Enjoying Jakarta Method atm

just finished art of war

Just got it in the mail on Friday and been slowly picking at it the last few days. Wanna try to get a good portion of it done today. It’s really f***ing interesting. It makes me feel really sad though. As a mixed man myself I feel like hearing Malcolm talk about a lot of his experiences makes me think about how I’d react. I’ve never really learned about him in school so learning about his life through this has been really eye opening and makes me really appreciate all of the work he and other activists did for myself and other African Americans

why the f*** is it so hard to find this section?

Hi guys, been wanting to get into reading. I really want to read Infinite Jest but I’ve heard it’s a “difficult read” not sure what that means. Is it the vocabulary, structure or themes that are particularly tough?

Almost halfway through Invisible Monsters, and every character sounds like one person. And I mean every single one of them. Just weird s*** coming out of everyone's mouths and almost similar quirks, but I guess that's par for the course with Palahniuk

Dude if you're just getting into reading, I seriously don't recommend that you start with that book. The size is intimidating for starters, making it a huge time commitment. Some quick reads I recommend:

Blood on snow by Jo Nesbo (very quick read)
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
And then there were none by Agatha Christie
The stranger by Albert Camus (honestly, not too fond of this one but it poses some interesting questions though)

Thanks man!

Honestly, I don't mind the length, I've got a lot of free time at work this summer and I'd rather use this opportunity to read. I've just heard a lot about that book which is why I am curious.

Also, heard about The Stranger and it seems quite interesting. I've seen the movie about F&L but I've always been intrigued by Hunter Thompson.

Thanks for all recommendations!

Fahrenheit 451 seems interesting

just copped Models by Mark Manson

Just finished Invisible Monsters. 3/5. Didn't really like it (all the name dropping of fashion brands did nothing but slow down the story for me) but it had bits that were interesting enough to make me wanna continue.

about 70 pages into house of leaves, this s*** got me looking behind myself constantly

Book was disappointing to me. I enjoyed reading it but it was overhyped. I was creeped out every so often but the layout of the book felt more like a novelty to me.

i could definitely understand that criticism, personally it works for me tho

Definitely don’t regret the read but I was just expecting more out of it.

Great time in this world to be reading epic fantasy books

Getting into new worlds as this one burns

new Elena Ferrante novel coming out on Tuesday

prolly read that after I finish Antkind. highly recommend her My Brilliant Friend series, as well as the HBO adaptation

one-act plays >

Molloy was too funny.

What's it about

Just finished A Clockwork Orange, not sure how I feel about the ending but really good book.

Reading and enjoying I Am Legend now

just finished crossroads of twilight and i don't know if i want to finish wot

On the one hand there is a vagrant-like character, Molloy, who feels he has to return to his mother, though doesn't know where her town is, he is infirm, gets delayed by running into the law and being taken care of, only for him to wander on. But it's really about how he tells it. On the other hand there is a kind of agent, whose mission it is to find Molloy, and sets out to find him with his son, but it's an equally drifting trek. And Beckett writes it like it is the character reporting, and what is real, circular, and how the two narratives relate is what is important. But it's also filled with unexpected flashes of lewd humor.

High recc the book bro, it reads exactly as he would speak. Found myself highlighting a lot of points and learning some things I didn't know about. He touches on a lot of topics; race, education system, crime, class, slavery and even brexit. There is even a little chapter to address white peoples favourite lines when they want to debunk any discussion on race

Almost halfway through rereading Kindred after a long time. Snappy pace, Really fascinating concept, along with a difficult subject matter. But the prose can be rather too simple at times. Didn't remember it being this dialogue heavy too