay as shit

[Anonymous No.6954027]

>Hemingway (I just love his larger than life persona, and the manly subject matter in his writing)

>Blood Meridian

>Blood Meridian

>On the beach, facing the sun

>In the morning and then after lunch

>3-4 hours a day, 21 hours minimum a week.

>I'm about to start my freshman year of college

>Physical copies. There is no comparison to having a book actually in your hands.

[Anonymous No.6954047]

>Cormac McCarthy

>East of Eden

>Collected poems of W.B. Yeats, and The Brothers Karamazov

>wherever

>At least 7 hours, but i try to do more sometimes.

>student

>In college right now

>physical copies

[Anonymous No.6954055]

>favorite author
Couldn't say.

>favorite book
Anna Karenina

>currently reading
Brothers Karamazov, Dubliners, babby tier philosophy and a history book.

>favorite place to read
A couch

>time of day you normally read
Morning or night.

>weekly time spent reading
I don't count that shit, it varies, some days I don't read at all, some days I read more than I should,

>vocation
Still not sure.

>highest level of education
Entering uni in some months.

>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
E-Reader. Only buy the books when the author is still alive or when it's a nice edition like the ones here http://www.foliosociety.com/

Also, all of you "the feel of having a book in my hands" faggots are fucking delusional.

[Anonymous No.6954075]

>>6953446
>Dean Koontz
>John Dies at the End
Top pleb

[Anonymous No.6954092]

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[Anonymous No.6954099]

>>6949375
>favorite author
Herman Hesse

>favorite book
Narcisse and Goldmund

>currently reading
Pushkin's "The captain's daughter"

>favorite place to read
my bed or a comfy armchair

>time of day you normally read
in public transports or before sleeping

>weekly time spent reading
14h

>vocation
music composer

>highest level of education
highschool

>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
physical

[Anonymous No.6954112]

>>6954092
>>>/pleb who makes himself feel better by putting down patrician tier literature lovers/

[Anonymous No.6954191]

>favorite author
Joyce, probably
>favorite book
Ulysses
>currently reading
Gravity's Rainbow
>favorite place to read
Desk in my bedroom, or my backyard
>time of day you normally read
when I'm awake
>weekly time spent reading
35 hrs
>vocation
Student
>highest level of education
High School (so far)
>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
physical copy for books I care about, e-reader if I don't want to pay for a copy

[Anonymous No.6954209]

>Goethe

>Little Man, What Now? By Fallada

>August 1914

>On my patio when it's not raining

>7:00-11:00 pm

>really depends on the week

>student/workshop hand

>partial university degree

>physical copies but I use e-readers more

[Anonymous No.6954222]

>>6949375
>favorite author
gladwell
>favorite book
Frankenstein or the Sun also Rises
>currently reading
Fahrenheit 451 again
>favorite place to read
On the grass in my campus' courtyard
>time of day you normally read
afternoon
>weekly time spent reading
roughly 20 hours
>vocation
student
>highest level of education
in second year of uni
>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
depends on the situation, e-readers are much more handy most of the time but if I'm in the library or at home physical is a lot better

[Anonymous No.6954597]

>favorite author
Katherine Mansfield

>favorite book
The Prussian Officer - DH Lawrence

>currently reading
Ryunosuke Akutagawa - little black penguin
Sherwood Anderson - Winesburh ohio
And 'things fall apart' by that nigerian guy i forget the name of

>favorite place to read
On the tram or in a cafe

>time of day you normally read
Literally any time, usually only for ten/fifteen mins tho

>weekly time spent reading
4-5 hours maybe? Maybe less

>vocation
Tea brewer

>highest level of education
Finish BSci in a few months

>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
I like the idea of e readers but don't have one

[Anonymous No.6954613]

>I'm interested in your reading habits
you shouldn't be
you should be interested in reading tbh

[Anonymous No.6954642]

>>6954613
luckily I can be interested in both

[Anonymous No.6954649]

>Hemingway
>Hemmingay

>The Sun Also Rises

>The Divine Comedy

>At home on the living room couch

>Noon

>10 hours

>Student, doing freelance graphic design for extra cash

>Currently at uni

>Physical, but I don't care too much.

