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If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

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when i was reading the book entangled life which is about fungi and the author merlin sheldrake said that once he got his first author copies he was going to dampen the pages and use them to grow oyster mushrooms and yeast and then use the yeast to brew beer and then drink the beer with the mushrooms to complete the cycle of fungal knowledge. i was like really and truly this guy gets it

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I did read The Great Gatsby and I feel like it would have made a bigger impact had I not watched the ending of the Kdrama What Happens in Bali at a formative age.

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How many classics do I have to read before I'm allowed to stop? Like I was forced to read the Great Gatsby in school and it was literally the worst book I ever read. If I read two more off the classics list, can I stop and read stuff I actually like again?

I cannot tell if you’re being intentionally dense or if your reading comprehension is so abysmal this post made you believe I was metaphorically holding you at gunpoint and forcing you to read Moby Dick.

It is your right not to like The Great Gatsby, I know I am in a minority of people who did enjoy it. It is your right to decide not to explore the works of older writers like Jane Austin and Mary Shelley and William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde but it does not mean these works are fucking bad and we should stop encouraging people to read them. The concept of classics is a wide swatch of history spanning the entirety of written language, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to contemporary classics like The Great Gatsby. It is so narrow-sighted to condemn them all and a disservice to you. You are well within your rights to remain in your comfort zone and only read a certain genre of contemporary fiction but there is a vast literary world out there waiting for discovery.

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do you ever see something and just. get hit with the most visceral and distilled emotions over the nature of humanity

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The Colour of Magic !!

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Whoever conceived and animated this moment, I hope they're doing well and thriving. This is S-rank romance stuff here.

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I looked it up, out of awful curiosity, and the dude playing Murderbot in the new series is 6'4" which somehow makes me feel better.

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"The problem is people don't read classics anymore"

No I think the problem is people don't read WIDELY. The ONLY ya and/or fantasy romance crowd is just as insufferable as the ONLY classics crowd or the ONLY litfic crowd or the ONLY nonfiction crowd and vice versa.

You gotta get some variety in there my guys

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This is how it feels to read a classic that everyone in the world has already read and loves

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Bookwyrm :3

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On this episode of Cracked Spines, we discuss A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland, a book that—among other things—has a beautiful cover that Cyrus and I end up arguing about anyway. Not THAT much makes it into the actual episode. But know that it was passionate.

Behind the scenes, there was a somewhat in-depth discussion off-mic about how the knowledge that the author was in tumblr and thus pretty easy to tag might influence our honest discussion of the book. We basically settled on if we like the book, we'll tag em, and if we don't like the book then yknow why put in information in the post that we don't strictly need to. Anyway, hi @ariaste ! We really liked the book! Cyrus basically twisted my arm until I moved in up my TBR list because they knew I'd like it, and damn if that son of a gun doesn't know me. I’m such a sucker for fantasy macroeconomics.

We discuss duty, fealty, the public performance of politics, and the literary art of truly conveying how awkward a moment can be. Enjoy listening to me get so insanely in my head about how a character's name is pronounced that it derails my ability to speak. I’m beginning to get legitimately concerned about the stress Proper Nouns induce in me.

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Just watched this Mina Le video (9 months after she posted it) and it’s a bit of a mess. She herself admits she just wanted to explore the topic. But it made me think about my own reading history, habits and preferences.

5 things about how I read (trying to limit my runaway thoughts with a list)

1. Brain doesn’t listen so I try a lot of books and see which ones catch my interest. I’m constantly reading but not necessarily finishing. I used to devour so much books. I’ve forgotten most of them. Now attention span is kind of broken. So I’m much pickier. I also sometimes read a book backwards or skip scenes until I’m ready or just never finish something. Life’s too short to worry about rules.

2. Because of 1, I tend to be eclectic about my reading. My genres of choice: mysteries, romance, fantasy, but I have times where I enjoy poetry and space opera and I read self-help and other non-fiction. I tend to avoid horror but it sneaks in sometimes. I avoid memoirs but enjoy graphic memoirs and essays. (Weird distinction)

3. I do collect Filipiniana books but it’s a migrant thing. Someday I might be able to get rid of some of them, but not yet. I tend to read more essays and poetry and comics/graphic novels.

4. Fanfic became my comfort reading for a time but these days I read danmei for that purpose. (Chinese mlm webnovels) They’re not usually that well-written/translated but still pings my brain’s dopamine button very well. Some of them are very long and I read thousands of pages just fine but couldn’t make it thru a boring novella. Lol. I also read Japanese light novels and Korean webnovels but they have their distinct features and I tend to go for the Chinese first. (But Korean webtoons and Japanese dramas…)

5. My cousin had gorgeous classics and chick lit books growing up. My older sister was into buying classics and Newbery winners so I did read a few of those growing up. My other cousin shared his comics with me. We’re readers who kind of get into each other’s shelves. I borrowed a lot from other relatives and lent some too. This is one of those things I feel grateful about since public libraries weren’t a thing in my country at that time.

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When I return a library book, I make sure to walk there holding it in my hands instead of in my bag. This is enrichment before it gets returned to the cold limbo of the stacks