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Some books 📚 take me to my happy place. I have a few but I'm juggling 🤹♂️ between Sherlock Holmes and John Wyndham atm. Love it. What are some of your favs you like to go back to? |
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I used to read Nineteen Eighty-Four a lot when I was younger. Boris Vian's works. I dunno, I tend to go back to comics for comfort. I wouldn't mind reading Roald Dahl's stuff again if we're talking pure comfort reading. That would really take me back. |
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that book fucked me up, way scarier then any horror |
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any terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams have this warm cosy feel to them |
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The Orwell one? I think the first time I read it I cried a bit at one point, and threw the book across the room! 😆 |
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yes, why it hit so hard is that its true to life how some people want to enact total control, its so chilling "There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always — do not forget this, Winston — always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." |
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Shit, I need to get tucked into Jerusalem again. It's been a rough patch for me lately and I simply cannot read when I'm agitated. I don't know if it's common, and you guys get that, but I'll be reading a few pages and suddenly realise that I have no idea what I've just read. The mind wonders even as you read. It's frustrating. |
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Yeah for sure. I thought the love story was difficult as well. I think that's why I threw the book. |
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yes I know that feeling very well, I have to be very relaxed to read and enjoy it, otherwise I just cant concentrate |
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yes its certainly not an easy read, I wouldn't recommend it for someone who easily suffers from depression |
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Its one of those books that stays with you, another one was the Road by Cormac McCarthy that really did stick in my head |
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I remember being impressed by my Belgian friend reading 1984 in Chinese. I haven't read it in years. I was always more inclined towards Down and out... which I've read numerous times. I know people who swear off fiction entirely, which is fine. If science relaxes you, then go for it. I sometimes read ethnographies for fun (recently The Forest People, for ex). If you're looking for a light, perfectly comfortable read, Paul Theroux's Hotel Honolulu will do the trick. He uses big words sometimes but his prose flow nicely. Anyway, I welcome a word I've never come across. That book, a bunch of short stories woven into a novel. A bit of eroticism, some comedy, interesting characters. He really nails human nature (and its follies) perfectly. Apparently some feminists have labeled him a misogynist for his portrayal of women; I tend to disagree, I think he portrays them just fine. I've read it many, many times. A good holiday read. It's an easy read too - I like that. It doesn't require much of the reader but to enjoy. Roald Dahl - good call, though not something I tend to go back to often. I have an anthology and A Tales of the Unexpected box set - where he introduces each episode from his writing table. You'll think me weird (if you don't already) but I have never read any Douglas Adams. I have a mental block against trying it. As a rule I try to read at least one chapter of something before bed, and yes, that is when that thing happens where you can't remember what you just read. It's a bit like reading an academic article. It can be indicative of a few things: fatigue, bad book and yeah, a pressing matter or idea 💡 etc... 📚 👍 |
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Paul Theroux. Noted. I love Down and Out... must have read it a few times. The period in Paris especially stuck with me. What a mad place it must have been back then. A lot of character(s). |
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If you have never read any Paul Theroux and like what you read, then you are in luck: he's a very prolific writer. His fiction is (imo) great, but he's also a good travel writer (notably, the great railway bazaar, riding the iron rooster, dark star safari etc). I'm all about kindle these days but I have a lot of his books, more by him than any other author. You can decide for yourself though, don't take my word for it. I think his most popular novel is The Mosquito Coast; Peter Weir made a movie about it with Harrison Ford and River Phoenix, which I also quite liked. I'm going on a bit now. PT also happens to be Louis Theroux's dad. His other son, Marcel, is not a bad writer either. |
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first 2 hitchhiker books are very good, rest you can tell he has run out of ideas, and just trying to keep up his mortgage repayments |
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