Goodreads

[Anonymous No.7127787]

Goodreads Thread. Add new people and find new books. I am running out of books in ~5years, I need new input.

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2408134-sebastian

[Anonymous No.7127861]

shur

[Anonymous No.7127878]

>post my profile in one of these threads
>fucking millions of friend invites from /lit/ people
>feel deeply uncomfortable and ignore them all
>conscious that i now have all these fucking followers apparently?

[Anonymous No.7127930]

>>7127878
I have capsguy and raven and a few of the other old /lit/ people. Its good for recommendations, but I dont interact with them

[Anonymous No.7128229]

are genre fiction fags welcome or no

[Anonymous No.7128233]

>>7127787
Sebastian read the complete works of Thomas Aquinas.

[Anonymous No.7128519]

>>7128233

no

[Anonymous No.7128528]

>>7128233
>>7128519

You want me to read this? I will do someday

[Anonymous No.7128721]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/41901972-sweetlikecancer

[Anonymous No.7128774]

>>7127787
where is that slimey croat

[Anonymous No.7129294]

>>7127787
bump

[Anonymous No.7129420]

I'm down
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/35959535-crito

[Anonymous No.7129446]

>>7127878
I find it nice having a friends list of all /lit/ folks, it's all mutual encouragement to me. They encourage me to do my best and I hope to do the same to them.

[Anonymous No.7129494]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27767476-cheesewheels

Fantasy, Sci-fi, YA, horror and weird tales fans feel free to add me.

[Anonymous No.7129537]

>think about posting
>always stop myself because my reviews are cringeworthy as fuck when I go back and read them

am I the only one?

[Anonymous No.7129550]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/33337370-evan

no bully pls

[Anonymous No.7129558]

>>7127787
https://www.goodreads.com/hacklasoul
h-h-hi

[Anonymous No.7129602]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/36194796-gantzgantz

mostly read genre fiction

[Anonymous No.7129605]

>>7129537
There are quite a few like you actually. I wish you would post your reviews, I like reading them.

[Anonymous No.7129623]

>>7127787
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/31544336-a

add me lads

[Anonymous No.7129635]

add me so we can never talk to each other

the person with the most friends wins right?


https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/41864427-andy

[Anonymous No.7129656]

>>7129635
I just like to silently watch what everyone's reading

[Anonymous No.7129668]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/23654507-haziq

[Anonymous No.7129835]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28232108-rikkert-kuijper

I hate having to wait for books. My currently reading list looks so strange now.

[Anonymous No.7129873]

>>7127787

>880 ratings (2.66 avg)

Oh my.

My average rating is probably around 4. I am unsure if that is because I am an idiot, too easily excitable, or because I only read good books.

Probably both, to be honest.

[Anonymous No.7129927]

>>7128528
You said you are running out of books and 10k pages of philosophy should fill the void.

[Anonymous No.7129971]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28709688-travis

New to this whole thing

[Anonymous No.7130260]

>>7127787
goodreads.com/Nate_Doge

[Anonymous No.7130896]

I'll bump

[Anonymous No.7130899]

>>7129873
3 is his standard "good" rating and it tends to throw people off.

[Anonymous No.7130901]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/42092365-laertes -- Add one of the local shitposters

[Anonymous No.7131511]

SUP LADS
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/36672922-dawn

[Anonymous No.7131544]

>>7131511
Oh wait I already have you

[Anonymous No.7131578]

>>7128229
>are genre fiction fags welcome or no

Of course, I have over 220 books shelved as science fiction, but lately I do not find interesting books in this genre, perhaps I am overfed.

[Anonymous No.7131607]

>>7131511

shit man you're like the only honest person i've added with decent taste, but start giving things you like five stars and then say what you did/didn't like. Stop treating this like amazon.
who else from your friend list reads good books? link their profiles, don't be a pussy.

[Anonymous No.7132128]

>>7131578
220 sf novels are basically everything good sf ever produced.

[Anonymous No.7132179]

Added everyone whom I don't already have as a friend.
I feel like some of the best - if not the best - reviewers and users on Goodreads browse /lit/. The connection between the two is really awesome since you'll find the same quality on the website but no memes/shitposting/trips/other bullshit.
Anyways, feel free to criticize!:
https://www.goodreads.com/arthurgrunenwald

[Anonymous No.7132180]

>>7127787
>>7130901
>>7129420
>>7131511

Banter-Squad

[Anonymous No.7132397]

>>7132180
can't handle the bants?

