/lit/ - Literature

>>3479346
Although I just like the idea of having a sparse collection, one of my main motivators right now is moving. In about a year I'm going to be living in a van down by the river, and I'm not sure how much room there is inside of it for more than a box of books. The guy I'll be living with in there has a few boxes of his own, which I'm sure are taking up alot of room already. At this point I'm just giving my books away. I don't plan to buy any more...ever. Unless they're special.

>Then I started acquiring German, Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese language books since we speak those languages.

Ah man, foreign language books might be the only ones I'd break my no-buying tendency for. The foreign language sections of the libraries here are not very extensive and the book shops are even more limited. I'd have to buy online just to read some of the works I've been wanting to.

>>3479192

I'd be interested to see your book collection then, it must be huge. I'm personally trying to get rid of most of my books, minus only the ones with sentimental value or which continue to be useful to me as references. I can't believe how many books I've managed to accumulate over the years without really noticing.

Do you purchase every book you read?

Anyway, I am doing alright. I've finished more books this year than I had by this time last year, it seems, although I don't keep very close track. And since the warm months are on their way I'll be able to get out to the library more often.

>>2495355

I'm about halfway through and I'm enjoying it. Easy/entertaining reading. I would recommend it.

>plus sides?
Well, we always have someone to call up or send an email to so we can ramble about whatever we're reading without bothering the people who aren't interested. Our tastes overlap in quite a few areas, so we often swap books with each other. And reading together is fun, if generally unproductive.

>down sides?
He loves Beat literature.

>>2026503
Yeah, no fucking dip Sherlock. The question still stands.

And I'm back. Sorry guys, just wanted to see how my adoring fans would take the news.

>>2026466
Would you suck me? If the answer is no then you can just take your cunt face and twattle the Fuck off this board at once. Whore.

>>2026432
Excellent, Watson! you'll solve the mystery yet :)

>>2026410
By experimenting with namefaggotry I have allowed my ego to grow so large that it has split off into two, maybe three, possibly even four autonomous and sentient individuals, all of whom have gone insane with power. I can only hope that these avatars of my original personality will do justice to our collective name and make /lit/ an enjoyable board for all, where the adventures of sherlock holmes are freely discussed, as was my initial intention.

anyway, I've always dreaded becoming embroiled in tripfag nonsense and I don't relish talking about myself, so after this post I'll be going as Anon.

Very sincerely yours,
S.H.G.

That's understandable. I'd have a hard time speaking if my cunt mouth were full of cocks every second of the day too.

>>2026410
No surprises there.

That must've been your catch phrase all through schooling.

>>2026355
eh, I don't know. I was anonymous for ~5 years before this, and I think it's more my style. It's fun being a namefag for a change, but I think adding a trip to my name would put too much of a wedge between me and anon. at any rate, i'm not that desperate to preserve my identity. If it's taken, it's taken, and I can sit back and see what develops. Hopefully it won't shit up the board, whatever ensues.

>>2026360
Does this mean we can't be together? Fine.

Fuck it. I don't need some whore who posts picture of some curly haired cow as a gimmick. Enjoy your empty miserable life.

>>2026355
I was a losing that because I dislike remembering the code. Guess ill start here. Fucking anon you pill

>>2026321
haha oh gosh i suppose this was inevitable. enjoy my identity, anonymous

>>2026328
I think that Hound of the Baskervilles is better when you're more acquainted with the characters through the short stories, but since you've read STUD and SIGN i'd say you're familiar enough. The Valley of Fear is...eh. Remember what happened in the second half of A Study In Scarlet? same sort of thing.

>>2026328
>>2026328
Ive umm... actually never read any of the original novels. Only seen the movies and a teleplay. I enjoy the idea of it though, its just a little too complicated for me to handle. Wow, confessing really is a load off. :D

My answer? Don't. You'll probably be bored to death and I can't go about having a dead bf now can I?

Question. You wouldn't happen to be single and male? Finding somebody with my taste is an absolute chore, and don't even get me started with an interested boy! ;3

So how bout it?

>>2026313
:)

my mom and I read The Secret Life of Bees and The Joy Luck Club together. I liked 'em.

Now she's reading Notes From Underground.

mom, you ai'ight.

The Complete Illustrated Works of Anonymous, vol. 1-4

this massive collection spans Anonymous' early cave etchings all the way to his recent works published on the internet (including 4chan). i've read vol. 4, "Anonymous on the Internet" more than any of the rest, but i like the whole thing.

>>2025966
>I liked the fact that I had to figure the fuck out.

Ah, good, okay. I have a fear of dallying too much but y'all are helping me get over it.

>>2025936
Ah! I like this list. I made a list like this for myself, much more disorganized than yours but the same general concept. I just started taking notes of things that pleased/annoyed me while I was reading. If anyone else wants to try doing that I'd love to see what they come up with, whether they consider it to be universal rules of writing or just their own reading preferences.

>And remember: An idea for a situation is not an idea for a story. An idea for a story is an idea for an ending.

agreed. There were some short stories I was reading recently that were wonderful situations, but the endings would totally fizzle out. I like the author's prose enough not to be bothered by it, but I really would prefer an ending that satisfies rather than tapers off. hopefully my idea for the ending of this will be worth it; I'm worried about that. But eh, there's only one way to learn and to get better.

>>2025933
aw i'm glad

>>2025915
Ahh, gotcha. I will certainly rewrite it and try to trim it. thanks

I get the impression that you are alot like this guy, OP

>>2025864
>"Did that Teemo dude just appear out of fuckin' nowhere? Holy shit-nigger," Rodolfo thought aloud. = showing

hahahaha

Well, there are certain parts of the story that I feel the need to breeze over and simply "tell", because they aren't all that important. Snails being able to teleport after death, for example, is not actually that important--but snails being incapable of telling a coherent story is something that I want to show, because it has to do with the story. Teemo being arrested is not that important, the police are nobody; what will happen to him once he is in prison is more the heart of it. So, how should I balance this, do you think? I'll continue to do what I think is right, of course, but that won't stop me from trying out what y'all got to say. thank you for the input!