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SardonicTyrant posted:Are there any rules on doing Let's Reads? I couldn't seem to find any. what sort of rules were you looking for? Hasn't been an issue so far, not gonna impose a rule unless there's a real need for it. Standard forum rules apply.
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SardonicTyrant posted:Are there any rules on doing Let's Reads? I couldn't seem to find any. No, there are no rules against making very bad threads in this forum (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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A human heart posted:No, there are no rules against making very bad threads in this forum Or bad posts, either.
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good posts are strongly discouraged in tbb
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posting in general. don't post here, it's illegal
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It's not a rule, but I found doing a let's read easier when I did my second attempt by doing an audiobook style thing, rather than posting the text directly. I'm having fun doing my Once Upon a Dream reading and trying to act out the varying roles. Also, I read a book (Your Truth or Mine) that tried to advertise itself as "A couple have to reevaluate how they see each other when a harsh truth comes out about one of them that causes a domino effect" that implied that the wife would have her own terrible secret that would unveil as her husbands infidelity did, but it turned out to be just "The wife finds out that her husband is an rear end in a top hat who has a history of abusive behaviour and violence to other people and comes to terms with the fact that her entire relationship was just normalised because her own father was trash unbeknownst to her because her mother tried to protect her feelings toward him, it's just that he didn't do THIS murder." It was advertised as Mr and Mrs Smith, but in truth turned out to be Rose Madder. However, it did have a satisfying ending where the wife sends the evidence exonerating her husband to the police so he doesn't go to jail for a murder he didn't commit, but at the same time she goes her own way and just fucks off leaving him to wallow in his own shittiness. I appreciate that she severed. The book wasn't bad, but it was a different type of story than the blurb promised so I just spent the story being annoyed at how unlikeable the husband was despite the wife realising that being the point of the story. The biggest secret the wife has is "She's seeing a therapist and is afraid of how her husband will see her if he finds out because she already knows he's kind of an rear end about mental health issues" I've been enjoying supermarket mystery novels in general lately, recommending a new author, CJ Tudor, who has written two books that I know of, both mysteries with a supernatural element in the primal evil vein called The Chalk Man and The Taking of Annie Thorne They both have an interesting aspect where the supernatural thing is the source of the problems, but not the primary threat. The primary threat is always some human who's become some kind of vessel or servant, or sometimes just an rear end in a top hat on their own time, who acts as a foil for the cast. BioEnchanted fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Dec 29, 2019 |
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Dec 29, 2019 13:45
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one of my goals for 2020 is to read the man without qualities
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ulvir posted:one of my goals for 2020 is to read the man without quality You may think I'm an open book But you don't know which page to turn to
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This book sounds interesting https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1212569252982591489
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Charlz Guybon posted:This book sounds interesting That sounds superb, but it doesn’t seem to be in print as far as I can see.
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https://twitter.com/AdamOPrice/status/1213112835498283012
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Jan 4, 2020 23:24
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So is there a thread for the current RWA implosion? It’s fairly entertaining in a sad way.
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Maxwell Lord posted:So is there a thread for the current RWA implosion? It’s fairly entertaining in a sad way. wow, this is quite something: https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/rwa-racism-controversy-with-courtney-milan-explained.html
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Jan 5, 2020 01:46
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"Damon Suede". No way.
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Maxwell Lord posted:So is there a thread for the current RWA implosion? It’s fairly entertaining in a sad way. https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/egndb7/romancelandia_romance_writers_of_america_is/
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I'm at my mum's place and ran out of book so I had to pick something from her library that I also have at home so I don't have to borrow one. I thought I might as well go for Waltari's "The Adventurer" as hey it's only 800 or so pages and I've had a copy since the early nineties. Then when I pulled it out of the bookcase I LOLed out loud because it has loving Donald Trump on the cover: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/MikaelKarvajalka.jpg
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Jerry Cotton posted:"Damon Suede". No way. Apparently this rear end in a top hat also managed to piss off Chuck Tingle, which is quite an achievement.  quote:Gorblin Crimble is an aspiring romance author with a brand new novel that could be his first breakthrough hit. Of course, Gorblin is going to need some help getting his work out there, and starts by seeking likeminded creatives.
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Selachian posted:Apparently this rear end in a top hat also managed to piss off Chuck Tingle, which is quite an achievement. One of these days in going to read me a Chuck Tingle. Or are they digital only?
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https://twitter.com/alloy_dr/status/1214708484152995840?s=20
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I am really enjoying Ahab's Return or The Last Voyage by Jeffrey Ford. Anyone else like? What are some other good books in this vein? These classic literary re-imaginings. Anyone else check it?
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Reminder, we have a TBB book chat discord: https://discord.gg/fH4HxH
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I love looking at squiggles on paper and deriving meaning from them
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Reminder, we have a TBB book chat discord: Apparently the link is broken/expired!
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i was loving disco elysium and hoping it would get a switch port or something, but i hate it now
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What a depressing quote, Jesus.
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Gertrude Perkins posted:Apparently the link is broken/expired! https://discord.gg/vU9DtN ulvir posted:i was loving disco elysium and hoping it would get a switch port or something, but i hate it now If you've played the game, the quote is semi-obvious trolling. The game is almost entirely text based and the writing is overall the best I've ever seen in any video game. There's an eternal divide between writers who think writing should *challenge* the reader (Faulkner, Joyce, etc.) and writers who think writing should entice the reader (Dickens, Twain, etc.).
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I think it can do...both...at the same time!?
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:There's an eternal divide between writers who think writing should *challenge* the reader (Faulkner, Joyce, etc.) and writers who think writing should entice the reader (Dickens, Twain, etc.).
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Sham bam bamina! posted:I really wouldn't have expected a take this stupid from you. IDK, I get the sentiment. Everyone's had the experience of "falling into" a novel, where you stop seeing the words and don't notice turning the page, you just live within the story, and it's a fantastic experience. And then there are times you marvel at the use of language or structure - it would be very difficult to "fall into", say, House of Leaves or Ship of Theseus. Which is a better experience? That depends on the reader I suppose but I enjoy both in different ways.
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On the other hand,quote:Kurvitz wanted to avoid the typical way RPGs feed words to their players in chunks of expository lines. "How to get it into a fast, ticking form for a brain that's been fed on Twitter and Tumblr?"
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:There's an eternal divide between writers who think writing should *challenge* the reader (Faulkner, Joyce, etc.) and writers who think writing should entice the reader (Dickens, Twain, etc.). oof
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Any dichotomy is a false dichotomy but see Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, pp 178-184
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Disco Elysium looks like it's extremely my jam, especially as someone who liked both Torments, but on the other hand, what the gently caress is this
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I want to read books but I get so sleepy at night, and I keep buying more and make it just out of chapter 1.
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I never found Dickens enticing vOv
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excellent bird guy posted:I want to read books but I get so sleepy at night, and I keep buying more and make it just out of chapter 1. Reading in bed is bad sleep hygiene anyway. Reading on the bog is just bad. When's a guy to read?  (I read on the bus and during breaks which works for me.)
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I do most of my reading on my lunch breaks. It's the best stress relief ever, and it's something I always look forward to.
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Philthy posted:I do most of my reading on my lunch breaks. It's the best stress relief ever, and it's something I always look forward to. Badly handled updates and migrations that take hours on end are the best thing at work because I just sit there reading and sipping free coffee and if someone asks me to do something I'm just "yeah nah sorry computy no worky come back tomorrow" while getting paid. This was how I finished Waltari's "The Adventurer" in less than a week last week.
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