frick, there was one, what was it?
Remember starting early and reading till like 3 at night with eye strain.
Its weird that I remember the experience, but not the book itself.
was it? frick, was it Warrior Cats? When I saw it on my old bookshelf when I came back from college? But then again, I kind of feel like it was a classic, like Scarlet letter or something. idk../
I know that's like an anime series, is the anime an adaptation? Usually anime is made from manga right didn't know they made them out of novels as well
I've read The Old Man and the Sea in one sitting a few times. Always took me between 3-4 hours. Also I'm going to give myself the benefit of the doubt and assume bathroom breaks do not constitute a new "sitting."
Ten little Black folk. It was raining and the power went off, so I said to myself that I would read this specific book about rain and power going ofg and I wouldnt stop ubtil the power came back. It didn't came back that day.
The Da Vinci Code when I was a teenager. We were on holiday on a beach town and it rained the whole day, we could do little but read and play cards, since phones were not a thing here then (t. thirdie) and the house we rented didn’t have a television. Took me about 6 to 8 hours, I thought it was the best book ever then. I bought his other books the day after, but I finished none since they were basically the same book. I didn’t pay for the books, my parents did, yet I felt scammed nonetheless.
Become more comfortable with reading. A bit of caffeine helps. Also don't be afraid to subvocalize! The goal is to improve your comfort and reading comprehension so that you can read faster naturally without effort. It's just like working out. You want it to be easy. Also reading subject matter you actually like will always be more absorbing and engaging than what you're not interested in.
I read Dune and then Dune messiah at work in one day each then the rest a little slower but I had to stop at god emperor because I couldn't do any work. I was talking to patients and not listening and just thinking "I wonder what Stilgar is up to right now. Haven't seen him in a while"
When I was about 14 I was stuck in my grandmother’s house with no Wi-Fi. I found a copy of the Bible. I came from a Christian family so I knew it was supposed to be the word of God but I never actually read it. Picked it up out of curiosity starting at Genesis and literally could not stop reading all night. Got through all of Genesis and about half of Exodus if I remember correctly. My mother was shocked. That was my first time seriously reading, I wish I could regain that sort of passion and interest in literature.
Pic related just a couple of days ago.
The translation was terrible but since I really enjoyed the film I knew where the story was going and was excited to see the differences in the book.
I think the poor translation hurt my enjoyment of it a lot, so I read more out of curiosity than enjoyment.
It was good. I liked all the distinction between brick-laying and stone masonry and the pride in one’s work. And the family dysfunction. It seemed to skip generations. The grandfather and grandson found work they found meaningful and that they could take pride in but the father and nephew could not. They had the opportunity to but got wrapped up in other pursuits. Definitely worth reading.
Z. Rex when I was 12. It’s about a kid whose dad works at Xbox and has to team up with a dinosaur to fight a bad guy with karate! I had read this at least three times.
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. It's really easy to get sucked into that book, and I'm the type of guy who won't stop reading until I finish a chapter, and so when there are only four chapters in a book... I really need to do a deep-read of it some time.
The book itself? It's a pretty dense book that definitely calls for multiple reads. After I read it I watched a video series on it and read a paper on it (something I regret, because now I wish I'd just put all the pieces together on my own), and I think I have a solid understanding of it now. If I could give just one word of advice to anyone reading it for the first time, it would be to throw away all expectations of understanding everything on the first go. Just read it through and enjoy Faulkner's incredible prose and imagery (especially chapter 2), and don't even bother re-reading sentences if you get lost. Bulldoze ahead. Essentially, take a similar approach as you would Aristotle, where in order to understand his works, you first need to read them in their entirety, and then re-read them with the knowledge you acquired the first time through, like his bibliography is just one massive labyrinth you need to map out in your own mind, because he intentionally makes some many things so obtuse and contracts so much information into such a small space.
Very good advice I wish I'd had on the first read.