[Anonymous No.7132429]

>>7127787
I don't understand, why are you running out of books in 5 years?

[Anonymous No.7132451]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/32443560-erik-lind

Hello again, friends

[Anonymous No.7132519]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8341803-connor

Plz no bully

[Anonymous No.7132598]

>>7132429
>I don't understand, why are you running out of books in 5 years?

I read around 100-200 books/year and there are only ~500 books on my to read list

[Anonymous No.7132605]

>>7127787
read some krasznahorkai already

[Anonymous No.7132656]

>>7132605
>read some krasznahorkai already

He is on my to read list #166

[Anonymous No.7132660]

>>7132656
i know he is

[Anonymous No.7132699]

>>7127787
>One star for The Road

[Anonymous No.7132778]

>>7131511
L O N D O N
O
N
D
O
N

[Anonymous No.7132790]

>>7129873
>>7130899
I stopped rating anything. I just like to track books and use the recommendation system.

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7656933-bill

[Anonymous No.7132822]

who are the people with the best / most extensive tastes / reading here?

[Anonymous No.7132931]

>>7132822
yall gonna have to drop that attitude

[Anonymous No.7132980]

>>7132822
>>7132931

Yes, all people are welcome, there is no best taste, just read what you like and broaden your horizon.

[Anonymous No.7133008]

>>7132790

that's a good idea
I give almost everything 5 stars anyway (i mostly read books i know I'll like)

[Anonymous No.7133032]

>>7132790
I just view the ratings as "would I recommend this" 1-2 being no and 3-5 being yes.

[Anonymous No.7133053]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/32686432-g-bachant

[Anonymous No.7133110]

>>7133032
>I just view the ratings as "would I recommend this" 1-2 being no and 3-5 being yes.

I go with 3 being very good books, 4-5 are all time favourites

[Anonymous No.7133146]

>>7132931
>>7132980


>i read scifi / fantasy, and only anglo authors

[Anonymous No.7133264]

>>7127787

I've already added you awhile back, you update about everyday. YOU ARE A MACHINE.

[Anonymous No.7133327]

>>7133264
>I've already added you awhile back, you update about everyday. YOU ARE A MACHINE.

I have health issues and read all day mostly.

[Anonymous No.7134226]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28966654-fugitivo

[Anonymous No.7134286]

>>7133327

What do you have?

[Anonymous No.7134287]

>>7134286
too many god damn memes

[Anonymous No.7134290]

>tfw RYM will never get a book section
goodreas a shit

[Anonymous No.7134426]

>>7134290
Goodreads best; use it correctly and you get good results

[Anonymous No.7134480]

>>7134290

Yeah, a book database where you personally have to add every book that you want to rate and wait several months until your submission is approved would be really great.

[Anonymous No.7134503]

>>7134480
What? new submissions dont need to be approved. It takes less than 5 minutes to add something.

I just really like their charts and if goodreads had them id use it more often

[Anonymous No.7134515]

>>7134503
Last time I edited album info it took almost three months for the mods to approve it

[Anonymous No.7134518]

>>7134515
yeah editing is bad but just adding it in the first place does not require mod approval

[Anonymous No.7134545]

>>7134518
Well, then, I guess it wouldn't be that bad...

[Anonymous No.7134583]

>>7131511
I fucking hate you and your epic memes that I get in my feed

[Anonymous No.7134849]

>>7134583
You can discreetly unfriend people. You can also deselect 'top friend' for individuals on your friends edit page.

[Anonymous No.7134928]

>>7134849
I was exaggerating, tbh.

[Anonymous No.7134939]

>>7127787
Im adding all of you.

[Anonymous No.7134951]

>>7134583
I'm so sorry friend pls forgive me
>>7132778
y-you too

[Anonymous No.7135157]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27258365-patrick

>wrote my first review
>2 friends liked it

thanks lads

[Anonymous No.7135177]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/22494004-sebastian-melmoth

:D

[Anonymous No.7135192]

>>7135157
You are welcome

[Anonymous No.7135205]

>>7129873

My average rating sits around four too. If you're reading mostly classics, like me, it makes sense that you will like most of what you read, especially if you are being picky within the classics.

If you want a real eye opener, go into the "literature" section of a bookstore, or just pick up some stuff given tiny reviews in the New Yorker. Most of this stuff tends to be 2 - 3 for me.

