There's also re-reading books you read as a child and going "Oh, this influencing my development makes a lot of sense"
I'm pretty sure either Black Beauty or White Fang turned me into whatever the hell I am now
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Les Mis was this book for me, if it wasn't obvious by my username.
Hmmm. Was it? Or were you just a theater kid who was jumping on the bandwagon trends of the time? (Kidding)
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Dune. I have read it 6 times.
The first time was rough. When I was 15.
The 6th time was still difficult.
But it fucking does something to my mind every single time
blushes in 4th read through of wheel of time
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First time I read Lord of the Rings I believe I was 11. And I hated it. Because I was 11. Also I think it was just the first part, Fellowship . Thankfully I've read it maybe half a dozen times since then and I've loved it more and more each time and it's been an entirely different book every single time.
Thanks, maybe I should try again.
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I wasn’t enjoying Blood Meridian. What life experience do I need to enjoy it?
No, no, you’ve got it right, that is not a book you should enjoy, just understand. If you ever meet someone who got enjoyment out of that book then you need to kill them before they kill you.
Some time a long time ago, I decided to sink my teeth into a nice, long, schlocky sci-fi series. I picked up Kevin J. Anderson's Saga of the Seven Sons. I made it maybe twenty pages in before I decided it really was not for me.
Some time not as long ago, I noticed I had some Kevin J. Anderson books I'd never read. I made it maybe ten pages in before I remembered it really was not for me.
Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" is just bad and I'd like anyone to try and convince me otherwise.
Reverend Insanity.
Reading it now feels slightly like a dnd lonewolf murder-hobo campaign but protagonist is obsessed with telling you he is 500 years old.
Tho I do like the world still.
"did you put your name in the chalice harry?" dumbledore said calmly
We're the Counting Crows "good"?
The threequel.