[Anonymous No.6954705]

>>6952905
>>6952912
Cool, thanks for the Kierkegaard info. And yeah, I've heard that the Hong translations are GOAT.

[Anonymous No.6954921]

>Favorite author
Ernest Hemingway
>Favorite book
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
>Currently reading
The Divine Comedy by Dante
>Favorite place to read
I don't have a favorite, I usually read at my desk or in bed
>Weekly time spent reading
10-12 hours a week
>Vocation
Unemployed
>Highest level of education
University
>Do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
I've only ever read physical copies

[Anonymous No.6954925]

>>6954613
>you should be interested in
To tell another man he 'should' be anything is laughable; you don't see us telling you that you should be imbibing less of your father's fluids.

[Anonymous No.6955122]

>>6949375
>Ernest Hemingway
>The Sun Also Rises
>Out of Sheer Rage and Cathedral
>On my porch
>Early evening, after I get out of work
>Probably fifteen hours
>Student taking a gap year and working a menial retail job
>Some college
>Physical copies

[Anonymous No.6955157]

>>6954649
>Hemmingay

[Anonymous No.6955187]

>>6949375
>>favorite author
English: T.S. Eliot
Dutch (my native language): Harry Mulisch
>>favorite book
English: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Dutch: De Procedure by Harry Mulisch
>>currently reading
Morrissey's autobiography
>>favorite place to read
Train
>>time of day you normally read
Midday/evening
>>weekly time spent reading
>>vocation
>>highest level of education
University
>>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
Physical copies.

[Anonymous No.6955190]

>>6955187
Vocation: Student of English.

[Anonymous No.6955206]

>favorite author
Sylvia Plath
>favorite book
Catcher in the Rye
>currently reading
No matter the wreckage
>favorite place to read
On the balcony, nude
>time of day you normally read
Lunchtime
>weekly time spent reading
5 hours?
>vocation
CTO
>highest level of education
Some college
>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
Physical copies

[Anonymous No.6955271]

>favorite author
Kafka? probably the author who ive most consistently loved along with having read enough of his works to make an informed decision

>favorite book
Hamlet, if plays discounted then Anna Karenina

>currently reading
Paradise Lost

>favorite place to read
While travelling on trains or buses

>time of day you normally read
daily tube journeys to and from work

>weekly time spent reading
5 hours at least Monday to Friday, then anywhere between 1 and 5 at the weekend

>vocation
student

>highest level of education
current English literature undergraduate, about to do my second year as an exchange student to the US

>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
e-readers definitely. When I first got my kindle it had a huge effect on how much I read, due mostly to the convenience of having all my books with me wherever I go (getting into the habit of always reading for 5-10 minutes when waiting for something is the best) but also having access to pretty much everything in whatever edition you want is great. I still like to read physical books if it's convenient though.

[Anonymous No.6955290]

>favorite author

J. G. Ballard

>favorite book

À rebours

>currently reading

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P - Adelle Waldman

>favorite place to read
Room
>time of day you normally read

20-23?

>weekly time spent reading

20?

>vocation

Student

>highest level of education

B.Sc.

>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies

pdf/epub/mobi/djvu/etc. on phone/computer/tablet

[Anonymous No.6955311]

>Dostoyevsky
>Brothers Karamazov
>Patrick White - Voss; Blackwell Companion to New Testament
>A quiet place outdoors
>Afternoon
>~10 hours recreationally
>allied health student
>currently studying at Masters level
>physical when there's lots of natural light, otherwise e-readers

[Anonymous No.6955506]

Don't have one is that bad?