Things my friends recommend me, fantasy novels, etc, tend to fall in the 1 - 2 range.

[Anonymous No.7135212]

>>7127787
Read more plays.

http://phstheatre.org/docs/200plays.pdf

Here's 200 plays to read. This should keep you occupied for about a year.

Also start re-reading your favorites.

[Anonymous No.7135214]

hello friends
https://www.goodreads.com/visiblecities

[Anonymous No.7135269]

>>7135214
Nice user faggot

[Anonymous No.7135280]

>>7135269
>implying you need all that bullshit in your url

[Anonymous No.7135305]

>>7135205
If you want to have a lower average rating, change what stars mean to you. For me, 2 stars is "neither good not bad", instead of 3 stars.

[Anonymous No.7135308]

if your average rating sits at 2.5, you are really bad at deciding what to read

[Anonymous No.7135318]

>>7135308
Or maybe >>7135305 happens.

But yeah, 2.5 stars kind of does make you look like a negative nancy

[Anonymous No.7135401]

>>7135305
That's how I treat it, and honestly I like, or almost love, nearly everything I read. But like I said, I mostly read classics. It's hard not to find something to respond to.

[Anonymous No.7135605]

>>7135205
That is not my philosophy when it comes to reviews, but to each their own.

[Anonymous No.7135649]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8147053-robert

Mostly read philosophy, history, and /lit/ meme books.
I also read Yugoslavian authors since I am from the region.

Sometimes I read books about programming since
it's my major. (stemfag)

Add if want

[Anonymous No.7135837]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/39377919-elena

[Anonymous No.7135931]

>>7135649
Why do almost all croats have smug pepe avatars? (Ok, I'm a croat and I don't have one, but both you and pinkyivan do.)

[Anonymous No.7136100]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/23578098-l-an

Probably the only person in my county that comes here often.

[Anonymous No.7136229]

>>7136100
>two stars for Shakespeare
But anyway, could you share your thoughts here on your country's literature?

[Anonymous No.7136235]

Im sort of intimidated by some of your guys read lists that are nothing but philosophy and dense classics

d-dont you ever wanna read something just for fun?

[Anonymous No.7136239]

>>7136100
huh it turns out someone else read aniara

[Anonymous No.7136241]

>>7136235
we don't judge, it's ok

[Anonymous No.7136247]

>>7136235
philosophy and classics are fun

[Anonymous No.7136337]

>leave 4chan for weeks
>return
>goodreads thread

happens every time

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/35515738-austin-mobi

[Anonymous No.7136346]

>>7135931
Stavi nekog smug pepea

[Anonymous No.7136359]

>>7136337
hello fellow fivestar bro

[Anonymous No.7136376]

>>7136229
I love most of Shakespeare's plays, but I found those two-star plays (The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing) subpar compared to his tragedies. The only comedy that I thought was at the level of his tragedies was Midsummer's Night Dream.

>could you share your thoughts here on your country's literature?
We don't have many good authors. Onetti and Quiroga are probably the most representative authors of our literature (both write the kind of depressive literature, Quiroga particularly since his life was quite tragic and at the end he commited suicide). Benedetti is well-known too, but I haven't read him that much.

[Anonymous No.7136383]

>>7136229
I love most of Shakespeare's plays, but I found those two-star plays (The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing) subpar compared to his tragedies. The only comedy that I thought was at the level of his tragedies was Midsummers Night's Dream.

>could you share your thoughts here on your country's literature?
We don't have many good authors. Onetti and Quiroga are probably the most representative authors of our literature (both write the kind of depressive literature, Quiroga particularly since his life was quite tragic and at the end he commited suicide). Benedetti is well-known too, but I haven't read him that much.

[Anonymous No.7136388]

>>7136359

The five-star system is a ridiculous way to measure art. I wouldn't put a book on my page if i didn't like it. I don't value anonymous reviewer's opinions. To me this site is sort of 'select books you liked and hope you find people who read similar books'

[Anonymous No.7136436]

I'll just leave this here
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3757518-justin-allen

[Anonymous No.7136469]

I hate rating systems. I'm always inaccurate with them. Sometimes I'll go back over my letterboxd ratings and think, "why?"

