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How to find a "good" book to read?
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| Jon_Snow |
To chart this we have NYT bestsellers on one end and the classics on the other. Then we have the reader's mood, education, gender, etc
I've seen software based solutions that makes suggestions based on previous reads. This doesn't work for me because I want something entirely different from my last read.
Books are like shoes, even a well made shoe might not fit you. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Book reviews? Friends' recommendations? Even big chain stores here like Waterstones have little "recommended" blurbs on the shelves for certain titles, much like music shops do. |
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| Silky Johnson |
Try Goodreads. I used to have an account. It's basically an online community where you can catalog books you've read and books you'd like to read. You can find and add friends/share your lists with people. A great way to discover new stuff!
Where is our TA Book Club thread?? I'm halfway through Margaret Atwood's 'Maddaddam', the final book of her Maddaddamn triolgy.
I always ask for gift cards for Christmas because I just can't keep up with all the stuff I want to read...so I go crazy after the holidays. I love buying hardcovers!
Next up I have:
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| 0100306660SAS |
so many brainwashed conformists dabble in fiction
while reality awaits them.
illusion. the preference over reality, ever so growing. ever so tempting, malnutrition-ing the mind from expansion and the soul from evolution.
literally sucking the life out of the mortals, as they approach their greatest fear: death. |
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Book reviews? Friends' recommendations? Even big chain stores here like Waterstones have little "recommended" blurbs on the shelves for certain titles, much like music shops do. |
I don't trust reviews. What book don't you like? Let's say Frankenstein now look up the reviews on Amazon. Not to speak of the popular drivel the masses rave over.
I'll have to give good reads a try. |
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| Scoops |
JERRY: Yes, you haven't read a page, have you?
GEORGE: No.
JERRY: Big surprise.
GEORGE: I couldn't. You know, if it's not about sports, I find it very hard to concentrate.
JERRY: You're not very bright, are you?
GEORGE: No, I'm not. I would like to be, but I'm not. What am I gonna do? The book club meets in a few days.
JERRY: Why don't you rent the movie? |
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| Jon_Snow |
| You spilled grape juice on our couch |
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| 0100306660SAS |
why dont you try writing?
good writers dont have problem reading good books. |
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| Jon_Snow |
1. ULYSSES
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| OrangestO |
| Lol. Yea, I don't care about the order - just the listings. |
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| OrangestO |
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
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I especially dig the cover for some reason.
Speaking of, what makes a book stand out to you? Color schemes? Artwork? |
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