Bookshelf Thread

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Bookshelf Thread Anonymous Fri Mar 11 01:57:28 2016 No.7798042 [Reply] [Original]

Let's see those Friday morning bookshelves, and have some cozy literary discussions.

Currently reading the two on the right, but I've been flipping through some other shorter works recently (some of Borges short stories, Orwell essays, The New York Trilogy, and the odd Shakespeare poem).
Any suggestions for someone starting to feel burnt out on reading? I haven't run into this problem before. What do you anons find works best? Just push forward and get through it, switch to reading shorter stuff, or take a break to recoup your drive?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 02:03:55 2016 No.7798061 Lovely collection OP, what translation of the Divine Comedy is that? My advice would be to just finish what you're reading now and then take a break. Why read if you aren't enjoying it?

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 02:10:45 2016 No.7798085

>>7798061
Thank you! And, it's the Mandelbaum translation.

That's a fair point, I think I might do that. I've been averaging a book every two weeks or so for several months now, and it's starting to feel more like work than anything at this point. Perhaps a little break would be best.
Though I definitely want to finish Catch-22, first. Despite what I described above, I'm having an extremely fun time with it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 02:11:24 2016 No.7798088 >>7798061 Mandelbaum

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 02:18:11 2016 No.7798105

>>7798042
I'd say either a break like that other anon suggested, or, if you're still enjoying reading shorter works, keep doing that for a bit.
I usually switch to reading plays when I get that feeling. By the time I blow through a couple, the urge to return to prose is strong.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 02:18:40 2016 No.7798108 >>7798085 >>7798088 Oh so thats the Everyman's edition right? I just ordered it myself, how is it?

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 02:21:21 2016 No.7798115

>>7798108
It is the Everyman, and it's a pretty excellent choice. There's a chart floating around here that breaks down all the Divine Comedy translations, but from the one's I've looked at, this is a pretty good balance of everything. Certainly a good starting point, if nothing else.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 02:24:07 2016 No.7798120 File: 1.58 MB, 2000x7594, 1457117754670.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7798115 I have it here, though it says incomplete. This actually helped me decide on the Mandelbaum, I was considering the Ciardi translation beforehand.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 05:13:28 2016 No.7798449 >>7798042 Read a short an fun book which you know you will enjoy, that's what got me back into reading

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 05:28:13 2016 No.7798484

Anyone here find it hard to "get in the right mindset" for reading?

Maybe I'm just autistic, but I always want to have a blank mind before reading, have no distractions, be in the perfect position, be awake enough, have fresh air, have the right temperature...

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 05:33:35 2016 No.7798495 >>7798042 I remember when you posted that Murakami and the snowman book sitting on your car dashboard. It was a comfy picture, rain on the window, I think.

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 07:36:30 2016 No.7798746

>>7798484
I sometimes feel like this (though, not quite to the degree that you describe).
It's usually the fatigue aspect that gets to me. I sit down to start reading, then suddenly find my eyes getting heavy. It's awful.

>>7798495
I'm really surprised someone remembers that! You're right, that was me!
I'm glad you liked it, anon

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 09:06:17 2016 No.7798903

>>7798042
Maybe drop down to not reading as much per day - maybe read 10 or 20 pages (depending on how much you read at the moment) then when you start feeling like reading more slowly build it back up to a higher number each day. I wouldn't stop reading completely - at least not myself, because it'd get me into bad habits - so try and keep it up, even if it's not much. And like other anons said - read something fun that you enjoy/know you'll enjoy, and hopefully your desire to read will come back.

lovely shelves though - did you enjoy The Sound And The Fury? I'm stuck between ordering that or As I Lay Dying for my first Faulkner book, so would love to hear what you have to say about it.

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>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 11:23:12 2016 No.7799311 >>7798042 pleb >>7799053 patrician >>7799309 patrician

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>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 11:46:07 2016 No.7799376 >>7799375 patrician

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>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 14:07:01 2016 No.7799790 File: 15 KB, 400x400, 1387444623650.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7799756 Like clockwork

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Anonymous Fri Mar 11 14:22:48 2016 No.7799838
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my current read is not in the pic: nathanael west's complete works.
so far i read "the dream life of balso snell" which is weird parody, dark comedy stuff
and
"miss lonelyhearts" which is less comedy and more depressing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 14:31:35 2016 No.7799864 >>7799756 please die

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 14:38:00 2016 No.7799880 >>7799864 don't worry, he'll die eventually >>7799756

