How do you approach a book /lit/? Just pick it up, read it,

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2016-06-25 04:41:33 Post No. 8205353
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Anonymous 2016-06-25 04:41:33 Post No. 8205353 [Report]

How do you approach a book /lit/?

Just pick it up, read it, take your interpretation, and leave it?
Research the book a little so you're primed to understand the common interpretation of a book?
Read it and research it after to support or deny your own interpretations?

Do these things changed based on the scope of the book? Say, 1984 vs. Finnegan's Wake?

~~Or do you just not read and shitpost instead?~~

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Anonymous 2016-06-25 04:56:04 Post No.8205382
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Anonymous 2016-06-25 04:56:04 Post No.8205382 [Report]

>>8205353
Usually I read it and then later I read some stuff that other people wrote about it. Then if I have the time and inclination I might read it again.

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Anonymous 2016-06-25 13:27:25 Post No.8206121
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Anonymous 2016-06-25 13:27:25 Post No.8206121 [Report]

>>8205353
>Find book
>Check wikipedia page/goodreads
>browse through random pages
>buy book
>read

I do this if I'm buying Crime and Punishment or Garfields Greatest Hits. It's a bad habit I know.

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Anonymous 2016-06-25 13:46:46 Post No.8206136
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Anonymous 2016-06-25 13:46:46 Post No.8206136 [Report]

I've learned to enjoy books instead of fret over their meaning. Oddly, result has been an improvement in my own ability to abstractly and uniquely interpret and analyze books. Sometimes I do get curious and read other stuff about the work but only after I finish.