Don't have one neither

My fight and lolita

My laptop / house

When i feel like reading

Don't really know maybe 35 hours or so

Student

Im still in the uni

both? idk

[Anonymous No.6955570]

>>6949519
I too love Borges. I own Calvino's Cosmicomics and italian fairy tales, looking forward to reading more by him.

[Anonymous No.6955717]

>>favorite author
Stephen King

>>favorite book
The Way of Kings

>>currently reading
The Beginner's Guide to Investing

>>favorite place to read
My balcony

>>time of day you normally read
Mid-morning/afternoon

>>weekly time spent reading
2-3 hours

>>vocation
None right now. I quit my job 8 months ago to start my own business but it didn't work out. Currently looking for a job in IT.

>>highest level of education
Bachelor's

>>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
E-readers

[Anonymous No.6955728]

>>6954092
>>>/out/

[Anonymous No.6956840]

>favorite author
Tolstoy

>favorite book
The Stranger, War and Peace. Hard to decide.

>currently reading
Finishing The Sun Also Rises, beginning The Book of Disquiet

>favorite place to read
At my desk

>time of day you normally read
At night, especially before bed

>weekly time spent reading
8-10 hours, I guess

>vocation
Mobile Game Development

>highest level of education
I'm getting a degree on System Analysis this year

>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
I like them both tbh. I use my kindle specially when I have to travel.

This was great.

[Anonymous No.6958671]

>favorite author
T.S. Eliot
>favorite book
Four Quartets
>currently reading
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
>favorite place to read
Bed
>time of day you normally read
Before sleeping (or daytime for work)
>weekly time spent reading
These days, maybe 7-14 hours for pleasure, much more for work.
>vocation
Adjunct professor
>highest level of education
Doctorate
>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
Physical copies.

[Anonymous No.6959141]

>>6949414
>student/sandwich artist.
My nigger.
>tfw 5 classes and 3 shifts a week this semester.

[Anonymous No.6959146]

>>6958671
you have based taste. Any recommendations? I have been reading John Hawkes and John Barth lately and craving more.

[Anonymous No.6959150]

>>6949715
>GRRM
I will hate you for that. There is no point in reading past Joffreys death tbh. I dropped the books immediately after.

[Anonymous No.6959175]

>favorite author
Mishima or Mary Renault

>favorite book
Balzac's Lost Illusions

>currently reading
Ezra Pound's Cantos

>favorite place to read
Lying on my bed

>time of day you normally read
6PM on.

>weekly time spent reading
About 26 hours a week

[Anonymous No.6959183]

>>6949375
>favorite author
For their views, Tolstoy, Laozi and Marcus Aurelius
For their prose, Hemingway, Kafka and Bradbury
For poetry, Dylan Thomas, Braulio Arenas and Omar Khayyam
>favorite book
Honestly an impossible question to answer. The Death of Ivan Illych was excellent though
>currently reading
God's Chinese Son - Jonathan D. Spense
The Labyrinth of Solitude - Octavio Paz
>favorite place to read
Down by the creek that runs through the Mission in my old town
>time of day you normally read
Afternoon, or early morning
>weekly time spent reading
5-20 hours, depending on my schedule
>vocation
Education
>highest level of education
3rd year University
>do you prefer e-readers or physical copies
Physical copies, but I do like being able to load a book or two onto my phone so I can read on the go easier

[Anonymous No.6959184]

>Tom Clancy
>Star Wars Death Troopers
>Nothing right now.
>In bed.
>Usually at night.
>Probably an hour or so.
>Forgot what vocation means.
>High School
>E-Readers

[Anonymous No.6960928]

>>6959146
If you like Hawkes and Barth (and have already done Lime Twig, Lost in the Funhouse, and Goat Boy), you might like Jeffrey Eugenides, especially Middlesex, or Omensetter's Luck by Gass. Also, The Last Samurai, by Helen DeWitt, is good in a "Curious Incident of the Dog" vein.
For snappy postmodern bliss, though, Calvino is my main man. For longer works, Eco and Kundera. Pretty standard around here.