How hard is this?
genuinely take heed, if you don't do it this way you'll end up googling (like most do) the plot, which diminishes the power and the magic of the structure
I am Legend when I was very young. I remember I could imagine the scenes so well I would stop seeing the words in the page, and only after getting distracted by something I would see them. It has been so long and I can still remember the shock I felt by how fast the doggie died.
I read the Borne Identity and Borne Supremacy over the course of 5 days. Basically all in one sitting, I was on winter break at my fathers and had nothing to do so I read those every waking moment, between meals too.
The Catcher in the Rye, Eleven Minutes
frick, there was one, what was it?
Remember starting early and reading till like 3 at night with eye strain.
Its weird that I remember the experience, but not the book itself.
was it? frick, was it Warrior Cats? When I saw it on my old bookshelf when I came back from college? But then again, I kind of feel like it was a classic, like Scarlet letter or something. idk../
Song of Roland
Cat's Cradle
Slaughterhouse-five
The sound and the fury
The metamorphosis
A happy death
Short books are easy to read in one sitting
>The sound and the fury
That's pretty nuts, I'm hoping it ages well if I reread it but I can't bring myself to.
Beowulf, and only because i had a test the next day. they other one... its too embarrassing.
Come on, what's the other one?
The Scarlett Pimpernel and many of the Famous Five titles.
Fate/stay night
I know that's like an anime series, is the anime an adaptation? Usually anime is made from manga right didn't know they made them out of novels as well
It was a visual novel, to be precise. Novel adaptations are not infrequent, but they're usually of light novels which are basically YA serials.
There's no rule that limits how long a sitting is.
Bullshit you didn't read 80-100 hours of material in 1 sitting.
I've read The Old Man and the Sea in one sitting a few times. Always took me between 3-4 hours. Also I'm going to give myself the benefit of the doubt and assume bathroom breaks do not constitute a new "sitting."
harry potter and the goblet of fire when I was at home sick from middle school. great memory. me and my mastiff laying on the couch all day.
American Exceptionalsm
none honestly
Candide
what was your favorite part?
The part where he meets up with the Manichaean and they travel Europe. Not sure why, it's just the part that stuck in my head.
Ten little Black folk. It was raining and the power went off, so I said to myself that I would read this specific book about rain and power going ofg and I wouldnt stop ubtil the power came back. It didn't came back that day.
Against the Day
The Da Vinci Code when I was a teenager. We were on holiday on a beach town and it rained the whole day, we could do little but read and play cards, since phones were not a thing here then (t. thirdie) and the house we rented didn’t have a television. Took me about 6 to 8 hours, I thought it was the best book ever then. I bought his other books the day after, but I finished none since they were basically the same book. I didn’t pay for the books, my parents did, yet I felt scammed nonetheless.
Recently… Jesus’ Son. Couldn’t put it down.
Seriously, how do I gain this power? How do I read faster?
Become more comfortable with reading. A bit of caffeine helps. Also don't be afraid to subvocalize! The goal is to improve your comfort and reading comprehension so that you can read faster naturally without effort. It's just like working out. You want it to be easy. Also reading subject matter you actually like will always be more absorbing and engaging than what you're not interested in.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Death Is My Trade
Animal Farm
I read Dune and then Dune messiah at work in one day each then the rest a little slower but I had to stop at god emperor because I couldn't do any work. I was talking to patients and not listening and just thinking "I wonder what Stilgar is up to right now. Haven't seen him in a while"
are you a surgeon, a psychoanalycist, a doctor, or what?
Wtf. How many pages can you read in an hour?
Notes From Underground
The death of Ivan Ilych
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
Steps by Jerzy Kosinski
The secret history. I was ill and in bed all day
Catcher in the Rye
Never Let Me Go
Siddharta
Hero of Our Time
Animal Farm
The Prophet
Tao Te Ching
20 Fragments of Ravenous Youth
The Stranger by Camus
Notes from the underground
Story of the eye
The metamorphosis
The pearl
Charles dexter ward
When I was about 14 I was stuck in my grandmother’s house with no Wi-Fi. I found a copy of the Bible. I came from a Christian family so I knew it was supposed to be the word of God but I never actually read it. Picked it up out of curiosity starting at Genesis and literally could not stop reading all night. Got through all of Genesis and about half of Exodus if I remember correctly. My mother was shocked. That was my first time seriously reading, I wish I could regain that sort of passion and interest in literature.
