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FocusAny1808 t1_jac1q8o wrote
Reply to I started I’ll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara, I can’t stand all the parts about her just talking about herself! by gamercouplelolz
Pretty sure it wasn’t finished before she died and three other people put it together and maybe that’s why you feel it’s disjointed.
Negative-Net-9455 t1_jac162f wrote
Reply to comment by Mad_Madman_is_Mad in Children of Time/Children of Ruin. Why one worked for me and one didn't. (Mild Spoilers) by ChickenDragon123
Don't be, it's great. I understand OP's points but I personally don't tend to slice up which characters carry the most emotion, I just enjoy the story.
highpriestess024 t1_jac1518 wrote
Reply to What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
Twilight books
infi_nate86 t1_jac03e3 wrote
Reply to comment by gamercouplelolz in I started I’ll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara, I can’t stand all the parts about her just talking about herself! by gamercouplelolz
Just watch the HBO miniseries, if you have access. I couldn’t finish the book either, but the show was quite good. Admittedly, there’s still a fair amount of her personal life that is covered in the series, but I didn’t mind it as much.
[deleted] t1_jac01cj wrote
Reply to comment by HanaBothWays in Just read Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott and it may just be the single most eye opening book I’ve ever read by sashanktungu
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bibliophile222 t1_jabzutv wrote
Reply to What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
I don't really have any book-related guilty pleasures, since I'm not super into any of the typical "guilty pleasure" genres (no shade if you are into them, they're just not for me). I definitely have TV guilty pleasures, though, namely cooking competitions.
LooseDoctor t1_jabzld6 wrote
Reply to New book release day! by kerrywilliam8720
The only book I know that’s coming out today is the next installment of the ice planet barbarians which is my guilty pleasure. I don’t typically read romance and spicy usually makes me uncomfortable but I do like IPB 😂
Superb_Tiger_8376 t1_jabz30r wrote
Reply to comment by Sea_Concentrate_6543 in What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
Most guilty pleasures are not widely hated. They are just sneered at by a loud majority on the internet.
By the internets logic Rowling is the most hated person ever but in real life never met a single person who cares about her beyond her books.
Internet snobs are 0,00001 percent of the population.
Superb_Tiger_8376 t1_jabyyrh wrote
Reply to comment by Catsandscotch in What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
Her books are not hated. Many people love them. Just because some snobs on the internet hate it and dudbros who do not want any romance in their fantasy stories but call a guy aka Rotfuss the second coming of Tolkien for writing a thirty page fairy smut fanfiction does not mean they are bad.
Says someone who did not even enjoy the only book I read from her, but for sure there must be something in the books that makes people like them.
SpiritedCabinet2 t1_jabyyoz wrote
I liked it a lot. I'm guessing most guys don't ever experience grooming, including myself. I rationally knew that it must be a particularly nefarious practice, but this book gave me real insight into what it actually is and its dreadful psychological ramifications.
This book and Catch and kill by Ronan Farrow really impacted me in terms of realizing what women deal with on a daily basis, that I've not even have had to think about once.
Superb_Tiger_8376 t1_jabyucu wrote
Reply to What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
I hate the term guilty pleasure. You ought not to feel guilty about enjoying something that does no harm to anyone.
I read a lot of classics but also silly mangas as a teenager and I would never regret reading them lol
Sometimes, I still re-read the childish mangas and books I loved as a child: Dragon Ball, Yugioh, Eragon, Harry Potter etc.
Mundane_Walk_9230 t1_jabymp2 wrote
Reply to comment by Catsandscotch in What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
Binge-read the ACOTAR series and yes SJM books have MAJOR flaws, but they're fun and I can still enjoy them. Currently reading Crescent City haha
lotlcs t1_jabyhdq wrote
Reply to Books which are better as Cliff Notes by _pr1m3d_
Seven hours left? So you’re not even reading it but listening?
yafflehk t1_jabyh3k wrote
Reply to After Two Decades And 38 Children’s Books Lin Oliver Continues Her Thriving Collaboration With Henry Winkler by drak0bsidian
The “Here’s Hank” series by him is one of the few books in our library set in dyslexie, a font designed to be easier for dyslexic people to read.
Mad_Madman_is_Mad t1_jabxofi wrote
Reply to Children of Time/Children of Ruin. Why one worked for me and one didn't. (Mild Spoilers) by ChickenDragon123
I read children of time and absolutely loved it, I've been avoiding reading children of ruin because I'm afraid that I'm going to read it and it's going to somehow taint the first book for me. But your kind of synopsis makes a bit of sense and makes me also more willing to try to read it? I don't know. It sounds like it can be okay, I have just been too scared to start it lol.
CitrinetheQueen t1_jabx8ny wrote
Reply to comment by pauvrelle in Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo thoughts by Level-Somewhere-8961
A warning which wasn’t there to begin with
markosvd t1_jabwm0m wrote
Reply to Just read Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott and it may just be the single most eye opening book I’ve ever read by sashanktungu
If you liked Flatland, then i can highly recommend the (informal) sequel by Ian Stewart:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatterland
One of my favourite maths-related books.
Fabi-97 t1_jabw3qy wrote
Reply to comment by stitchingandwitching in What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
Why is Dean Koontz a guilty pleasure? He has written some good novels 😮
lanxiin t1_jabw012 wrote
Reply to What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
Cassandra Clare - I didn’t even like her newest Last Hours Trilogy, but I’ve read so many of her books, feels like such easy reads for some good old drama at this point.
cheerylifelover123 t1_jabvnfp wrote
Reply to Is there a book with this idea? by [deleted]
Not necessarily with the window part, but try reading "The Traveller by John Twelve Hawks" It's a series of 3 books. Mind you that book is like 15-20 years old, but it's about a guy living off grid for pretty much that reason.
[deleted] t1_jabuwz6 wrote
Reply to What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
I have written fan fiction, unfortunately my muse is on an extended vacation because it was really fun
theMadameKate t1_jabuha0 wrote
Reply to comment by theMadameKate in What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
But, to get to the heart of your question. I'm a big fan of Regency Romance as my escape
theMadameKate t1_jabu9dp wrote
Reply to What is your guilty pleasure? by Sea_Concentrate_6543
I don't consider any of my books as a guilty pleasure. If I enjoy reading it, it's a good book!
They don't have to be quasi-intellectual or pretentious to be good.
Rubberfootman t1_jabtjoi wrote
Reply to Just read Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott and it may just be the single most eye opening book I’ve ever read by sashanktungu
There’s a great song (with the same name) based on the book by Tunng too.
ViskerRatio t1_jac32h4 wrote
Reply to Should I put a book on reddit? by Late-Inevitable2746
I'd recommend you try something like self-publishing on Amazon. You have a variety of options depending on how you want to monetize (or not) your work and you'll have a record for IP purposes. Then you can simply provide a link on Reddit (or anywhere else) so people can read it if they like.