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Fuck the classics, unless that's what you ACTUALLY want to read. Read erotic novels, books only written by Real Housewives or just the paper. Just read, your aging brain will thank you.
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I think a lot of people can find reading really intimidating because they feel they have to read the literary greats (which can be linguistically inaccessible), and while I believe those have tremendous value I also think they aren’t requirements. If you want to read exclusively romance, or YA fantasy, or murder mysteries, go for it. I think when we put parameters on what should or shouldn’t be read we make it feel like a chore or an assignment. But I think there is infinite value in your airport paperback as long as you are finding true enjoyment. Anyways this is basically a long winded way of saying, read what you want and don’t feel like you aren’t as good of a reader just because you aren’t reading Hemingway.
P.S. this is my professional opinion as a real life librarian
Jan 13, 2025
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i usually find myself in reading ruts when i’m taking classes and being assigned books or when i’m trying to keep up with new releases and the “smart” books that are usually dense and long. i can usually get myself out of this rut by picking out a book that looks fun to me, like a book set on a beach or something I loved in middle school. I’m reading From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler right now and it’s just FUN!!! I also am very much not someone who feels like they have to finish a book. Life is too short. I think that helps!
Mar 29, 2024
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sometimes your mind has to expand in a different direction. put down the russian literature. the didion. whatever it is you flash ppl with at the boutique coffee shop. pick up the Ice Planet Barbarians. the colleen hoover. i dare you
Jan 30, 2024
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I want to feel that feeling in my chest when I find some music that makes my heart swell. Im struggling to find that. Women and their woes is my ideal brief.
Help!!!!!!!!!
Jan 10, 2025
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Portuguese is going to be my passion project for the next year
Jan 8, 2025
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I worked with a woman last year who smelled rich, old money rich. Like incense, reminding me of funerals in Catholic Churches. She left her smell in each room she exited. For Christmas I received a lot of perfume, I plan to stink out each room I enter and exit.
Jan 8, 2025