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 14:40:04 2016 No.7799889 >>7799793 Are you doing a phd on dante or something? Is there any reason to read every translation?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 14:49:54 2016 No.7799908 where are all the leatherbound books from senpai?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 14:53:47 2016 No.7799915 File: 995 KB, 2560x1440, 20160311_145244.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7798042 Fight me.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 15:06:08 2016 No.7799953 >>7799838 Someone actually owns Fanny Hill? I read some of it in eBook format.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 15:45:09 2016 No.7800075 File: 5 KB, 148x146, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7799953 i haven't read it yet, ancient porn is sort of my special interest though. i like josephine mutzenbacher a lot and i adore de sade.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 15:45:51 2016 No.7800078 >>7800075 >josephine mutzenbacher mah nigga

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 16:02:57 2016 No.7800122 >>7800075 It's pretty interesting, I'll give you that.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 16:09:13 2016 No.7800143 >>7798042 Don't think we can't see that Confederate flag behind your shelf, OP.

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 17:26:03 2016 No.7800427

>>7798903
That seems like a pretty good system for me, actually. I don't particularly like the idea of stopping completely, so maybe I'll try that.

I wish I could be of some help, but I've regretfully not started reading it yet. I can say, though, that I tend to read author's works in release order. So, were I in your position, I'd be going for The Sound And The Fury first.

>>7799908
I bought them all at various used bookstores, anon. The publisher is Easton Press, but I'll warn you that they're incredibly expensive to purchase new. I'd search high and low in your nearest college town's used shops, if I were you.

>>7800143
I'm sure you can; I make no effort to hide it.
(Though, admittedly, I do need raise it a bit higher since I put up that bookshelf. Just haven't gotten around to it.)

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 18:09:15 2016 No.7800575 File: 86 KB, 694x530, 1387488325730.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7800075 >ancient porn I knew there was a literary avenue I wasn't exploring. I must dig deeper.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 18:17:40 2016 No.7800616 Should I feel bad that the majority of books I buy is the black penguin and cheap penguin classic books?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 18:18:43 2016 No.7800625 >>7800616 are*

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 18:26:43 2016 No.7800663 >>7800616 no, who cares? as long as you read them. some people like nice books other just want cheapo shit they can read.

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 18:30:50 2016 No.7800678
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>>7800616
You shouldn't feel bad, no. They're affordable and allow you to read what you want to read, which should be satisfying at the most basic level to anyone interested in literature.
That being said, the spines are awful, and so are most of the translations (though not all). If that matters to you, perhaps purchase some different editions in the future. If not, who gives a fuck? Just keep reading, m8.

All that in mind, considering this is a bookshelf thread, why don't you share your collection with us anon?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 18:50:06 2016 No.7800753 >>7800678 Not him but while on the topic, what are /lit/s thoughts on the Oxford World Classics and Everymans Library books?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 18:52:42 2016 No.7800763 >>7800678 I am currently living far away from home. However I will hold on my promise and post my bookshelf. If I remember that is.

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 19:38:42 2016 No.7800910
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>>7800753
They're pretty fantastic overall, but aren't without their issues:

Oxford World's Classics are usually pretty great editions for whatever you want, and often have good translations. They also have a strong footnote game.
Only comment that I'll make is that the paper is really thin, to me, and the overall physical quality could be a bit better. The books themselves can bend easier than you'd think, and I've ripped a decent amount of pages before I realized just how gently to handle them.
The pros do outweigh the cons, though. I love my Oxfords.

There isn't much to say about Everyman's Library that I can think of. Great binding, durable paper, very readable font/format, and usually are my preferred publisher for translations (Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky aside).
Only drawback that I can think of is a personal one; $25 a book adds up really quick as a student, especially if there's no decent used bookstores nearby to search through as an alternative.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some points, so I encourage others to comment on this, as well.

>>7800763
Sounds like a plan, anon.

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>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 19:43:48 2016 No.7800927 File: 1.01 MB, 1500x1125, Shelf1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] One of my shelves.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 19:44:55 2016 No.7800931 File: 1.04 MB, 1500x1125, Shelf2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] And on my nightstand.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 19:51:33 2016 No.7800959 File: 436 KB, 2592x1936, photo1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How is everyone doing?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 19:54:51 2016 No.7800976 >>7800910 Appreciate the insight man

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 20:03:12 2016 No.7801011

>>7800959
OP here, I'm doing pretty well.
How are you?

I've seen your shelf a few times before, but never commented. I love that Modern Library collection you have. I never realized they had such uniquely designed dust covers before. They look extremely nice on your shelf.
I'm curious, though; why three copies of Nausea?

>>7800976
You're welcome! I hope I was of some help.

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 20:11:49 2016 No.7801049

>>7800753
>>7800910

>oxford
good: notes, essays, etc.
bad: paperback, average build quality

>everymans
good: hardcover, great build quality
bad: usually doesn't have notes/essays, but some prefer that.

