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I've been using all the extra free time from work being closed to get back into reading books. One thing I've noticed is that I'm having a lot of trouble keeping track of what's actually happening in the book. Is that normal for someone who hasn't really read books all that consistently in years?
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Jul 27, 2020 05:36
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yeah it comes back with practice. But it also can get harder as you get older so weeee Don't sweat it, just let the book take you where it will
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Jul 27, 2020 05:38
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Roth posted:I've been using all the extra free time from work being closed to get back into reading books. It helps to load up on some caffeine or a Ritalin, improves your focus
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Jul 27, 2020 07:11
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Roth posted:I've been using all the extra free time from work being closed to get back into reading books. I’m old and seemingly forgot how to read anything longer than a tweet. Practice is helping but I still find myself putting the book down constantly.
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Jul 27, 2020 07:16
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Roth posted:I've been using all the extra free time from work being closed to get back into reading books. try reading at a slower pace, you might be reading slightly faster than what you need to keep track of things, which is pretty normal. start at a subvocalising pace, and just slowly build up from there on, if you find yourself forgetting what you just read and having to reread a page, slow down a bit again.
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Jul 27, 2020 10:27
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it’s all about finding the correct balance, you don’t want to read too fast, but you also don’t want to read too slowly
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Jul 27, 2020 10:38
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I found that breaking from fiction to nonfiction for a bit has reinvigorated my reading habits but now I’m having trouble getting motivated going back to fiction even though savage detectives did come in and is just sitting right there
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Jul 28, 2020 14:54
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nut posted:I found that breaking from fiction to nonfiction for a bit has reinvigorated my reading habits but now I’m having trouble getting motivated going back to fiction even though savage detectives did come in and is just sitting right there I've been going from fiction to nonfiction for years unless I'm just buzzing through a terrible potboiler series where there's five pages of actual plot per each hundred pages of book and every installment ends on "and everything worked out just fine for our main character... for now"
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Jul 29, 2020 04:07
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The excellent Northwestern University Press has been having a 40% sale this month on all of their books (including their brilliant European Classics series). I forgot to post about it here and not just in the TBB Discord server, but that's all right because they just extended it through August 9. Pretty good!
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Jul 31, 2020 14:50
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Lmao ban anglophones from the Internet.
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Aug 1, 2020 04:16
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Lmao ban anglophones from the Internet. Also francophones. Then everything would be fine.
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Aug 1, 2020 05:24
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I know this comes up a lot but thought I’d ask: What’s the best Gravity’s Rainbow companion guide?
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Aug 2, 2020 19:40
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Is there a specific thread for audio books?
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Aug 13, 2020 23:07
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KingColliwog posted:Is there a specific thread for audio books? Yep. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3127942
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Aug 13, 2020 23:26
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There is also a thread for e-readers. I bring this up cause I posted some about them here before I found the thread in IYG. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3366619
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Aug 13, 2020 23:42
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TheAardvark posted:There is also a thread for e-readers. I bring this up cause I posted some about them here before I found the thread in IYG. Cool thanks, now I know there’s color e-readers!
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Aug 14, 2020 00:23
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FYI a couple of us just started a read through/readalong of Ulysses, feel free to join in the James Joyce thread. We are only into the 4th episode.
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Aug 17, 2020 21:29
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Also, we're still looking for more people for the Gideon the Ninth whodunnit readalong. We'll be moving on to the second segment this Friday. Please join us for necromantic Agatha Christie in space!
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Aug 17, 2020 22:17
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that sounds good.
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Aug 17, 2020 22:26
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My biggest literary mistake was believing someone when they said Aaronovitch is good despite being crime cum wizards so rather hesitant.
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Aug 17, 2020 22:46
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Rand Brittain posted:Also, we're still looking for more people for the Gideon the Ninth whodunnit readalong. We'll be moving on to the second segment this Friday. Please join us for necromantic Agatha Christie in space! Dang I've read it so I can't really participate but I encourage anyone interested to do so, it really is a fantastic read.
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Aug 18, 2020 00:07
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3D Megadoodoo posted:My biggest literary mistake was believing someone when they said Aaronovitch is good despite being crime cum wizards so rather hesitant. Aren’t we all crime cum wizards when you really think about it?
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Aug 18, 2020 00:46
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Snowy posted:Aren’t we all crime cum wizards when you really think about it? My monitor is on tyvm
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Aug 18, 2020 01:26
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Snowy posted:Aren’t we all crime cum wizards when you really think about it? Someone's been reading some James Ellroy
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Aug 18, 2020 05:16
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feeling very attacked rn edit: if you click the link to read the rest of the thread which is pretty funny imo please be aware it is in fyad and they have NSFW flags, sorry theaardvark HolePisser1982 posted:reading mostly tech specs and industry stuff about the book printing machines themselves. which ones are loving fail. going nuts when penguin books switches to a bad machine type or company, but also, celebrrating the glorious trainwrecks lmfao. and basically alienating myself from everyone but the worst possible freaks cda fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Aug 21, 2020 |
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Aug 20, 2020 20:48
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I once sold off a book because the typeface was atrocious and I didn't want that curse in my bookcase. It was actually hard to read.
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Aug 21, 2020 03:30
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The plus side of 2020 is that students finally have time to read the classics. tumblr, for example, recently discovered moby-dick (really). 
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Aug 23, 2020 04:33
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Who does that 
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Aug 23, 2020 04:48
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I loving love it. This teenager's margin note literally made my average comprehension of the words in that book go down. I understand Moby-Dick better than this contemporary teenager's commentary about it. I love that.
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Aug 23, 2020 04:50
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Pick posted:I loving love it. This teenager's margin note literally made my average comprehension of the words in that book go down. I understand Moby-Dick better than this contemporary teenager's commentary about it. I love that. Yeah sure whatever but in pen?
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Aug 23, 2020 04:58
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Pick posted:The plus side of 2020 is that students finally have time to read the classics. tumblr, for example, recently discovered moby-dick (really). thank you I loled at both the margin note and the rainbow highlight will say for the rest of those reading, I am boldly dippin' right now
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Aug 23, 2020 11:54
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e: didn't mean 2 b rude
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Aug 23, 2020 14:20
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tbf to that teen, melville was low-key as gently caress, so it's kinda cute to see tumblr cue on to how gay Dick is
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Aug 23, 2020 17:00
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https://twitter.com/TheHyyyype/status/1290838558517993472
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Aug 23, 2020 17:03
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Pick posted:The plus side of 2020 is that students finally have time to read the classics. tumblr, for example, recently discovered moby-dick (really). That meme in the second picture is incredibly racist.
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Aug 24, 2020 01:20
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I didn't know what it was, so I googled it just now (sad to spoil the magic), and the only thing that comes up is Dippin Dots.
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Aug 24, 2020 02:23
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i still believe bartleby the scrivener is melville's greatest gay love story
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Aug 24, 2020 03:19
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Smokin Queequeg all day
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Aug 24, 2020 03:21
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i would prefer not to be a racist
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Aug 24, 2020 03:25
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No really don't do "oh lawd" memes because they are genuinely racist.
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