Hey /lit/ i barely come here, but i need some help
my boyfriend wants me to read to him while he is in bed, but i dont know what to read to him, anything you can recommend for me to read to him?
>>7739470
2666
everyone poops
infinete jest
finnegans wake
the ego and its own
The Jungle Books.
>>7739470
The love poems of Pablo Neruda
Justine by DeSade
Ulysses (for the cycling and bathtub scene)
Lolita
100 Years of Solitude
That should bring you two together.
>>7739499
thanks, de sade is great but i doubt its something good to read to someone who is trying to fall asleep
Why does he want you to read to him while he's in bed? To relax or something? Is he blind?
D-does he want to be reminded of childhood?
I'm asking because it'll help us give you recs.
>>7739528
to relax, and no he isnt blind
well he mainly just wants me to do it to relax him
also he isnt a native english speaker so something a bit simple so i can read a bit slowly to him, he is german btw in case that can help more
>>7739537
How about Don Quixote?
>>7739550
>Don Quixote
hmmm i havent read that myself so maybe yeah, i have a pdf of the great gatsby as well and that is high school leve l reading so it should be ok right?
>>7739470
That is a sweet thing to do for your man, you sound like a good girl (or boy?) friend. I think some comfy, yet manly reading material would be in order, nothing too rhetorically complicated or action-heavy, nothing too grim or erotic either as this is relaxation material. How about some Sherlock Holmes stories?
>>7739557
Yes, that would be easy too. Adventure novels like Don Quixote and Treasure Island and such tend to be written in a way that's easily comprehensible, so maybe you'll want to look into those.
My Twisted World
>>7739574
why am I not surprised, maybe because a contemporary woman would never do something this nice for a guy
>>7739588
heh well i just try and be the best bf i can be
>>7739590
he already has read it and has it in his home but thanks anyways!
>>7739470
120 days of Sodom
Venus in furs
Eleven thousand rods
Nanking massacre
The rape of Nanking
Hiroshima
The marbled swarm
Geek Love
A child called it
The painted bird
Wasp factory
>>7739470
What a weird thing to ask.
wow you are awesome i wish my gf would read me /lit/-core to me in bed
hi everyone the OP from last night
i went ahead and read him 14 pages from the great gatsby, but he fell asleep midway through so i dont know how much he heard
but this morning he told me he really enjoyed it and would like for me to continue reading it to him
also when we are done with the book we are going to watch the movie(the older one not the dicaprio one)
so thanks to everyone for helping me out, i also saved some recommendations for future reads
thanks again /lit/ <3
Spenser's Prothalamion
CALME was the day, and through the trembling ayre
Sweete-breathing Zephyrus did softly play
A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay
Hot Titans beames, which then did glyster fayre;
When I, (whom sullein care,
Through discontent of my long fruitlesse stay
In Princes Court, and expectation vayne
Of idle hopes, which still doe fly away,
Like empty shaddowes, did afflict my brayne,)
Walkt forth to ease my payne
Along the shoare of silver streaming Themmes;
Whose rutty Bancke, the which his River hemmes,
Was paynted all with variable flowers,
And all the meades adornd with daintie gemmes
Fit to decke maydens bowres,
And crowne their Paramours
Against the Brydale day, which is not long:
Sweete Themmes! runne softly, till I end my Song.
(etc)
>>7739476
The true meme trilogy
>>7741816
the dicaprio one is a lot better trust me
captures the atmosphere of the book so well
>>7739574
>a boy thanks
and here I thought this thread seemed so sweet...
>>7739470
Lady Chatterly's Lover!
>>7741891
well how is it not?
i mean just because im a guy it becomes something bad?
i just want to do something nice for him is all
i cant be physically with him so i want him to feel me as close as possible and if that means ill read or sing to him while in bed well then i will do that because i love him!
>>7743112
>i mean just because im a guy it becomes something bad?
much of your intention is right. the sentiment is very sweet.
but when a man desires to be with another man, his desires are in a state of disorder. "Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God."
