Find a way to have a book with you at all times. Ebooks on my phone was one great solution for me - instead of endlessly scrolling social media, I could read my book. I have a book upstairs, downstairs, and in my purse, so that if I’m about to sit down and laze, I can just easily grab a book instead of scrolling while I sit, since I noticed I’d often go, “ugh, my book is upstairs, I’m not going all the way up there, oh well, tv/social media it is.”

Basically, figure out how to make reading easier for your brain and your schedule. And if you’re not enjoying a book, dump the book! Especially when you’re getting into the habit, be picky with only stuff you’re actually having fun reading. Otherwise it’ll be a chore and your brain will not want to do it.

It’s a very interesting observation. Based on the way, she discusses characters, I almost get the vibe that she is coming from a very privileged place, and most of her interactions with said people may be limited. I get the vibe that she is writing about her preconceived motion of the character types versus the reality in doing so, I feel she denies many of the characters, a significant portion of their humanity all in all, and again this is only my personal opinion, I do not feel this book was worthy of the Pulitzer Prize.

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Antony Horowitz "Power of Five" series, is actually a remake of an older series called "Pentagram", which got cancelled part way through.

Yeah and Melisandre said Stannis Baratheon was the prophesied prince. The future is hard to predict...

Seriously though after Martin said that Ty Frank took to Twitter to say he and Abraham won't finish it without George's consent. But what happens when his estate decides they want the check from the publisher?

Daniel Abraham was literally responsible for splitting of A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons into two books because Martin wrote too much for one book (source they have talked about it to cons and a simple Google search confirms this). And he hasn't issued any qualms about finishing the work when Martin passes (hopefully with more written).

I read The Alchemist for the first time at 14 years old. My dad and I had just sailed to a small coastal Great Lakes town. He laid down for a nap and I went out exploring on my own, feeling very adult. I stopped in a tiny book shop to browse and the very cute friendly clerk mentioned how much he loved the book I’d picked up to cover how flustered I got when he came in from the back. I bought it and it turned out to be the perfect book to acquire in that manner. I had an enormous amount of fun reading it and it’ll always hold a special place in my heart. Glad to see others have positive experiences with it in this subreddit too!

Thanks, that does.

Technically correct (the best kind) but an IP lawyer would have to clarify about legally correct. The E-book definitely isn't a copy because of the change in medium (it's a series of bits on a drive not ink on paper) but there might be more important legal distinctions.

And will be fined!

I work for a reading tutoring company and I can assure you public schools do not expect every child to be reading novels in Kinder lol. Instruction in K-1 focuses mostly on letter-sound correspondence, phonics, sight words, and spelling .

Right and only logical call.

The r/books circlejerk is never more obnoxious or banal than when this book gets mentioned. “DAE actually not like the Alchemist?” is pretty much a meme at this point. People take way too much joy pontificating about how the book is “actually not that deep” and ”not as smart as it thinks it is.” I’m guessing these would be better descriptors of the people who pile into these threads than the book itself.

It’s a feel-good fairytale adventure about trusting your destiny and finding some treasure. People almost universally enjoy simple, well-told stories, and that’s exactly what it is. It’s a nice quick read, something to make you reflect a little and feel good for having gone on an adventure. It’s not trying to be the Bible, though you would think so for how much attention it gets on this subreddit.

Do yourself a favor and let yourself enjoy the book. Don’t even look at this subreddit regurgitating the same hackneyed takedown a thousand times over. “WOW, the Alchemist? My thoughts on this overrated ‘novel…’” Oh fuck off, you self-serious knob.

Two things you can be very proud of:

1. Your son's love for reading.
2. Your son trusting you enough to tell you himself, that he read in bed instead of sleeping.

So, good job!

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It's on my to-read list, but I don't have high hopes. Grisham's last good book was The Racketeer, published in 2012.

Yep, I just have the orange penguin cover. It only has lettering which is best for this type of book.

One that I can think of off the top of my head is The Mandalorian: An Original Novel by Adam Christopher.

It was announced in mid 2020 and slated for December of that year. Then it was pushed to almost a year later, in November of 21. But then in March of 21 it was cancelled entirely.

I have wondered if the book focused on Cara Dune in some capacity, and since she was fired from the show they shelved the book instead of rewriting.

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A lot of classic fantasy covers are so beautiful and detailed, but then you read the book and they have nothing to do with the actual content. It’s a little funny.

I also thoroughly enjoyed it, although I haven't read it since 2006 so I'm not sure I'd like it again if I reread it.

Agreed. I found certain passages enthralling and others meandering, but it was maybe a 50/50 split. I think in writing there is sometimes a hesitancy for editors to edit too much on an author that has displayed some level of critical merit or general popularity.

After looking at the covers, all I can tell you is that these books involve spaceships. Possibly even space battles.

The Omega Canyon by Dan Simmons was slated to be released in 2017 but it keeps getting pushed off. I consider it canceled and will take a miracle for it to ever come out.

Clive Barker claimed he was going to finish the Abarat series, but he won't.

There's a really good 400 page novel buried in there somewhere, but I'm not exactly sure which parts comprise it.

Ideally he'd release them in an ebook format so at least the stories would be out there without the publisher having to spend time and money on getting the physical book set up. Er, would the format even work in an ebook though, considering how Danielewski's writing is? Anyway, yeah I get it, it's just kinda unfortunate.