Pic related just a couple of days ago.
The translation was terrible but since I really enjoyed the film I knew where the story was going and was excited to see the differences in the book.
I think the poor translation hurt my enjoyment of it a lot, so I read more out of curiosity than enjoyment.
The Stranger
The Metamorphosis
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
No Longer Human
The Old Man and the Sea
Only No Longer Human, I'm a slow reader.
I read infinite jest over a cup of coffee at Timmy's
I read this in less than 2 hours
How did you like it?
It was good. I liked all the distinction between brick-laying and stone masonry and the pride in one’s work. And the family dysfunction. It seemed to skip generations. The grandfather and grandson found work they found meaningful and that they could take pride in but the father and nephew could not. They had the opportunity to but got wrapped up in other pursuits. Definitely worth reading.
The alchemist. Worst book I've ever read. I guess some light novels too.
I haven’t gave it a read but my friend also said it wasn’t all too great. How come you disliked it?
The closest I got (a few sittings in one day) was Lattimore's Story Patterns in Greek Tragedy.
Z. Rex when I was 12. It’s about a kid whose dad works at Xbox and has to team up with a dinosaur to fight a bad guy with karate!
I had read this at least three times.
One day I would like to do the Moby Dick marathon read along.
The metamorphosis by my beloved Franz Kafka
Stoner
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
>the death of ivan whatever the frick
>metamorphosis
>in praise of the stepmother
>memories of my melancholy prostitutes
On Ancient Medicine; I read it while on a lunch break at work.
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. It's really easy to get sucked into that book, and I'm the type of guy who won't stop reading until I finish a chapter, and so when there are only four chapters in a book... I really need to do a deep-read of it some time.
How hard is this?
The book itself? It's a pretty dense book that definitely calls for multiple reads. After I read it I watched a video series on it and read a paper on it (something I regret, because now I wish I'd just put all the pieces together on my own), and I think I have a solid understanding of it now. If I could give just one word of advice to anyone reading it for the first time, it would be to throw away all expectations of understanding everything on the first go. Just read it through and enjoy Faulkner's incredible prose and imagery (especially chapter 2), and don't even bother re-reading sentences if you get lost. Bulldoze ahead. Essentially, take a similar approach as you would Aristotle, where in order to understand his works, you first need to read them in their entirety, and then re-read them with the knowledge you acquired the first time through, like his bibliography is just one massive labyrinth you need to map out in your own mind, because he intentionally makes some many things so obtuse and contracts so much information into such a small space.
makes so many things*
Very good advice I wish I'd had on the first read.
genuinely take heed, if you don't do it this way you'll end up googling (like most do) the plot, which diminishes the power and the magic of the structure
I am Legend when I was very young. I remember I could imagine the scenes so well I would stop seeing the words in the page, and only after getting distracted by something I would see them. It has been so long and I can still remember the shock I felt by how fast the doggie died.
Some/most? Platonic dialogues I read in one go. The lighter ones like Charmides and also the Republic if you consider each book a separate entity.
I read the Borne Identity and Borne Supremacy over the course of 5 days. Basically all in one sitting, I was on winter break at my fathers and had nothing to do so I read those every waking moment, between meals too.
ABe illustrations?
The hungry caterpilar
Old Man and the Sea
The Setting Sun
The un-illustrated version of Eric
caligula
dao de jing
in the penal colony
the metamorphosis
venus in furs
aliss at the fire
And then there were none
a doll's house
Notes from Underground
Nausea
Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
Great Gatsby
We''ll to the Woods No More
Heller's Something Happened gripped me and I couldn't stop until it was over