Good to know, thanks for the tip.

It's weird because I wasn't always like this with books, lol. I honestly can't say when it started.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Non-fiction. Reads like Indiana Jones with a 007 booster pack.

Cartoon History of the Universe. Gosnick filters unvarnished cultural horror through a sense of humor informed by Charles Addams.

Nonfic is awesome.

It’s the same answer I’d give to - why do I read any book? It makes no difference whether it’s fiction or non-fiction. I never think to myself, I’m in the mood for whatever. Just whatever strikes me as interesting at the moment. I’m actually surprised by the question and by anyone who can answer it.

Edit: As if you can’t escape into non-fiction and you can’t learn stuff from fiction.

Anyonr knows if they ship to Argentina? I can't find the information on the website

I read non-fiction to learn about a specific subject.

Is it not possible for a story to be just a story to one person while holding deeper meaning for another person, and for both people to be correct? Maybe that's what you meant by your last sentence.

I didn't know about it, so this post is most helpful! Thank you

It depends on what nonfiction I'm reading. I read military history because I enjoy it. I read woodworking books because I am trying to improve my skills. Other non fiction, there is usually something that intrigues me in the topic. Those are as widely varied as the topics themselves.

FOMO! What if it gets good later 🥵

I actually love it but only if it's done well. I don't need predictable and forced romance

I mean, if I immediately decided I didn't like it on page one, I wouldn't care. The issue is you can't really know if you'll enjoy it that soon, and by the time I'm like, "this is irredeemable," it's too late, lol. So essentially, the first page, I guess.

most people who do are so self-important they can't see beyond their own drug addictions

simple parable: "one's own self be true" don't let the drugs change YOU

Absolutely. An adaptation is an adaptation, there are always going to be changes when you translate a work to an entirely new medium. A direct point for point translation almost never works. And you have to consider the audience, which is again going to be different from that of the original.

All media is a product of the cultural context in which it was produced. Even the most faithful adaptation still reflects those choices, and what the creators were trying to say. So an adaptation that updates some things and shifts a few others around in order to both make it a watchable product and to make it palatable and relevant to a modern audience is both something to be expected, and probably a better show than one that fails to consider either of those things.

Finished it this morning! Took me a bit to get in to but I enjoyed it. As for the title it references Hig making up his own constellation and naming it Jasper. It’s a very subtle maybe two sentence explanation on the last page or two.

The closest to me is over an hour away, but I'll try the zip code thing.

It's so annoying because it's so damn predictable and boring. In every of the last 8 thrillers I read, the romance always followed the same scheme. First the protagonist falls in love with the first pretty girl he sees, she rejects him and he's pissed and then he falls in love with the not so beautiful but mysterious girl that somehow opens up to him very quickly. Usually she has a bad backstory too and pretends to be tough but after they get together, she's super vulnerable. Only exception I saw was when the protagonist not only fell in love with the mysterious tough girl but also with his damn teacher. It's annoying when the good story is getting ruined by the forced romance. Why can't the protagonist be single or at least have an unpredictable love story. As soon as that kind of girl is introduced, I immediately know she's going to be his love interest. Sooo boring...

LOL - how much of a book do you need to have read that makes you feel I MUST FINISH!!

I lied before, I still feel the need to finish but these days I only feel that way if I’ve read like at least half.

The deeper meaning was that Carroll wanted to spend more time obsessing over a little girl that he painted nude portraits of.

CORRECTION: per PeterAhlstrom “It’s significantly lower than 45% of retail when you use a credit” end correction

As a customer of libro my only complaint is getting sucked into the monthly credits & then I learned from Brandon Sanderson’s team libro only gives authors 45%.

Could you offer instruction how to link the comment here? I’m not sure how to do it.

Edit: “Unfortunately, Libro.FM pays a very low royalty (based on the retail price) when you use a credit. That makes sense when you set the retail price high, but not when we set it at $15 because that's what people actually pay. So we (I'm Brandon's VP of publishing) had to pass on listing the books on Libro.FM. If they change their royalty for cheap books we'll happily change that.” From /u/peterahlstrom

You can search by any zip code. So you can even help the store 30 min away!

With so many things going to ebooks, I fear for the future of used bookstores.

That being said, I only have so many bookcases.

That's the thing, though. I know I'm not getting anything out of it simply because I'm not enjoying it. It just feels like something I NEED to do. It doesn't feel like a choice. If I have a book that I've started and haven't finished, it gnaws at me like a sink full of dishes. Idk why, but it sucks, lmao. The bright side is that I'm a fast reader, always have been. So, at least it doesn't take me too long. The worst was The Shining. I despised that book! I found it soooo boring. I was losing my mind!

I'm in the middle of re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment. It's been about a decade between each re-read. What I find fascinating about the book is how I've taken away very different (but enjoyable) experiences each time I've read it.

Reading it as a teenager, the excitement and adventure dominated, and I was probably more interested in characters like Frodo and Aragorn. As I've aged, I've found more depth in the book, more complexity... and eventually come to see Sam as more interesting and heroic than I ever did as a teenager.

It's just interesting to me how much the book has different things to say, depending on one's life experience when reading it.

Yes omgg I've experienced this too