>neutral
translations are important, so if my preferred translation is with a completely different publisher, that usually sways my choice.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 21:43:02 2016 No.7801324 >>7799889 >being this pleb It's okay man, reading only a single translation of one of the greatest classics in all of literature is totally acceptable.

Anonymous Fri Mar 11 21:48:00 2016 No.7801336
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Don't have that many books, as I only recently started getting into reading again. I also have The Complete Fiction of HP Lovecraft, Count of Monte Cristo, Arabian Nights, and Infinite Jest on another shelf. And a really big translation/commentary of the Quran.

The bookmarks are for the books that I plan on reading next.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 23:41:30 2016 No.7801686 File: 2.11 MB, 1920x1080, Screenshot_2016-03-12-00-04-45.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Oh this thread again. Don't mind if I do. 1/6

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 23:43:05 2016 No.7801690 File: 2.08 MB, 1920x1080, Screenshot_2016-03-12-00-05-12.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 2/6

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 23:44:25 2016 No.7801696 File: 1.78 MB, 1920x1080, Screenshot_2016-03-12-00-05-30.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 3/6

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 23:45:08 2016 No.7801700 >>7801690 >lost girls toppest of keks

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 23:45:56 2016 No.7801704 File: 1.99 MB, 1920x1080, Screenshot_2016-03-12-00-05-44.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 4/6

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 23:46:35 2016 No.7801707 >>7801700 Hey what's wrong with Alan Moore. Sure it's porn, but besides that.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 23:47:12 2016 No.7801710 File: 2.22 MB, 1920x1080, Screenshot_2016-03-12-00-05-59.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 5/6 Lost girls is gr8

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 23:48:36 2016 No.7801713 File: 2.55 MB, 1080x1920, Screenshot_2016-03-12-00-06-08.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 6/6 This is genre fiction corner

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 11 23:53:02 2016 No.7801722 I just moved so some of my library is at home. All I have is Neil Gaiman, Kafka, and Asimov.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 00:07:34 2016 No.7801753 >>7801336 >why do you have so many books that you haven't read yet? What was the point in buying them before reading the others?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 00:24:08 2016 No.7801781 File: 192 KB, 459x624, 1457516430315.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7801713 The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Long Walk, good stuff.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 00:32:40 2016 No.7801803 File: 2.95 MB, 4032x3024, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Most of the books I have with me in Indiana, the other 2/3rds are in Louisville

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 01:10:37 2016 No.7801894 File: 1.26 MB, 2880x1728, IMG_20160312_190918.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Currently reading 1984

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 01:27:14 2016 No.7801939 >>7799309 >Janet Evanovich >Sophie Kinsella >Dan Brown Mom, is that you?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 01:42:51 2016 No.7801973 >>7800927 Stacks all his fantasy books in front of his palahniuk books. This is double layered bait.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 01:45:38 2016 No.7801979 >>7800959 What's up with that 2666 in a box set? Looks cool.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 01:53:17 2016 No.7801994 >>7801803 >J. F. Powers. Aww yisss Never read his short stories before. Any good?

Anonymous Sat Mar 12 02:04:13 2016 No.7802017

>>7800910
Everyman's Library also put their footnotes at the back of the book instead of the footer of the page, which is fucking annoying when the text has a lot of footnotes, but overall they're great solid books. And $25 per book? Wew, they're £10-£12 mostly here, and a few £15 which isn't bad for hardbacks but $25 is steep as fuck.

The only other downside I can think is that if you're looking to buy War And Peace it's nicely split into 3 volumes but you have to pay for each individual book whereas other publishers (Vintage, Penguin) just lump them all into one and charge average paperback price.

>>7800616
I love penguin modern classics & penguin vintage better than any other paperbacks - they're afforable, have simple, uniform spines, and the cover designs usually if not always appeal to me. Black pingus also aren't bad, they look smart and uniform. Don't worry about it anon, just enjoy reading the contents.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 02:06:17 2016 No.7802021 >>7801894 Eraserhead book? what is that m8?

Anonymous Sat Mar 12 02:17:20 2016 No.7802042

>>7801994
James Wood wrote an essay about his works that I read a while back which got me interested in him but I haven't taken the time to read his stuff yet. Now that you've pointed out that book in particular I'll hopefully pick it up here pretty soon, the Catholic authors I've read so far have failed to disappoint me.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 02:32:49 2016 No.7802075 >>7801753 Not sure desu. I know that it's better than I finish reading the books I buy before buying more, but I can't help myself when I see a book that I'm interested in on sale at the bookstore or on bookdepository and for cheap-ish.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 02:45:10 2016 No.7802094 File: 1.21 MB, 2038x3194, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7801894 I like your taste. What's that Eraserhead book?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 03:23:57 2016 No.7802164 >>7802021 >>7802094 Sry m8s it's an Eraserhead vhs

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 03:38:05 2016 No.7802181 >>7802164 Damn

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 04:29:22 2016 No.7802243 >>7801336 I have that same version of lolita!

