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>looking for more book places on the internet
>goodreads is full of shit
>decide to see what reddits book stuff is like
>/r/books
>see post "is reading a skill you can improve?"

I hate that /lit/ is the only literature place on the internet worth going to.

>> No.7921407

if you like shitposting about hacks like dfw and pynchon, sure

>> No.7921418

>>7921407
Popularity does not equate hackery.

>> No.7921463

That's the truth about this site.
As horrible as it is, most everywhere else is so much worse.

>> No.7921545

>>7921463
What about the other chans?

>> No.7921559

>>7921545
the other chans are slow and almost all of them are chock full of drama and powertripping mods.

>> No.7921568

>>7921545
In answer to my own question, 7chan's /lit/ has a better line of witticisms on DFW than we do.

>> No.7921613

/lit/ is the only place I've ever found which isn't retard level.

Although its still not great.

Academia is your best option if you want to talk books on a regular basis with smart people.

>> No.7922362

>>7921568
Fuck, that place is slow. Their /lit/ does seem to have a lot less blatant shitposting though.

>> No.7923302

/r/literature is okay and somewhat active.

>> No.7923401

There are some obscure and great subreddits and Goodreads groups. Look harder and you'll find them.

>> No.7923403

>>7921613
Even then the tone is all wrong.

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7923423

>/r/books

>> No.7923442

/r/AskLiteraryStudies isn't strictly discussion-based but probably fits what you're looking for to some extent.

>> No.7923453

Anybody know of any good blogs or lit thought leaders that I can start reading?

Are blogs a thing people even fucking do anymore?

>> No.7923464

>>7923423
Sometimes I wonder if Reddit is actually satire and we're just not smart enough to get it

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>>7923423

>> No.7925334

>see post "is reading a skill you can improve?

that's a legitimate question.

is it a skill that one can improve?

also, r/books isn't too bad imo

>> No.7925338

>>7925334
Fucking obviously?

>> No.7925346

>>7925334
>r/books isn't too bad
then please go there and never come back

>> No.7925349

>>7925334
>imo
No.

>> No.7925371

>>7923423
hwat the fug ::-DDD
I've always known reddit is awful but that exceeded my expectations tenfold

>> No.7925494

does anyone have a /lit/ discord invite? the other links expired.

with any public forum you're going to have a lot of idiots since the masses tends to approach reading in a very different way. smaller communities are much better for finding like minded people.

>> No.7925647

>>7921392
>>see post "is reading a skill you can improve?"
i see that all the time as well as retarded threads like where should i start with x, etc. /lit/ is worthless, even shittier than reddit.