mreads commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I'll go first. They make me feel so guilty low-key. Like I feel like I always need to chug through it no matter what. Because I always have that "It might get good. You never know" feeling in the back of my mind so I'm so scared to DNF. I feel like I would rather chug through and hate it rather than DNF and be at peace. I just need to know fully. And eventually I get to like 50% and I feel like I put too much time into it to DNF. So I just keep going.
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I am rereading it more closely and I had forgotten how much I love it. It has such a sinister, eerie vibe especially at the start and there were so many details I had missed on my first read many years ago that its a treat to relive that experience
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I am rereading it more closely and I had forgotten how much I love it. It has such a sinister, eerie vibe especially at the start and there were so many details I had missed on my first read many years ago that its a treat to relive that experience
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Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
mreads commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I was just curious if there was a book or books that made yall rethink everything? Like a book that kinda shifted your whole perspective or outlook on life? Three of mine are Wonder by R.J. Palacio (read this when i was young and made me never want anyone to feel alone or ostracized like Auggie was :( still makes me cry to this day) The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (also read this when i was younger and it truly opened my eyes to how unjust and unfair our entire government and social system is like I'd never felt such rage on reading a book before. Angie Thomas is still one of my favs authors) How To Make Friends With The Dark by Kathleen Glasgow (all her books are really beautiful in their own way but this one focused heavily on grief and how it's really just the remaining love you have for that person)
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I canāt for the life of me read this book š. I even tried to read along with the audiobook going slowwww (1x speed). That has helped a little bit. Iāve been attempting to read more of it off and on since January but I just canāt comprehend the vocabulary and conversations. I love the movies and am really trying here but I think I might be too dumb lol. Iām determined to stick it out though. Maybe eventually itāll click or maybe Iām just a moron. š
mreads commented on lucyPagebound's review of Giovanni's Room
My first introduction to Baldwin, and I can't believe I waited so long--absolutely in love with his prose, which gave a haunting beauty to the tragedy spooling out inexorably on these pages. Emotionally devastating, so not an "enjoyable" read but a necessary one. Baldwin approaches shame, exploitation, toxic masculinity, the myth of America, the conflict between public and private lives unflinchingly and honestly.
mreads commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Not a debate but just curious to see how other readers approach reading. I generally read contemporary lit fic and have tried my hand at reading classics. I have really struggled to finish these books sometimes. I understand that it takes a while to get into them but I am always like, there are SO many other books I could be reading instead of this so I prefer to DNF. But people who love classics tell me I am missing out on a lot in life if I just let my mood guide my reading lol. I still think life is too short to read books you dont enjoy sooāØļøš What's your take? Do you DNF occasionally? Rarely? Never? ("I WILL NOT LET THIS BOOK WIN") how do you make your decision? Are classics worth the effort and time? Tell me erryythinggg
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I canāt for the life of me read this book š. I even tried to read along with the audiobook going slowwww (1x speed). That has helped a little bit. Iāve been attempting to read more of it off and on since January but I just canāt comprehend the vocabulary and conversations. I love the movies and am really trying here but I think I might be too dumb lol. Iām determined to stick it out though. Maybe eventually itāll click or maybe Iām just a moron. š
mreads commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Not a debate but just curious to see how other readers approach reading. I generally read contemporary lit fic and have tried my hand at reading classics. I have really struggled to finish these books sometimes. I understand that it takes a while to get into them but I am always like, there are SO many other books I could be reading instead of this so I prefer to DNF. But people who love classics tell me I am missing out on a lot in life if I just let my mood guide my reading lol. I still think life is too short to read books you dont enjoy sooāØļøš What's your take? Do you DNF occasionally? Rarely? Never? ("I WILL NOT LET THIS BOOK WIN") how do you make your decision? Are classics worth the effort and time? Tell me erryythinggg
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Outline
Rachel Cusk
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
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Steller read. I read it twice
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Dracula
Bram Stoker
mreads commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I've been re-listening to The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer and really enjoying it! Do you re-read or re-listen to your favorite books/series?
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this is a must read for everyone on the planet right now who doesn't lead a self focused life. honestly, do it. this is urgent.
Post from the Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal forum
"And it is this discovery that not only shatters the myth of colonial invincibility but but also reminds us that liberation is attainable, the future is within reach. Amid the unrelenting airstrikes and the havoc of demolished cities, it might seem frivolous to fixate on the blossoming jasmine. But we owe it ourselves to look at everything, to look for everything. To see the picture with all of its details. As deadly and treacherous and unrelenting as it is, the Nakba will not last forever. The world is changing because it must. If seeds can germinate in the inferno, so can revolution. On the phone, my mother tells me, rain is coming and God is almighty" That is right and you can put that in stone <3 what an emotional, thought provoking book. may we all rise to its demands and create a better, just world for Palestinians and everyone under oppression and colonization.
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too rambly and boring for my taste. i m interested in no one in this
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Emma
Jane Austen