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>your current age
>how many books did you read last year
>how long have you been seriously reading for
>what's your favorite book
>who's your favorite author
>what's your favorite subgenre of literary fiction
>do you still enjoy reading
>>7747545
>34
>around 148
>Book of the New Sun
>Gene Wolfe
>Science Fiction/Fantasy
>I love it
>24
>precisely 1 (I burnt out in 2014 and haven't been doing much literary for a while)
>I started when I was quite young
>none
>none
>I am partial to magic realism
>I hate it. I hate it so much. This may, of course, be related to a rampant case of medication-induced restlessness I have going on at the moment. Being still enough to read is physically painful. Pacing is much better.
>>7747545
>21
>Around 30
>2 years
>Dubliners
>David Foster Wallace
>NO PLOT
>very much so
26
2
6 months
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
Drama
No
>26
>70 (mostly technical nonfiction)
>7 y
>Quran (not Muslim)
>Don't have one, as it happens
>Abstract/experimental lit
>I lost my passion for it, but go through the motions well enough
28
52 books last year
since high school
maybe Pale Fire
Pynchon
I like maximalism, big ambitious novels
of course
>>7747545
>your current age
19
>how many books did you read last year
1.5
>how long have you been seriously reading for
never
>what's your favorite book
don't have one
>who's your favorite author
judy bloom
>what's your favorite subgenre of literary fiction
idk
>do you still enjoy reading
lolno just here for the memes
>your current age
20
>how many books did you read last year
About a hundred
>how long have you been seriously reading for
Since highschool, age ~16
>what's your favorite book
Gravity's Rainbow
>who's your favorite author
A toss-up between Pynchon and Kafka
>what's your favorite subgenre of literary fiction
Anti-detective fiction/metaphysical mystery
>do you still enjoy reading
Of course. I have less drive to conquer the canon than I used to though.
>>7747545
>27
>42
>since 16
>a tale of two cities
>Dickens (comfy af)
>not sure I have a favourite I'm aware of at least
>love it
>19
>40ish
>5 years
>Europe Central
>Dostoevsky
>Drug literature(does that count)
>Don't enjoy anything
26
50
About nine or ten years but more so in the last five
I don't really have one favourite, see pic related for a few examples
JM Coetzee - I don't know why I've read so many of his books but there it is
Literary historical fiction, bildungsroman, steamy erotically charged narratives
Yes - it's one of the few things I can rely on in life
>>7747709
best anon in here
not even ironic
>your current age
32
>how many books did you read last year
25-34? I don't keep track.
>how long have you been seriously reading for
10 years
>what's your favorite book
Dokter Dumay verliest
>who's your favorite author
Gerard Reve
>what's your favorite subgenre of literary fiction
idk, guilty pleasure? lyrical poetry
>do you still enjoy reading
Yes, for fun and knowledge
>19
>like 7
>dunno
>not well read enough to have a proper answer
>same as above
>same as above
>honestly, probably not. I feel like such a fraud - I'm doing an English degree and I do enjoy analysing and writing about texts. But recreationally? I'm not so sure. I guess it comes and goes in waves.
>>7747738
>english degree
>>7747738
>
>honestly, probably not. I feel like such a fraud - I'm doing an English degree and I do enjoy analysing and writing about texts. But recreationally? I'm not so sure. I guess it comes and goes in waves.
I know this feel. Even if I did know with certainty I'd never tire of the arts it'd be a hard enough time justifying my education to myself, but as it is it's even worse.
>>7747748
>hard
>>7747742
i need these. i need them.
>>7747759
>i need these. i need them.
>>7747766
i've already located and purchased a set.
>>7747771
do you ever feel blue inside your sandwich?
>>7747776
never.
>>7747675
>>Quran (not Muslim)
What do you like about it?
>>7747776
>>7747803
It's redpilled on Marxist, Zionist degeneracy.
>>7747545
>18
>Not including, supplementary materials, between 30 and 50
>4 years
>The Tunnel
>William Gass
>metafiction
>It's what I've devoted my life to, so yes.
>>7747545
>22
>Shit son I don't keep lists or anything
>About 4 years now, since starting university, really
>Infinite Jest (still haven't read anything which opened my mind to the possibilities of literature really, however pleb you guys may find that)
>Pinecone: consistent quality
>postmodern historical (RIP Eco)
>Shit yes
>>7747978
this whole post was reddit
>>7748034
but is the opposite true?
>>7748034
Been here since before the fucking Hypersphere, though.