Shit just doesn't jive. I should probably write a review for every book/movie/etc, but I don't want to inundate my friends with poorly thought out, shallow critiques. and i dont want people making fun of me for being a dumdum

[Anonymous No.7136481]

>>7136383
Thanks for the response; I'll look into those authors. I only knew about Felisberto Hernandez before. And don't mind me about Shakespeare. I agree that Shrew isn't the best.

[Anonymous No.7136709]

>>7136469
I'm comfortable writing reviews with an all /lit/ friendslist because we're all dumb tryhards anyway and the only way to get better is to do it.

[Anonymous No.7136725]

>>7136383
I'd agree that half of the comedies are skippable, though you should check out The Tempest and Measure for Measure if you haven't.

[Anonymous No.7136726]

>>7136469
Don't try to be comprehensive, just record strong thoughts and impressions, at least at first. It's likely other people will find those interesting. You aren't writing for the NYRB.

[Anonymous No.7136779]

>>7132699
There is no 0 star button.

[Anonymous No.7136811]

>>7136779
>>7132699

I rated Blood Meridian 2 stars.

McCarthy is a sham.

[Anonymous No.7136826]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/31729142-stephen

[Anonymous No.7136832]

>>7136811
top pleb

[Anonymous No.7136836]

Steve Sckenda is 100% funny

[Anonymous No.7136848]

>>7132128
SF works much better in visual mediums where things can be presented without having to suffer through clunky SF writer prose.

[Anonymous No.7137321]

>>7136725
I haven't, but I've had The Tempest waiting in my reading list for a while.
I'll give it a read next weekend.

[Anonymous No.7137843]

>>7136848
But then you either don't know what all the blips and bloops and goobers are or you have to painstakingly explain the trite stuff to the audience. You can't depict a technology that doesn't easily show what it does, or isn't obvious.
SF fic has the proper autism to realize such detail.

[Anonymous No.7138165]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10505284-shubham-mazumder

[Anonymous No.7138949]

goodreads related. on my page, i cant see the people following me anymore. does anyone know why? or have the same issue?

[Anonymous No.7139141]

>>7138949
Anon...

[Anonymous No.7139228]

I'm not into books in general but recently I started thinking ways to better myself and ofcourse books come into play. I didn't know where to ask so I thought this thread would be good for suggestions as it reminded me the lastfm threads from /mu/. So can you suggest me any books,probably fiction would fit better but really anything, that go deep into human relationships,friendship,sexuality being a man,choices-problems and common life in general etc ? It doesn't need to be one book that contains all of the above but that are my main interests. Hope someone has something in mind !

[Anonymous No.7139461]

>>7139228
sounds like hemmmmingway to me

[Anonymous No.7139473]

>>7139228
mishima confessions of a mask

[Anonymous No.7139477]

>>7139228
For real though, read Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer or something.

[Anonymous No.7139502]

>>7139228
steppenwolf

[Anonymous No.7139510]

>>7139228
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Siddhartha, The Odyssey and Illiad, Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man, Ask The Dust, The Woman In The Dunes, Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

[Anonymous No.7139539]

>>7139228
I know you have asked for non-fiction, but if you wish to 'better yourself' then Mindfulness in Plain English is a great introduction to Vipassana Meditation. Meditation is a great practice for basically any person, even if you to not wish to become a Bodhisattva and don't buy into Buddhism; there is much to gain from peering into yourself every now and then.

On the fiction side of things, Mishima and Hemingway sound like what you're looking for.

[Anonymous No.7139553]

>>7139228
>>7139473
Seconding this.
I'm kind of gay for Mishima.

[Anonymous No.7139572]

>>7139473
>>7139477
>>7139510
>>7139539

Damn you guys are awesome. Thanks for the suggestions I will try to look into all of them,that meditation thing sounds useful, and at some point I will make sure to report back with a thread.

[Anonymous No.7139573]

If you have not read Borges by now, you're missing out on great stuff. Try his short story collection entitled ''Fictions''. Herman Hesse is German, his ''Steppen Wolf'' is awesome. He also wrote a brick called ''The Glass Bead Game''. Go read T.S Eliot's and Keats' poetry. Here, you have a handful atm.

[Anonymous No.7139997]

>>7136235
Define "dense"

[Anonymous No.7140014]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28803478-chris

[Anonymous No.7140043]

>>7139228

like someone already said, The Sun Also Rises is what you're looking for. I'd also recommend Tao Lin's Taipei and Fredrick Barthelme's fiction for really fine descriptions of unstable/doomed relationships. In terms of 'being a man' as you say, Raymond Carver and Richard Ford's characters typically have to deal with a lot of shit and keep their emotions repressed

[Anonymous No.7140587]

>>7140043
>Tao Lin's Taipei
No.

