I’ve read Invisible Monsters from Chuck Palahniuk years ago, and I can’t help but feel nostalgic by the storytelling. It’s just easy to get lost in it, like he’s writing in a flow state.

Basically what the title says - when where you directly inspired to do something because you read about it in a book (e.g. getting a specific pastry or trying archery etc.)? I was reading Atmosphere by TJR and when the MC talked about rearranging glowy stars I impulsively bought some and then stuck a lot of them to the walls and I love it so much so I was wondering if y'all had a similar experience :)

(Edit: typo in the title was driving me crazy)

In the last few years I've realised I'm a rly slow reader, and getting diagnosed with mild adhd hasn't helped. I wouldn't say that impacted my reading BFR but now that I see the signs in my behavior according to the diagnosis, I can't ignore it?

Like how hard it is to actually pick up the book, or that I need time to get in the mood/setting of the world, that I spend time to construct an image for the characters and try vry hard to stick to it (even pausing multiple times to make sure it looks right). But then it doesn't explain all the slow reading yk? Like why do I need to read the sentences sometimes more than once to actually understand what's happening, or why can't my brain process it faster? Loosely I've counted that 15 to 20 pages takes me around 30 to 40 minutes, and when I'm on a roll, I've spent around 3 hours on 100 pages. This also depends on how much I'm annotating during that time

Does anyone have any tips? I wanna read more physical books this year and I settle for audiobooks to save time. Even on screen reading takes me too long, and I've found it hard to stick to a schedule (like reading every night bfr bed, or in the morning in the bus) since it takes me so long (cant do a chapter bfr bed cause that can mean 20 to 60 minutes bfr I sleep, or I get overwhelmed in the bus). Can I do smth habitually to improve my reading speed maybe? Cause I definitely feel a little dumb in book spaces when it comes to this

When you guys think of an “unreliable narrator,” who do you first think of? What books/characters?

I had made a post about this topic on the Mockingjay forum as well but thought it would be interesting to ask here. I have seen Katniss referred to as an unreliable narrator before but I personally disagree, won’t go into detail in here again lol but just made me curious as to who everyone else thinks of. I personally think of The Yellow Wallpaper or Life of Pi.

I’ve recently been obsessed with old Hollywood movies, you know, film noir. Not exactly the very popular ones, though, (I’m not much of a romance fan myself) but mostly just the thriller, horror, and courtroom pictures. Two of my faves are the original 12 Angry Men and Witness for the Prosecution. As for actors, lately, it’s all been Bette Davis and Joan Crawford’s filmographies. I didn’t even know they had beef up until I read the reviews for Baby Jane in Letterboxd. (Feel free to hmu in Letterboxd, too! It’s saintoceane!) So, of course, I watched Be Kind Rewind’s (a YouTube channel) 2-part video essay on it. I would rather not watch the dramatized FX show or the Mommie Dearest film. I’d need it coming from a fellow cinephile. Now I’m wondering if there are any non-fiction books on old Hollywood stars. I’m aware of the book published by Christina Crawford. But I just wanted some unbiased but thoroughly informative entire-life biographical books, to start, for any of the famous actresses in the golden age, just to dip my toes into who they were as a person in real life and on screen. Mind you, I am not a non-fiction reader. At all. Just some beginner read recs to start before getting into the book, Mommie Dearest or something so it could scratch a part of my brain that’s curious about film noir (celebrity) history of the most beloved (some, not) actresses in their era rather than going to TikTok or watching dramatized adaptations bordering on fiction. Thank you in advance!