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 09:21:18 2016 No.7802716 >>7798042 What translation of C&P and TBK is it?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 09:23:13 2016 No.7802721 >>7798042 What translation of C&P and TBK is that?

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>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 09:27:12 2016 No.7802732 File: 2.59 MB, 2864x2896, pleb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >inb4 translations 1/2

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 09:31:00 2016 No.7802738 >>7802732 I'm waiting for 2/2 damn.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 09:36:14 2016 No.7802750 >>7799053 Full of shit.

Anonymous Sat Mar 12 09:36:51 2016 No.7802753

i am reading de profundis by oscar wilde now.
Epub so nothing special to show.
Anyway i am looking for a word that means, 'retaliate at what is perceived as unfairness' It can be used like, he is not guilty, he is being ___. Anybody knows the single word?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 09:39:34 2016 No.7802769 File: 3.72 MB, 2864x3064, blep.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7802732 2/2 >>7802738 sorry m8 I was answering a friend on fb and forgot to post it

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 11:12:33 2016 No.7802997 >>7801803 Dat Women & Men peeking out between Kafka and Céline.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 11:20:05 2016 No.7803018 >>7802732 >>7802769 Verified WELL READ.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 11:28:43 2016 No.7803043 >>7801753 >Not buying enough books to last months on reading and rereading ultimate pleb detected

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 11:29:44 2016 No.7803048 >>7801713 >L.. Ron Hubbard wew

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 11:41:07 2016 No.7803082 >>7803048 Good basic shite mate

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 11:56:22 2016 No.7803129 >>7802721 Both are the Constance Garnett translations.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 12:04:12 2016 No.7803158 My collection is fully digital. Am I pleb?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 12:29:16 2016 No.7803246 >>7803158 a bit, yes

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 12:50:46 2016 No.7803338 File: 26 KB, 452x640, 1453736354811.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7803158 You're living the modern bohemian/poorfag literary lifestyle. So, yes, kind of.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 12:56:38 2016 No.7803363 >>7803158 >>7803246 >>7803338 I burnt my library of 2k books and went fully digital (disregarding the 2 dozen or so books in my attic) How pleb am I.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 12:57:39 2016 No.7803365 >>7803363 More of a retard than a pleb. You could've just sold those books for anything

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 12:59:20 2016 No.7803372 File: 3.48 MB, 4608x3072, 1450650920174.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Balthus has now been replaced by Trump's Crippled America pn this shelf

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>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:01:15 2016 No.7803376 >>7803338 I have eclipsed the need for books. Why would I want to have physical books? They take up space and I'm not as insecure as to show off my collection to boost my self-esteem. Digital is fine.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:01:24 2016 No.7803377 >>7803365 >selling books laughingbitches.jpg

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:05:47 2016 No.7803393 >>7798042 Either stop reading or finish catch 22, that one really burned me out too, so just the act of gerring it out of my system was liberating.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:05:47 2016 No.7803394 >>7803377 give them to a library or some shit then burning them just make you look like some edgy cunt trying to show everyone how you're not materalistic but still needs attention from the whole fucking neihgbourhood

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:06:58 2016 No.7803398 >>7803376 If the power grid goes down (either due to terrorists, mejicans, or neocons), you might as well be in an infinite library, with your glasses broken.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:07:15 2016 No.7803400 >>7798903 Read As I Lay Dying first, no exceptions.

Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:09:47 2016 No.7803410

>>7803394
Probably nobody irl knows that I burnt them. I burnt them in a clearing in a forest.

Libraries nearby are ass, and improving them would be polishing a turd. Donating them to a thrift store would only make them very temporarily not total shit.

Give me a good reason why I shouldn't have the final decision over my inanimate possessions.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:10:45 2016 No.7803412 >>7803410 Oh, you absolutely should. That doesn't make those decisions not shit, though.

Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:14:14 2016 No.7803426

>>7803412
No less than the worth of your opinions, frankly.

Even before I built a library, I never cared what people do with their personal belongings. Money literally flushed down the toilet? Those athletes leak money back to their slave holders anyway. Antique editions of Shakespeare having their pages ripped out for blunts? Those books will eventually crumble anyhow. You just think about that anon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:17:09 2016 No.7803438 File: 14 KB, 240x320, 1387445978909.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7803363 >Hey everybody, I burned all my books! >Aren't I an independent intellectual!