[Anonymous No.7141677]

>>7140587
>No.

Why

[Anonymous No.7141748]

>>7140587

yes, please explain. Lin's third-person usage is almost frighteningly concise

[Anonymous No.7141796]

>>7140043
fuck off tao

[Anonymous No.7141819]

If I read Harry Potter will you guys will want to be my friend?

[Anonymous No.7141848]

>>7141819
yes

[Anonymous No.7141909]

>>7141819

nope.

[Anonymous No.7142151]

I should start using this thing more.

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18251337-luke-taylor

[Anonymous No.7142170]

>>7142151
>read (492)
mother of god

[Anonymous No.7142185]

>>7142151

Woah, Victoria; me too!

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4282913-nathan

[Anonymous No.7142192]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/36000385-combiner wew bois

[Anonymous No.7142293]

>>7142192
>gave Tundra 1 star

Fuck you and every person like you.

[Anonymous No.7142321]

>>7142293
Had shit prose tbh

[Anonymous No.7142342]

https://www.goodreads.com/Cheesiecharlie

pls notice me senpai

[Anonymous No.7143225]

https://www.goodreads.com/ihatehumans

[Anonymous No.7143260]

goodreads.com/atom_cable

[Anonymous No.7143504]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/30688389-bent-o

Brits especially welcome, I know you must exist.

[Anonymous No.7145276]

oh man

[Anonymous No.7145296]

>>7143504
>tfw no brit gf

[Anonymous No.7145312]

>>7143504
L O N D O N
O
N
D
O
N

oh, oh right.

[Anonymous No.7146004]

>>7143504
Oh wow, a girl. Please tell me you're the white one? Please. If so, I will add you and pretend you're my /lit/fu.

[Anonymous No.7146015]

newkid here
is there a free ebook database that isn't torrenting?
the torrents came up short for me
also never knew there was a lit board, pretty cool

[Anonymous No.7146020]

>>7146015
>Looking for books?
>http://encyclopediadramatica.se/Bookz

[Anonymous No.7146049]

>>7146020
I was assuming that was a page for info about books, and not a source for free books themselves
thanks bud
but before I go through that process, the problem is that the book I'm looking for has occasional illustrations
and while I found torrents for my book, the only files that had the illustrations they were too small to see, or in shitty quality
I'm new to the world of ebooks, so I don't know if this just happens with all ebooks?
I tried epub and mobi files, is a pdf file less likely to have this issue?

[Anonymous No.7146626]

>>7127787
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/40468553-sean-stanley

[Anonymous No.7147530]

>>7146015
en.bookfi.org
en.booksee.org

not sure if they both search the same database or what

[Anonymous No.7147813]

Leaving this here:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12794867-michael-arnold

[Anonymous No.7147823]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3512668-elefnot
:^)

[Anonymous No.7147913]

i want a widget that lets me see what books i have in common with everyone in this thread without having to go into their profile first, like /mu/ used to have with last.fm

[Anonymous No.7147972]

>>7147913

This. Also any sci-fi enthusiasts add me. Always looking for decent new suggestions.

>>7147823

[Anonymous No.7148281]

>>7127787

Currently reading Petersburg 3/4 through and it's good, but doesn't live up to the hype

[Anonymous No.7148391]

hey guys i have a book related question.im trying to dl 3 ebooks but theyre stuck on "finding peers" even though im downloading a movie fine, and the books have seeders. any idea whats going on?

>ebooks
etcetc

[Anonymous No.7148527]

>>7147530
>en.bookfi.org
thanks man, good resource

[Anonymous No.7148717]

>>7148391
what books? i can download them for you

[Anonymous No.7149773]

c r e a m y

[Anonymous No.7150108]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/33766241-xxxxxxxx

sup /lit/

[Anonymous No.7150220]

https://www.goodreads.com/Mozg_Ogurca Reading only for 1.5 years, so will not be very interesting for you probably.

[Anonymous No.7150344]

Keeping it alive

[Anonymous No.7150744]

>>7148717


Kind anon.

The train - Georges simenon
Youth without god - odon vom horvath
Anthology of modern japanese poetry