[deleted] t1_jdl3vgk wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:35 AM

I don’t even mean booktok, just TikTok in general. Like look, I can’t even ask about it without getting downvoted lol. I just don’t know where the vitriol comes from. Like is it just the app in general or something oddly specific that I’ve never heard of.

That-Soup3492 t1_jdl2ssc wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:24 AM

Reply to comment by Grim-Avatar in I read Finnegan's Wake so you don't have to by machobiscuit

Yes, I've always thought this since I struggled my way through it one summer back in college.

That-Soup3492 t1_jdl2nlv wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:22 AM

Reply to comment by Unusual-Wash4227 in I read Finnegan's Wake so you don't have to by machobiscuit

As long as you can define what the it that you are into is.

For Finnegan's Wake, the it is not novels.

ChocolatMintChipmunk t1_jdl2d1a wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:19 AM

Reply to Do you ever try and read certain books at a certain time in your life to maximize your immersion? by foulbeastly

I reread World War Z at the beginning of Covid. And I can tell you that the governments reactions to Covid did not feel that far off from their reaction to the zombie apocalypse.

bibliophile222 t1_jdl0lzo wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:02 AM

Reply to comment by ExHaltzorocoaster in I read Finnegan's Wake so you don't have to by machobiscuit

Twitter was already a word before the site, it's a way to describe bird sounds.

JIN_DIANA_PWNS t1_jdkzuv9 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:55 AM

Reply to How to stop reading as if in a competition? by Butterfuckungfly

You're obviously privileged af and already on drugs, SO... better drugs?

JK. It sounds like you have a bit of a competitive streak in you, so maybe channel that into a force of good. Get competitive about donating to charity or helping out segments of society less fortunate. It will quench this competitive thirst AND help society. Good luck

willreadforbooks t1_jdkz809 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:49 AM

Reply to comment by thatblindgirl in Do you ever try and read certain books at a certain time in your life to maximize your immersion? by foulbeastly

Every time I see the northern lights I think of that book!

Unusual-Wash4227 t1_jdkys9t wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:45 AM

Reply to How do I get over a sad ending? by cocky_roachy

Write your own story that has the ending you want

Hartastic t1_jdkxt91 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:36 AM

Reply to comment by throne_of_worms in Toxic book fans by sunforthemoon

Book reddit and Booktok are just both really different communities despite both nominally being book-centric.

Loves-lit17 t1_jdkxgmc wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:33 AM

Reply to comment by Ohwhatagoose in Do you ever try and read certain books at a certain time in your life to maximize your immersion? by foulbeastly

Similar idea: I read The Snow Child during a winter weather event and it definitely deepens the experience.

Averageplayerzac t1_jdkwol3 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:26 AM

Reply to Do you ever Google terms in books that you don’t understand? by imperator-curiosa

If it’s clear what the word means contextually I probably won’t, if it’s not or I’m just curious about the word etymologically I will.

MarcusXL t1_jdkwji1 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:24 AM

Reply to comment by MowTin in I read Finnegan's Wake so you don't have to by machobiscuit

Plenty of people have made sense of it. It's not literature in the traditional sense, it's meant to have shifting meanings. It's not a traditional narrative. You're supposed to 'read' by getting impressions of the words, because their amalgamations of other words, it's like a psychedelic trip or a fever-dream. It's like a fractal, in that you can dive into single 'words' or phrases and find varieties of ideas and meanings in several languages and eras.

You supposed to lose track of characters, settings, events. That's all deliberate. There's a method to the madness. If you don't like it, that's perfectly legitimate. But it's not nonsense. It's a work of art, a brilliant one, but Joyce is like a comedian with an extremely specific and absurd sense of humour who doesn't care if anyone else gets the joke.