I don't mean to be condescending or nasty. I have sexual perversions of my own to be overcome. I only mean that my heart was broken to see such a noble expression of love wasted on sickly desire.
>>7743112
why cant you be physically with him?
>>7744186
Wow you are "heartbroken" by hearing about a guy in love with a guy, it must really suck to be a little pussy like you. Why don't you focus on your own "sexual perversions" first before scolding others for tender and innocent behavior.
>ywn be OP's bf
A rather devastating feel
>>7745186
there there anon im sure you will find someone to read to you someday!
im sure of it!
Holes - Louis Sachar
The horror at camp Jellyjam - R.L.Stine
La familia de Pascual Duarte - C.J.Cela
Niebla - M. de Unamuno
The madman's tale - John Zimmerman
Götzen-Dämmerung oder Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophirt - Herr Zarathustra
O Alquimista - Paulo Coelho
Crónica de una muerte anunciada - Marquez
孙子兵法 - 孫子
El último tren a Zurich - César Vidal
>>7744189
well sadly he lives in europe and i in america and he is 7 hours ahead of me so its a bit difficult to find time to talk
but by like 5 pm for me he is already in bed and thats the time when i dont have much to do so i can easily spend it with him til he falls asleep
>>7745274
thanks anon OP here i made a notepad file with all the recommendations, so ill add yours as well!
>>7744186
lol
>>7744445
>innocent
Not according to Scripture.
>tender
I acknowledge that it is.
>>7745517
Is God cool with a man loving another man so long as there's no sexy time?
>>7745564
does he have a sexual desire towards him?
Tolkien for fantastic adventures that should hopefully translate to nice dreams. Maybe start with the Hobbit and move on to LOTR. Also, have you considered talking books?
>>7745688
Well that's nothing a few Hail Marys can't fix.
>>7744186
>christians
>>>>>trash
>>7745274
>César vidal
lmao
>>7739537
>German
Well that explains the mothering fetish
>>7745850
German boys love to be cared for in a motherly way (and it doesn't make a difference that you're also a boy)
>>7745863
heh ok i gotcha
well it does ring some truth
he does enjoy when i sing to him and read to him goodnight, and he loves it when i tenderly speak to him ^~^
>>7742816
>mfw
>>7739470
The letters of a recovering monogamist.
>>7739574
IMMERSION RUINED
WHY DONT YOU JUST LIE AND SAY GIRL.
>>7745953
cause it gives a better understanding of the situation and helps to what could be recommended
plus lying is pretty petty and well yeah that
>>7739470
Borges, my girlfriend loves being read Borges.
>>7739470
The Warren Commission.
>>7739470
Divorce Paper Case Studies 1900-1999
>>7739470
Sexual Repression in Baby Pandas.
The communist manifesto always puts me to sleep and I am german
>>7746046
tfw no gf to read Borges to and/or to Borges be read by
>>7746165
I think I had a stroke here
>tfw no gf to read me Borges
>tfw no Borges bf
>>7745564
>Is God cool with a man loving another man so long as there's no sexy time?
First off: I'm not a qualified authority on scripture.
But my understanding is that it's okay to have gay desires, so long as you restrain from acting on them.
If by "loving" you just mean a feeling of longing, then yes. If you mean cultivating a sexless romantic relationship, then no.
>>7739574
>a boy
That's gay.
Trout Mask Replica note by note
>>7747535
Where does he say god disallows gays? I'd like to read it.
>>7739470
50 shades of gray
>>7747702
Do a google search. There are plenty of references in the OT, but some in the NT as well: 1 Tim 1:8, Rom 1:26, and Jude 7 all make explicit reference to the Sodomites or to unnatural lust between men.
>>7747956
I think unhappiness and fatalism are typical of the Trump supporter
like a Trump vote is just a big "fuck you" to the world, mixed with some pleasure in imagining immigrants being deported
>>7749176
don't forget. winning.