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:19:04 2016 No.7803446 >>7798085 A book every 2 weeks is what, 30 minutes of reading per day? And it's too much for you?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:24:26 2016 No.7803462 >>7803426 Still doesn't make it less stupid. And those pages are as resistant as the care you take of them, unlike eletronics that can literally just fuck themselves up over nothing.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:24:31 2016 No.7803464 >>7803438 And for every response like this, I'll burn every treasure trove of books I get a hold of. And I'm very good at that. I'm the reason your second hand book shop is loaded with chaff.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:26:23 2016 No.7803470 >>7803464 Holy shit, you're the definitive proof people can be edgy about absolutely anything. I bet those 2000 books you've burned were mostly Nine Inch Nails songbooks, Thomas Ligotti and idk, Hot Topic Allan Poe editions

Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:27:41 2016 No.7803473

>>7803462
Basic digital and print (tree-based) books both last about 100 years. Cloth-based books last centuries if well maintained, but tend to get destroyed long before then. Advanced digital theoretically lasts for millenia, and is harder to track down and destroy if cached.

My decisions are fully justified.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:28:42 2016 No.7803479 >>7803470 And you're definitive proof idiots can't form an argument without exaggeration.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:28:57 2016 No.7803482 >>7803473 Still stupid tbqh

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:29:03 2016 No.7803483 File: 27 KB, 500x333, nigger.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7803464 What a faggot

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:30:12 2016 No.7803488 >>7803446 I'd usually shoot for an hour a day, but the issue is more so finding the time to read through the week. I pretty much never get the chance on weekends, which is a bit annoying.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:33:12 2016 No.7803496 >>7803482 You're just jealous you don't have a library to burn down.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:34:04 2016 No.7803497 >>7803496 I do have one. I use it mostly for reading though, wood is better for burning down.

Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:38:21 2016 No.7803509

>>7803497
I was being sarcastic. Obviously it would have been better to donate it someone who deserved it. But as it is, I don't see anyone who really deserves a donation of books in my local area. I've tried to donate to blacks and latinos. Everytime I popped by their houses, the books were clearly being kicked around on the floor, or mutilated. Whites and Asians never really needed my assistance. And I especially have no obligation to donate to petty, inbred runts questioning my decisions on shitty 4chan.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:40:18 2016 No.7803517 File: 32 KB, 400x625, 1467144688626.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7803509 >I was only pretending to be retarded >describes himself being retarded What are you trying to accomplish?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:43:57 2016 No.7803521 >>7798042 >Not alphabetized Disgusting.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:44:09 2016 No.7803523 That's about 10 groups of books to burn now. Keep 'em coming.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 13:49:49 2016 No.7803534 >>7803521 I've struggled with deciding how to order them all for quite a while now. It's somewhat by publisher, and yet not quite. Any specific suggestions?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 14:09:59 2016 No.7803585 >>7803426 Were all the books by Chuck Palahniuk you edgy faglord?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 14:11:16 2016 No.7803588 >>7799838 >>7803534 color

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 14:13:20 2016 No.7803592 >>7803410 Libraries don't keep the books, they sell them at big sales twice a year and put the money towards things like museum passes.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 14:15:36 2016 No.7803596 >>7803534 I separate paperbacks and hardcovers and and set aside groups for stuff like philosophy and nonfic, and from there alphabetize each section.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 14:20:52 2016 No.7803615 >>7803398 Doesn't happen a lot and gets fixed within an hour. Also my phone can run on its batteries while I read a book on it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 14:27:36 2016 No.7803632 >>7803615 That's besides the point. Electricity is a house of cards

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 15:31:10 2016 No.7803800 >>7803470 >>7803585 FUCKING KEK

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 16:10:35 2016 No.7803937 >>7803488 Do you have an active sex life?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 17:01:36 2016 No.7804134 >>7803937 I do, yeah. I've been dating someone for a little over 3 months now. I'm pretty content, presently.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 17:05:24 2016 No.7804145 >>7800927 >>7800931 I had assumed this to be bait but a reverse image search returned no results. Kill yourself my man.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 21:44:16 2016 No.7805063 File: 297 KB, 500x322, autism.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7803523

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 12 22:29:57 2016 No.7805190 >>7800959 You have a lot of the same stuff I do. I like you.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 01:24:52 2016 No.7805674 File: 136 KB, 1600x1200, 1408450804243.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7801979 I lowkey wish more books were like that, it's a pain to carry around the entire book, and there's no way I will read an entire third in one outing

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 01:28:56 2016 No.7805693 File: 775 KB, 2448x2448, IMG_20160313_002705.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Yeah, I have shit tier lighting and blackberry camera

