▲ 557 ▼ Anon visits a bookstore (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works 79 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 years ago (5 children) Life is too short to read shitty self help books that's written by influencers(yuck) or some LLM shit books. Read the classics. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] shortrounddev@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago You gotta find your favorite classics. I can't read some old 19th century British lady writing about 18th century British teenagers getting married to their cousins, but I fuck with HP Lovecraft and HG Wells permalink fedilink source parent [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The only book I've read from an "influencer" is How to Win at Chess by Levy Rozman (@GothamChess), and mostly because it was one of two books on chess at my local library. He runs a chess training website (chessly), so he actually has some creds there. I also bought The Civilian Rights Handbook by John Lang (@AuditTheAudit) because I wanted to support him thought the book might be genuinely interesting to read and loan. Other than that, I mostly read from regular authors, either past or present. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Levy is the only youtuber where I can forgive clickbait because he goes so over the top with it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, classics really don't do it for me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) There are loads of great contemporary writers. Some of the best books I've ever read have come out in the past 4 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Any recommendations? permalink fedilink source parent [–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* I swear Bad Lieutenant (the movie) is a modern adaptation of Musset's Lorrenzaccio (the theatre play, but we read it in class). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shortrounddev@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago You gotta find your favorite classics. I can't read some old 19th century British lady writing about 18th century British teenagers getting married to their cousins, but I fuck with HP Lovecraft and HG Wells permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The only book I've read from an "influencer" is How to Win at Chess by Levy Rozman (@GothamChess), and mostly because it was one of two books on chess at my local library. He runs a chess training website (chessly), so he actually has some creds there. I also bought The Civilian Rights Handbook by John Lang (@AuditTheAudit) because I wanted to support him thought the book might be genuinely interesting to read and loan. Other than that, I mostly read from regular authors, either past or present. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Levy is the only youtuber where I can forgive clickbait because he goes so over the top with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Levy is the only youtuber where I can forgive clickbait because he goes so over the top with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, classics really don't do it for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) There are loads of great contemporary writers. Some of the best books I've ever read have come out in the past 4 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Any recommendations? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Any recommendations? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* I swear Bad Lieutenant (the movie) is a modern adaptation of Musset's Lorrenzaccio (the theatre play, but we read it in class). permalink fedilink source parent
