A movie could take you 3hrs to finish.
A book could take 30 days to finish.
Vetting the quality of a book is much more important than a movie.
How do you go about choosing/finding which book you should read next?
i just pick up a book off bloom's list
>Search "top 100 of all time" lists.
>Scan the synopsis of each. Ignore the ones with themes or plots I don't like.
>Queue them up.
or
>Search "top 100" lists of a favorite genre.
>Scan the synopsis of each. Ignore the ones with themes or plots I don't like.
>Queue them up.
or
>Search the entire bibliography of a favorite author.
>Scan the synopsis of each. Ignore the ones with themes or plots I don't like.
>Queue them up.
The real question is, where to find these "lists" that aren't complete shit.
>>8161894
>A book could take 30 days to finish.
kys
>>8161894
Lit, goodreads, books mentioned in other books/footnotes/endnotes/essays, classics everybody knows about.
If they seem interesting or important to me I'll read.
is blooms canon shit? because bloom says so but is that just him being a little bitch about people complaining their favourite obscure author isnt there or is there a better definitive (as much as something like that can be) list of canon books of comparable length
>>8162095
Bibliographies and reading guides are common. I have an introduction to literatures—plural intended—in eight volumes which is basically a commented list of recommended authors and works across the world.
>a book could take 30 days to finish
>>8162135
That answers OP's question then. If a book takes you 30 days, it is well worth 30 days of intensive reading. Simple, easy to read books like pulp or YA you can easily read in under a week.