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 03:18:55 2016 No.7805869 >>7805693 Looks like a decent collection hidden in that photo, anon. I hope to see it posted again when you're set up wherever you are.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 04:01:53 2016 No.7805974 >>7805869 Yeah, I'm hosting a lanparty right now, so I had to move my collection to this shitty table. If I remember tomorrow I'll post a better picture

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 07:11:29 2016 No.7806268 File: 242 KB, 496x516, Nice.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7805974 >lanparty What are you boys playing?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 15:47:44 2016 No.7807695 Bump

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 16:30:51 2016 No.7807881 >>7806268 day of defeat

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 16:46:53 2016 No.7807943 >>7807881 >Day of Defeat Man, I'm really glad to hear people still play that game, let alone have a lan-party. God bless you, anon.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 16:49:34 2016 No.7807950 >>7805190 Post your shelf anon

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 17:10:48 2016 No.7808038 >>7798042 What are those editions of The Iliad and The Oddessy? I'm starting on the Greeks and it'd be nice to have them as a pair. inb4 newfag

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 17:46:11 2016 No.7808122 >>7808038 Those are the Penguin deluxe editions, translated by Robert Fagles. It's probably the most accessible translation, certainly a good place to start with the Greeks. Go for the three-piece box set, though: Odyssey, Iliad, and the Aeneid.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 19:42:29 2016 No.7808503 >>7807950 Here:>>7802094

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 13 21:46:07 2016 No.7808960 >>7801324 >reading the same book 10 times instead of learning the original language I love plebs who believe themselves to be patricians.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 00:49:28 2016 No.7809675 File: 838 KB, 1088x2344, books.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >physical books not that I won't build a 5000-tome personal library when I'm rich

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 01:03:06 2016 No.7809707 >>7809675 So why hate those who are already well-off and building theirs?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 01:09:51 2016 No.7809733 >>7809707 >hate how did you gather that they are impractical tho unless you've got room and know you're not moving anywhere in the next few years

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 01:16:12 2016 No.7809750 >>7809733 From the implication in your post: >>7809675 >physical books Being well-off usually means having a large house or other living space anyway.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 01:23:27 2016 No.7809773 >>7801803 very patrician. very patrician indeed

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 02:28:40 2016 No.7809944 >>7802730 What edition of The Art of War is that?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 11:53:02 2016 No.7810859 >>7798042 Finally an OP with a nice shelf. Good work. A slightly higher res pic would be nice.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 12:22:16 2016 No.7810932 >>7809773 Thank you, friend. My collection is much nicer when all my books are together and organized.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 13:32:36 2016 No.7811143 >>7810859 Thank you! I'm glad you like it, anon. The original pic was much higher res, but was around 37MB.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 14:13:46 2016 No.7811249 File: 2.65 MB, 4032x3024, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7801803 Here's some of my other books :)

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 14:14:51 2016 No.7811254 >>7811249 What'd you think of Maldoror and the Perec?

Anonymous Mon Mar 14 14:28:43 2016 No.7811284

>>7811254
Funny you mentioned those two, I read both of them one after the other a couple years ago. I remember the Perec volume being very nice, kind of like taking a leisurely tour through Paris. Maldoror was a bit of a slog for me and I can only recall a couple scenes vividly, the shooting of the drowning people, and the shitting on God. Very strange book, especially when coupled with his Poesies.

Anonymous Mon Mar 14 14:51:19 2016 No.7811334

>>7800753
Oxfords are my goto publisher for most things
Pros:
Academic translations
Cheap new (if used penguins are cheaper)
Wide subject matter
Obscure philosophers and titles
Nice covers

Cons:
Flimsy
Only paperbacks
White covers get dirty
Most notes are in the back

I don't have any everymans so I have no idea.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 14:58:38 2016 No.7811350 File: 2.16 MB, 3264x2448, 1445108697770.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7798042

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 15:15:54 2016 No.7811379 >>7811350 How much did the Bayer cost you?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 15:24:21 2016 No.7811395 >>7811379 About 65 US dollars for the selected works and like 13 for the Vitus Bering, definitively worth though. There are usually around 6-8 copies being sold on Amazon used and I just kept checking the prices every month until I got it for that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 15:36:09 2016 No.7811424 >>7811395 Congrats anon, that's a great price on the Selected Works. I've been thinking of ordering direct from their site for the works they still have in stock, but I always put it off.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:02:47 2016 No.7811763 >>7803446 embarrassing.jpg Depending on the specific lengths, I feel like I'm slacking if I don't knock out 2-3 books a week.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 19:44:00 2016 No.7812364 File: 316 KB, 921x641, Bayer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7811424 The first piece in the Selected Works

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 19:45:53 2016 No.7812375 File: 37 KB, 623x720, 1426213416042.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7812364 >no majuscules

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 23:14:44 2016 No.7813141 >>7811249 OP here. Damn good shelf! What's your opinion on The Invention of Morel? I was thinking about ordering that myself earlier today, actually, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

Anonymous Mon Mar 14 23:48:43 2016 No.7813303

>>7813141
Definitely worth the read, I'm not sure how to talk about it without spoiling the story, I'll just say it's a short, low key sci fi novel with some inspiration from h g wells. Borges praised it highly, maybe too much, but it's nice.

