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Authors sometimes have their own dedicated subreddits where people are constantly discussing a text but if your reading a really specific book someone may do a writeup in r/books and if not probably some discussion on goodreads (as annoying as goods reads is)
I like watching certain booktubers Tokyochemist is one of my favorites but theres a lot of booktubers who post frequently about books so just search up book reviews on Youtube.
Iβm in college so when Iβm looking for something more analytical I go to my schools library page and search for any literary analysis stuff (these can get pretty technical sometimes). After watching X-men 97β I found some really cool work on Rogue and repressed sexuality! I also found some interesting writing on Donnie Darko through here.
Hope this helps π
Sep 21, 2024
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π§ I've recently really been trying to educate myself and enrich my mind instead of defaulting to scrolling in my free time - here are some of the specific activities I've been trying/thought of (in addition to just reading in general/going to museums/watching educational videos etc)
reading: - reading multiple books in the same sub-genre to explore (eg. gothic) - reading a book and its inspiration (eg. jane eyre + wide sargasso sea) - reading books in my second language and noting down new words - read reviews/analysis from literary journals after finishing a book then writing my own review and noting favourite quotes
other: - listen to album and make notes on each song + explore references (eg. literary references in hozier songs) - learn how to crochet/edit videos - read/watch all of an author's/director's work to see how their style and themes developed - subscribe to jstor daily free newsletter to get an interesting selection of free journal articles - use archive.vn to access to paywalled newspaper/magazine articles or libby to access magazines through your library
if anyone has any other ideas in this vein i would love to know!
reading: - reading multiple books in the same sub-genre to explore (eg. gothic) - reading a book and its inspiration (eg. jane eyre + wide sargasso sea) - reading books in my second language and noting down new words - read reviews/analysis from literary journals after finishing a book then writing my own review and noting favourite quotes
other: - listen to album and make notes on each song + explore references (eg. literary references in hozier songs) - learn how to crochet/edit videos - read/watch all of an author's/director's work to see how their style and themes developed - subscribe to jstor daily free newsletter to get an interesting selection of free journal articles - use archive.vn to access to paywalled newspaper/magazine articles or libby to access magazines through your library
if anyone has any other ideas in this vein i would love to know!
Feb 27, 2025
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πI've been called Leah Michelle for a bit because of my inability to coherently read and focus too much of my time on consuming Computer Science content. I started maybe reading what an introspective adolescent would read such as the Secret History by donna tart and The Bell Jar. It's really opened a can of words and had me really self assess on my personal "brand". Why is it so one-dimensional? Is it really just me trying to be different and quirky? Is the continous hunger to accurately define what I am cringe because that identity is not static? I think I kind of just want to get a snapshot of what I am right here right now. omg get a room, talk to a therapist likeΒ π. Sorry chat. Last week I really liked watching:Β I Saw the TV Glow, The Substance, Scavenger's Reign, SnowPiercer, and Moulin Rouge
Las week I really liked reading: Bell Jar, Secret History, 1, and I'm thinking of ending things. So much better than the movie.
Oct 23, 2024
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πstart by looking at fiction or non fiction then from there you have loads of sub categories. go to your library ask some professionals for help narrowing your search. a good book can be life changing, not necessarily in the long term but the excitement you get to read a good book every day is awesome
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come checkout my college radio book club π
Live at 3:30 pm central Iβm gonna be covering the Chicanx punk scene in El Paso π
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Live at 3:30 pm central Iβm gonna be covering the Chicanx punk scene in El Paso π
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