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mmillington t1_j6p276b wrote

Reply to Which sequel are you thirstiest for? by Bookanista

The Splendor and Misery of Bodies, of Cities, the abandoned sequel to Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel Delany. A relationship Delany was in inspired Stars and the planned sequel, but when the relationship ended so ended his desire to write the sequel.

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oldadapter t1_j6p1z5i wrote

Reply to comment by Tokenvoice in The 10 Inalienable Rights of the Reader by swedish_librarian

Sure but I’m just saying that ‘reading’ has this flexibility/broader meaning for only a few contexts, not as standard rule - but braille can also be one of these. If someone can read by touch in that context, there’s no good reason someone can’t also read by listening in another. I agree, in most cases choosing the most clear, unambiguous term is going to be best (especially to make that braille/audiobook distinction) - but if the medium isn’t the important part of the conversation/context - it seems unnecessary to pick someone up for saying something like “oh yes I read that last year too and found it tedious” if they in fact felt or listened to the text.

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LizzyWednesday t1_j6p10av wrote

Reply to comment by steampunkunicorn01 in Classic literature that’s also very readable. by MinxyMyrnaMinkoff

Maybe it's me, but I like those kinds of "extraneous" chapters, like the whale anatomy chapters in Moby Dick or the 8 million "Still Knitting" chapters in A Tale of Two Cities.

For the record, I did read an abridged version of Les Mis and felt like a lot was missing/inaccurate, which I found extremely frustrating. Reading the full-length version was much more comfortable. *shrugs*

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ms4720 t1_j6p0rkh wrote

Reply to comment by 0OO0OO00O in Read only manga for my entire life by MulkyShevel

Why not he sounds like a highschool student so they are targeted at his age range. Reading is an acquired skill best start with something simple. Good quality books assume a good quality reader and he ain't one yet. Start at the beginning and go from there.

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LizzyWednesday t1_j6p07c0 wrote

Reply to comment by Bookanista in Classic literature that’s also very readable. by MinxyMyrnaMinkoff

Totally random, but despite the fact that Pickwick Papers is Anne Shirley's comfort book in Anne of the Island, and I was obsessed with the Anne books in my early teens, I have never actually read it. (I've read A Tale of Two Cities, and half-assed an abridged version of Great Expectations, not to mention having read A Christmas Carol which is short enough that I could probably read it aloud to/with my daughter to see how familiar she is with the story.)

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LadyWolvesBayne t1_j6oznmw wrote

Reply to Confusion on Priory of the Orange Tree by HumanBeeing76

Ah, this book. I read it long ago when it was all the hype. Needless to say, it didn't vibe with me, mostly because I couldn't figure out what the book was about... the book itself didn't seem to know either.

I know what made this book so hyped back in the day, and I think it's the exact same thing that steals the focus away from the premise entirely and turns the whole thing into a wasted opportunity for something epic, IMO. If that was the plan, then marketing did an awful job at selling this book like something it definitely isn't.

I usually do not keep reading a book if I'm not feeling it, no matter how many pages in. You can give it another try, or you can move on to the next book!

*completely personal opinion, and rather unpopular for what I know.

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Trick-Two497 t1_j6oyv8u wrote

Reply to audiobooks by eutychiia

I love them. I'm old enough that anything that isn't backlit I can't read anymore. And I'm on screens all day at work, so my eyes get tired of that as well. I like to read at bedtime, and they say not to be on screens during that time as well. So audiobooks it is. It took me a while to get used to them, but now I love them. If you find a good narrator, it's such a great experience.

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