Appreciate your shelves too, anon, good selection and very neat. I noticed we also have the same copies of Suttree, Carver's stories, and Orwells essays.

Have you read that copy of Simon Leys' essays? I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Anonymous Tue Mar 15 01:07:56 2016 No.7813620

>>7813303
That description definitely intrigues me. Thank you, I think I'll go ahead and order it.

Thank you! I'm glad you like it. I noticed the same; similarities aside, you have quite a lot that I'd like to eventually read. I'm quite jealous of your Library of America collection in particular.

And, I've haven't read the entire collection, but the essays I have read from it I found incredibly interesting (the opening one on Quixotism, and several of the Chinese ones in particular).

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 03:56:17 2016 No.7814007 >>7798042 >Dat bookshelf Marry me. Seriously though, try taking a break from reading for a bit. I find journal writing makes a great substitute hobby when I've run out of fresh reading material.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 04:00:24 2016 No.7814015 >>7813303 I second this. >>7813141 It's like a Phillip K Dick Novel and a Borges story had a baby.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 04:12:16 2016 No.7814034 >>7814007 What do you write about?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 04:12:59 2016 No.7814036 >>7813620 I love LoA, I rarely ever buy them at full price or I wouldn't have so many but whenever I find a volume I've been looking for at a half price books or somewhere similar my heart leaps with joy. And there's still so many more I'd love to own.

Anonymous Tue Mar 15 04:22:16 2016 No.7814048

>>7814034
I split my notebooks in half. The left page is for when I first wake up, i.e. weird dream journal shit, plans for the day, the occasional shopping list.
The right side is for the end of the day, here I summarize the events of the day and my general thoughts.

Anonymous Tue Mar 15 04:50:08 2016 No.7814084

>>7801049
>oxford
>good notes
Depends entirely on the editor or whoever wrote the notes for the given book.
Cf. the first chapter of Joyce's portrait when Mr. Casey tells Stephen 'that he had got those three cramped fingersmaking a birthday present for Queen Victoria' (p. 23). This is OBVIOUSLY a bomb which Mr. Casey tries to circumvent later by talking about 'champagne' , and yet you find this nugget of retardation in the notes: 'imprisoned as an Irish revolutionary, he [Mr. Casey] has "picked oakum" at Her Majesty's leisure, that is in an English prison: i.e. picked old rope to obtain the loose fibres which are then used for other things.' This is wrong firstly and useless information secondly, and you have to be insanely British to think that Mr. Casey was talking about anything but bombs or bomb-related activities.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 04:55:45 2016 No.7814092 >>7814048 Sounds interesting anon, but I'd probably be too lazy to consistently follow through with it

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 04:57:58 2016 No.7814097 >>7814084 Also it's not every Oxfords World Classic that has little markings whenever a word/passage has an entry in the notes. Conrad's HoD does but Joyce's Portrait doesn't, for example, and reading Joyce this way can be a hassle.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 05:23:29 2016 No.7814142 >>7801803 >all that nyrb nice

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 05:38:25 2016 No.7814165 >>7804134 but le gun nuts are all le virgins xDD please upvote fellow redditors!

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 06:10:29 2016 No.7814228 File: 10 KB, 274x184, download.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How do you like your pages? White? Tan? Red? Thick? Thin? Fresh as Will Smith? Old and wrinkled?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 06:13:09 2016 No.7814232 >>7814228 Tan, thick, old enough to have a "must" to them but not that "been damp in an attic for a decade must". Just that nice, distinctive book smell.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 09:54:42 2016 No.7814636 File: 138 KB, 380x572, 1248389898067.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] OP here. Despite the flag, I'm actually a canuck.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 10:02:07 2016 No.7814648 >>7814636 Was meant for >>7814165, I assume

