I already have more books than fit on 9 standard (5 shelf) bookcases that have extra shelves on 4 of them (paperbacks are short!) sooooooooo at least 3x that many?

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I felt like it took forever to get to the end and then it was anticlimactic

Some other people have mentioned Beloved on the comments, I think I will add them to my list. Cloud Atlas too.

Don't worry too much, the navy hardly played a part. Mostly just trope and message carrying and making a blockade around France. They had already destroyed the French Navy.

But she did clearly do that on purpose.

I don’t like seeing us drift apart, physically or otherwise, whether because of shame or peer pressure or whatever. People need physical contact. We shouldn’t feel bad about it. We shouldn’t be made to feel bad about it.

I did not omg. That’s awful and now I’m sad about it, Ms. Austen whyyyyy

And did you catch that Wentworth proposed the day Napoleon escaped from Elba?

Another war there shall be!

It is! Persuasion is also my favorite of hers, but there is def lots and lots of buildup and then “they live happily ever after - as long as there isn’t another war” which is like…. Oh.

Read at night laying in bed before you go to sleep. I usually get 6 to 10 pages in then drift off. Might be a good way for you start.

The easiest way to kill your love of reading is setting an expectation on yourself based on what you perceive other people think a reader should be (something I learned the hard way).

I may not read 500 page novels often, but I know I'm a reader because I enjoy the urge to read books I genuinely care about based on my personal tastes.

For example, I finished reading the visual novels Higurashi and Umineko last year. They're not traditional novels in hand, but I'm sitting and reading, immersed in the story and pictures. As a school teacher, I also tell my students that graphic novels (a book type that typically holds the attention for ADHD children) ARE real reading!

Plus, both visual novels are 100 hours+ long. I couldn't read it through one sitting. Both novels took me 2 and a half months to read. That's fine by me. It made me look forward to read every day in those months.

Right now, I suddenly have the urge to read "The Kybalion" because I'm attracted to occult knowledge, and one of my favorite childhood singers, Omarion, wrote a book titled "Unbothered: The Power of Choosing Joy" thats themed around spirituality. Kybalion is a very hard read, but my interest in it keeps me going. Omarion's book is an easy read, and I don't feel bad. It's about the content, not other people's perceptions.

To sum it up, pick a book that matches your tastes, interest, and style. Read for fun and pleasure. If reading YA or middle grade books will be easier, go for it! I enjoy the Dragon Masters and Magic Bunny series my 3rd graders love.❤

Me too!

Hmmmmmmmm can’t relate

I have the omnibus from the library so it’s all in order for me :) i just felt very sad about finishing Tehanu i guess. Of course i will move on and start loving what is ahead of me though, i do this every time. What will be REALLY sad is when there is no more earthsea at all for me to read. I’m sure I’ll love what’s next!

Most people have never heard of this book.

Perusasion is pretty abrupt too!

Jane Austen wraps up a lot of her books quickly, especially Perusasion, Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park. When she's done, she's done.

At least we know that Henry and Catherine have their happy ending.

Also, if you want to discuss more, there is r/JaneAusten

It is a parody. It is a satire of gothic novels. Asking for a drawn out ending is like asking for a developed denouement to a SNL skit.

It is just not that kind of book.

Don’t forget her husband is also extremely rich. Just because

Makes sense, I try to recommend sort of similar alternatives if I do, but I’m sometimes I have to find out more about what people like in certain books.

Or that fact that a girl just wandered into her shop looking for a job w/o being paid and oh look who happened to be her brother

Short. Chapters. I’m reading The Thursday Murder Club at the moment and it’s so easy to read because the chapters are short and to the point, no waffling.

I think the point I'm most trying to argue against is casting these relationships using our modern conceptions of sexuality. I don't think it's right to talk about gay or straight people, or to cast their relationships in these terms, in a society that did not think about sexuality in these terms

It can serve multiple purposes, though legally is it's most predominant. If by chance anything referenced has bearing on a real life thing, one can perceive the work as factual or at least an unflattering commentary/slander against that thing, resulting in legal prosecution. In this instance it serves the same purpose of putting "Caution Beverage Hot" on a coffee cup.

Another use case I can see is in cases of historical fiction, in which while the events are indeed based around historical facts, there is allot of author liberty taken in telling the story, and to dispel the idea it is indeed 100% fact, a clarification is given.