Atlas shrugged. Don't get me wrong the Philosophy it was spouting was wrong but most if its societal criticisms were on the nose. I was working for a company with heavy ties to the government with alot of humanitarian ideals mixed into its "education". I was reading this book and it was describing my upper management perfectly. The two parts that really stuck with me was the train wreck scene and rule breaker monologue because I've seen both of those dynamics in full effect in real life at the time I was reading that book.

It's a good way to advertise a book for sure

I'm sort of the same. In that I'm retired and what to do with myself now. I've spent a life time buying and reading books. Books are the great get away from the struggles in life. I have opened and sponsor a Little Free Library. What that has done for me is focused my life in part to sharing books with the community. My suggestion to you personally is to expand your love for books, and the thing you are good at into a profession type of reference for your community. You can open your own LFL, still enjoy social media in the context of using it to be a part of a book, video game community while researching good books to supply your LFL. Its a library, so books, video games, dvd movies, cd music all can be offered.

Other people have more aggressive feelings about this than I do but Enid Blyton.

I remember reading the boarding school stories (Mallory Towers, Twins at St Claires etc.) and thinking that the protagonists were good eggs and that the "bad" characters were at fault. Reading them as a teenager and upwards those girls are Bitchyyy.

Poor Alison. She's just insecure and trying to find her place in the world but she is mocked and exploited at every turn. Even by the teachers.

I still think they are decent (if a little simplistic) stories but it's a whole different perspective I can tell you.

Also, as much as I love making fun of Americans, my adult brain no longer feels that her jibes to individual children are Wunnerful.

I haven't read the Famous Five or Secret Seven in over a decade but I get the impression that they hold up worse.

I don't know what was ever made better in history by banning a book. If you ban something, all you're going to do is get people more interested in the work, not less. Want to get a kid to try to do (or read) something? Tell them they can't.

Better if you could name the books and authors so we can fight about that. But, sure, some writers lack the intelligence to accurately depict people and cultures outside of their own.

I disliked first couple hundred of pages, just totally not the kind of book I would normally read. But I knew I would finish it, even if I didn't like it, so it was easier. I think at about 600-700 pages I was actually interested in the story and how it would end and from this point onward I stayed invested. It's not my all time favorite, but I'm glad I've read it, I think it's finely executed and you do appreciate by the end of it how all the plot lines fall into place.

Is there a specific thing you dislike in the book?

My trick with books that aren't getting me is to jump to the last chapter and read a few pages. If it's interesting enough that I want to know how it got there I'll go back and keep reading. If it's not I'll give up on the book.

I don't even really see the individual posting these threats as the root of the problem. Every generation of people is going to have some people who are capable of learning to love doing the most heinous shit imaginable, especially if they're convinced that doing so will make them a heroic defender of "their" people. What turns 'ordinary men' into monsters is group dynamics and authority pushing them towards the conclusion that violence, even to people who are objectively not guilty of anything wrong, is the only answer.

So-called commentators and intellectuals on television and the Internet, who are never going to endorse blowing up a school or conducting a mass shooting, but will bang on day and night about children being in danger and that the "groomers" and "predators" need to be "stopped", I blame them far more than any one paranoid lone wolf with a gun.

Isn't this always the way? If a celebrity dies to drugs people call it tragic, your average Joe would be called a junkie. There's many double standards like this.

I think this is a great example that there's stupid people on all sides and from all walks

They're more high school favorites but pretty much anything by John Grisham, just all the worst traits of 90s authors on full display

The way it was worded and the time of day, made me think that the students had not arrived to class yet.

People have been doing it for YEARS. I first noticed it with OCD. "My OCD!" (Self diagnosed) as if it is this quirky fun thing.

I like Gilmore Girls because it shows that people aren't perfect. We fuck up, we hurt people, we make dumb choices like dropping out.

Counter argument, depends on the story. The diverse person may be an exotic escaped slave, runaway lover, criminal in hiding.

He may look/act/speak different, but villagers has acc epted him(as their darl cult leader as he has a dorect contact with their dead god) i meam accepted him as their own as he is hard working, kind and polite

Delete tiktok, delete instagram. If you keep in touch with people on instagram, then just unfollow book-related stuff.

This will probably help with your general situation as well, not only this specific unhealthy behaviour.

I listened to 10 mins of the audio and got bored but I thought it might just be the narrators voice I didn't like

So so true, I'd come away from posting on my thankfully deleted instagram account with infinitely more anxiety, sense of worthlessness or not being good enough than when I opened the page. Would people like the pic I posted? if not, what did I do wrong, maybe I'm just not photogenic, what about the blue evil eye emoji people say you should post to ward of jealousy and envy, utter nonsense but at the time felt key to a good selfie or whatever else. It's a toss up between instagram or tick tock for the most psychologically damaging platforms imho.

Yeah. My father told me once "You never read the same book twice, because you are a diffrent person every time you read it." And I think its true.

We get that question all the time, either on r/books or on the dedicated sub r/areadingofmontecristo

Check out this posting. It sounds like abridged would be better for you. If you read the right one, and decide you LOVE it, you can graduate to unabridged later.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AReadingOfMonteCristo/comments/uxm26f/why_such_a_big_difference/

You're only 150 pages in, so you haven't hit "Rome" yet.

Same

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I am sorry you feel this way. And your english is perfectly fine. What I can suggest is that you treat this with your therapist as it is becoming an addiction and this behavior will most likely keep coming with almost everything you try. Good thing is: you caught it!

As other say: you could channel it into something different and positive. Maybe a sport outside, walking, photography… something to balance it. Or find a remote spot outside to read. You get fresh air, you get some movement and you get to read for a bit. Maybe time your daily readings. The best you can do to deal with all the stress of daily life is plan your day and stick to a nice and healthy routine. Get x hours of reading, x hours of this or that, anything important for you right now. Check weekly: how was my week planning? What should I change next week? And repeat :)

Have you checked videos and books from Dr Stepehen Ilardi? I heard a Masterclass from him in my Calm app and it really resonated with me and helped me focus on the important things.

Oh this would be perfect