I would like to support the therapy idea. Some professional feedback changed my life

I think the hard part of many books considered classics, especially those that "broke the mold," is we aren't experiencing them when they first come out. It's hard to appreciate how unique a book is when we have probably read several books that have used parts of his techniques and that it seems normal to us, not special.

This is why I enjoy annotations so much!

Latte was really great! I haven’t read his other Hard Case Crime novels yet, but am looking forward to those as well.

I am kind of weird and am averse to owning a book unless (1) I know I will be rereading it often or (2) I have not read it yet and know I will donate it after I finish reading it.

Otherwise, I like to support the local library and read there.

It’s personal! But if you’re asking what other people do, I think the most popular “book accounts” do focus on novels.

I however use Goodreads for mine (because I would lose any physical book journal I started). I love that I can see everything over the past 10+ years. And to answer your question, I include art books such as the Howl’s one you mentioned, manga, and even online webtoon comics.

This is on top of the fact that people in this thread upvoted the comment telling me "Its utter stupidity... That kind of extra-literal over interpretation is also absolutely moronic... I guess, in review, I'm not surprised you tried to make a red herring fallacy. Nothing else you've said makes sense. Why should you start making sense now. Just don't expect anyone to take your poorly thought out and easily disproven arguments seriously."

Looks interesting, thank you!

+1 I love this.

Love this comparison. I agree that he is highly skilled but is not most people’s cup of tea.

I wholeheartedly disagree with you. In my opinion, he may not be everyone (or even most people)’s cup of tea but he is irrefutably a “good writer” by virtue of creating such an intricate and complete piece of writing as TSATF. The book was written to be read 1.5 times and is in many ways a puzzle.

But if by good writer you mean “enjoyable and easy to read” then I guess you’re right. But I find most Faulkner fans find their enjoyment in the analysis and many easter eggs as opposed to the raw narrative.

What are you talking about? This is a case of "applaud sides two and three because fuck the first one."

No: it is exactly a very explicit example of the true Catholic mindset: whatever you think is important has a meaning which you do not perceive in Gos’s mind. Men worry for things that are totally out of their control, and that makes them suffer needlessly.

Upvote both, if it's well-argued and friendly. Applaud both sides.

It’s not about doing whatever they say to the T. It’s about taking what they did/advise, and applying it to your life to help you improve. That doesn’t mean you have to do everything they or even exactly what they say. Just do what you think works for you, based of what worked for them. No two situations will be the same. Cutting out toxic people doesn’t mean you have to cut off everyone that doesn’t make you immediately happy. Cutting out toxic people is cutting people out of your life that actively make it worse. Someone who makes you feel bad about yourself, someone who uses you to get what they want but wouldn’t lift a finger to help you, or someone who you put effort into knowing and caring about but they can’t even remember any important detail about you. You aren’t an asshole for choosing who to talk to, and you aren’t an asshole for not talking to people who make you unhappy. I think maybe the term toxic is overused. When I think of a toxic person I usually think of someone who is a POS. Not friends or family who just have a couple bad habits. Now also cutting them out should be last resort, talk to them if you think they’re hindering your life but not in a toxic asshole kind of way.

Yep - and worth mentioning that both Tolkien and Frodo had survivor's guilt in bucket loads. >!Boromir and especially Gollum - and that Frodo at the last fails, and the agent for the mission's success should be one that also failed, but died.!<

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

It appears to be the same people upvoting two comments putting forward theses that cannot both be true.

> If it's friendly and well-argued disagreement, that should be encouraged.

"Upvote anyone who disagrees with the one person I don't like" is a pretty poisonous attitude towards debate.

As it should be. If it's friendly and well-argued disagreement, that should be encouraged. Have we not seen enough poisonous polarisation in the world?

I'll go for the Japanese Devilfish Girl. I loved that series.

The reason for the wilderness is the presence of evil forces - Orcs were still numerous, evil strongholds still held sway over vast tracks of open land and forest, the rule of law had declined. By the end of LotR, Mirkwood becomes Greenwood the Great, the Brown Lands can now be populated, the Kings Road is in use and peace can be made with the Easterlings, the Dunlendings and the former slaves of Mordor. The melancholy comes from the decline and return of the Elves and that Frodo himself can no longer live here - the Shire has been saved, but not for him. He is broken by his loss, his injuries and his survivor's guilt.

Yes! Others have made the point that a lot of what happens in the House mirrors a formal right of passage ceremony, also. Weird - and it is the fulcrum of the book, when it switches from a lighter tone to a darker.

Don't think it's about smart. Try having it read to you - it might get you started. I don't want you to miss out. :o)

I have a lovely leather bound edition of Anna Karenina I picked up at my library’s used book sale for $5.00; saw the same edition on Amazon for $70. But I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet! Also a vintage boxed & leatherbound edition of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain- this one I’ve read and I love just looking at it. Likewise the huge boxed 2 volume The Art of Florence - even the box is beautiful

I still haven’t read it. :( Can’t bring myself to do so.

Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Baskerville and Zombies.