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isenstar777 · 1 year ago

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One of my friends wants to start reading more books, because he's never really got into it and the only series he has ever really enjoyed is H*rry P*tter (yes I know, don't come for me or him, he's trying to branch out). He sent me a link to one of those 100 books bucket list posters with things like War & Peace, Les Mis, James Joyce's Ulysses, etc which he will struggle with after not reading since he left school (we're late 20s).

So I figure Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is probably a good way to go. Let him get a taste of some actual good writing

#personal #censored so it wont appear in tags #i looked through the list and some of them are for younger readers #narnia. his dark materials. marilda. noughts and crosses #which are all EXCELLENT books #but he's starting out from HP #its so hard to encourage a love of reading past the age of 15 and he's 27 #oh i wish artemis fowl was on the list #the thought of giving him Ulysses or Les Mis is hilarious #“i hear you want to start reading? please try this incomprehensible brick or this treatise on the parisian sewer system #it takes some detours through the life of a priest and an ex-convict and there's some furore around barricades #but then it gets into the real juicy stuff

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