This is probably my favorite book, one that I head back to every couple years. I am very picky about sci Fi, but I adore this one.

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Yeah i know , you may be right, i'd like to think that rather than to believe other readers are elitists and consider romance to not be a worthy genre , or a silly genre .

I read the unabridged version when I was 16 one summer. when Valjean is on his deathbed blessing cosette I literally had to stop reading to weep for the loss of such a beautiful man. 30 years later when I open to that scene, my eyes well up again. Hugo is truly a genius!

I think he's great!

I seriously need to utilize this website. There is a bookstore I visited often growing up that I haven’t been to since. They are a local indie store mostly supported by the community but they deserve more.

Get Oprah to talk about it?

Yes Juan. I saw that as well. Personally I didn't really like it. It just didn't appeal to me for some reason. I prefer the stage musical, and Victor Hugo's original text, which is actually two or three books, altogether. Although there are some versions which compile them into one!?

Running the Light by Sam Tallent

Each chapter was read by a different comic.

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'The ease of access to firearms, lack of universal healthcare, outdated education system, rising cost of living, increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, rampant spread of right-wing propaganda, nonsensical poverty guidelines'.

To be fair, Kevin was not effected by most of these things. He had everything he could ever want, a dad who went above and beyond (the absence of a father figure is usually a symptom of the problem), a mother who (as she tells us) encourages him/says she loves him at least three times a day etc. Kevin had no reason to do what he did other than he was born a sociopath. His sister was brought up in the exact same conditions and was a loveable child.

I found out about Earl Nightingale being the OG of personal development. His book "This Is Earl Nightingale" should be full of interesting things to read, but the only problem is that I can't find it anvwhere (not in brint or in digital format). Any suggestions as to how I can get my hands on a copy? Thanks!

Modern day writer.... That's the issue. These so called "modern writers" that all they do is shit on established IPs if they work on those, unable to write original stories and worst part, forget to tell a story and rather concentrate in promoting an agenda in the name of social justice.

I think they are new, and I can't find any info on how to publish through them.

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Is anyone aware of current, or upcoming, events where authors will auction names in their novels? They're typically done for charitable purposes, and I thought this would be an interesting gift for someone....

Would there be a better sub for me to post this question?

Thanks.....

It blows genre out of the water for me. I could easily imagine it converted to fantasy. The few things that made it sci-fi and not fantasy were so peripheral. Probably could say that about plenty of Fantasy OR Sci-fi books. But the worldbuilding accomplished in such a compact story was just so insane that at the end and always in reflection that feels like the genre more than any other. Worldbuilding. And of course you could assume fantasy or sci fi would be foundational Ariadne's Thread for a genre called Worldbuilding but I also find it in John Dies at the End. For the purpose of the reading experience I am wondering why worldbuilding itself isn't part of genre tagging systems in GoodReads because it feels like a type of book even though, I assume, it has always been categorized as just a part of the writing process.

r/books is in the default subreddit list for new Redditors, though, so way more people read it than just book lovers.

To be clear, I’m not defending them, it’s shitty to act like that. I’m just explaining why.

>Wow that sounds good. I think it's from when they escaped the city. I haven't got that far yet.

Oh, although the story is known, luckily I didn't say more! Just to say that when you finish reading this book you feel that you have received an unforgettable gift. It's one of my favorite books, and for a long time it was the best book I'd ever read.

Thank you for the reminder! Going to browse now 😊

I’m not a gamer but this series was so captivating and so damned funny.

I second that.

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Those self help books seem to be a scam to draw money from desperate people. I absolutely despize books like this.

Normalize enjoying things just to enjoy them and not always having to analyze or find deeper meaning.