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 11:18:49 2016 No.7814774 File: 3.19 MB, 4160x2340, IMG_20160315_101200.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Got these the other day. What does lit/ think about it?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 12:00:55 2016 No.7814900 >>7814774 I didn't know Planeta had printed translations of Lispector's works. The Siruela editions are obscenely expensive.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 12:03:26 2016 No.7814909 >>7814900 That's a Siruela ed. but it wasn't that expensive . I paid 17 us dollars.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 12:08:54 2016 No.7814931 >>7814909 I'm so used to seeing the Planetas in those garish crayon colours. Have you begun reading A maça... yet?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 12:13:04 2016 No.7814940 >>7814931 Not yet. Did you liked it? I read The Passion According to G.H. last year. It was great, but exhausting so I'm not in a rush with maca.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 12:16:21 2016 No.7814950 >>7809675 boring

Anonymous Tue Mar 15 12:17:19 2016 No.7814953

>>7814940
It was great, I really enjoyed how Lispector constructs the world and the characters one block at a time; it seemed almost faulknerian in its structure.
Definitely build up your strength for this one, it's not to be taken lightly; although, once you get into the groove, you'll really enjoy it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 12:21:40 2016 No.7814967 >>7814953 Thanks, anon. Sounds great. Where are you from? Brazil?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 12:52:11 2016 No.7815056 File: 2.29 MB, 2688x1520, IMAG0180.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7814967 No, I'm from California. I went through a big Brazilian/Portuguese phase when I attended university and my uni's library was very well-stocked.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 14:29:16 2016 No.7815405 >>7815056 I dont have any more Brazilian books to show. What else do you recommend from there?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 15:28:44 2016 No.7815638 >>7799756 You feel like posting a dl link for thOse?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 20:57:17 2016 No.7816710 File: 208 KB, 960x720, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7798042 I'm sorry for being an illiterate faggot, my books are in storage. I have plans though. https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/53423282-nathaniel

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 21:02:53 2016 No.7816727 >>7816710 3/10 you tried too hard

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 21:08:53 2016 No.7816741 >>7816710 >guy fawkes mask Get involved in a car crash, soon.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 21:13:37 2016 No.7816750 >>7816741 It came with the book.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 21:14:43 2016 No.7816751 >>7816727 I know, but that's not everything I've read.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 21:24:21 2016 No.7816770 >>7816710 my new #1 best troll shelf. thanks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 21:27:48 2016 No.7816777 >>7816710 I- I underestimated you /lit/, I thought this was the nice board... But I appreciate your opinion, I shall consider that car-crash.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 22:10:03 2016 No.7816888 File: 409 KB, 1106x1610, 1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >wrecking your spines

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 22:13:50 2016 No.7816907 >>7816710 V for Vendetta is absolute fucking garbage but HP Lovecraft and Illuminatus are top tier stoner core not sure whta that second shelf is but i'm guessing it's some kind of anime sex novel

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 22:16:23 2016 No.7816914 >>7816710 Nice shelf tbqhwy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 15 23:22:13 2016 No.7817068 >>7816888 andrew shulman is a fagit

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 16 00:22:06 2016 No.7817221 File: 33 KB, 400x478, 1387508654561.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7816888 This is retarded.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 16 01:24:29 2016 No.7817423 >>7816888 Wanna know how I know you're autistic?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 16 09:30:17 2016 No.7818203 >>7814048 I really should start doing that. I've been struggling recently with the reality of fading memories, so that would get two birds stoned at once. Any tips, or just write?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 16 12:53:09 2016 No.7818669 >>7816710 your photo gave me cancer.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 16 19:06:39 2016 No.7819757 Bump

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 16 19:09:53 2016 No.7819769 >>7816888 That's the exact reason I don't read books at all. I buy them for my shelf and read their contents on my Kindle.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 17 00:18:53 2016 No.7820778 >>7816888 Wouldn't it damage them more to constantly take them all out and put them back in just to find a certain book?

Anonymous Thu Mar 17 00:36:51 2016 No.7820824
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>>7798042
I think I did well over the years
Top shelfs: Kipling
Middle: Joseph Conrad
Bottoms: Steinbeck, Joyce, Mann, Tolstoi, Twain, Heller, TS Eliot, Pound, ect.

Going to finish Hemingway, Dostoevsky, then poetry Keats,Byron, Tennyson

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 17 01:05:40 2016 No.7820917 >>7802730 didnt know that edith hamilton book is soo small, when i saw the cover, it looked like a 400 page text book. nice.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 17 01:20:56 2016 No.7820945 File: 483 KB, 3230x882, IMG_2155.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7817068 Agreed bro, he sucks.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 17 01:28:23 2016 No.7820956 >>7809675 >strategic therapy wtf is that lol

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 17 10:58:49 2016 No.7821910 File: 31 KB, 704x536, 1387398600518.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7820824 Nice shelf. I'm slightly jealous of the uniform look.

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