Speculative time traveling science fiction critiquing war, whatās not to like?
Not sure when this happened, but I used to be a voracious reader as a child, but then I stopped. I physically couldnāt without fully needing to recharge for hours and I was able to read this book without needing to struggle and charge again.
A lot of my love is tied up in that pride I felt in reading and enjoying for the first time in years.
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vonnegut was such a genius. there's a section early in slaughterhouse-five that always makes me cry, when he's talking about lot's wife turning back to soddom and gomorrah, and he says "and i love her for that, because it was so human. so she was turned into a pillar of salt. so it goes."
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ā¦ and actually enjoying it. In the past year iāve finally nailed down my taste/hit a groove with pleasure reading and now I canāt stop. I do a lot of reading recs in a way that I almost feel self-conscious about but I canāt contain it - truly bringing me crazy amounts of peace in my life right now.
When I was 19-22ish, I spent a lot of time reading what I thought I *should* be reading and ending up spending 3 months trudging through a book just to say I did. I blame Red Scare Podcast. Why was I 19 thinking i needed to read Houellebeq and Lasch?
Now I fly through pages and (mostly) love it all. or feel like I got something from it at least. Right now Iām reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and loving it, can spend hours at a time with it. My favorite book is probably If on a winters night a traveler by Italo Calvino. Happy to get more recs always.
Feb 25, 2024
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I was craving to read a book but because of all the social media attention span i was always postponing it until i donāt know when.
However, yesterday i gave it a chance, i said to myself ājust 5 minutes, just one page, if itās not interesting then itās fine you can try it another timeā ā¦ well to my surprise by now i am already at the 87 page.
Honestly it was not as hard as i imagined, the ājust one pageā made me more curious about whatās gonna happen in the next pageā¦
Maybe it was the writing or narration but i am hooked for sure by now.
what motivated me the most is my bestfriend, she reads a lot and always always encourages to just pick a book and read it no matter how small it is and besides making myself proud i think if she knew that i finished a book she will be proud too.
Well yesterday before bed, i read 10pages and was curious to know the reviews so i went to tiktok and got a lot of spoilers but thatās fine it only got me more interested. Currently Reading āThe Secret History By Donna Tarttā
Feb 10, 2025
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I used to be a huge reader as a kid. I'd devour book after book, carting home a whole tote bag of books from the library well into high school. Then comes the part many of my peers have related to: you get older, you go to school, you start working. You only read for school, which makes reading not fun, and then you get a job, or maybe you're doing both, and the last thing you want to do is use your brain after a long day. Then ohp! Now you're living on your own, and there's all this housework, and who has time to sit down with a book when you're running around all day. Besides, why read a book when you can doomscroll? That's reading, right? Add a few dopamine-inducing algorithm factories to your routine, and next thing you know, it's been years since you finished an actual book.
But last year, I downloaded Kindle Unlimited to access a book I'd heard good things about....and was surprised at how easy it was to get through a book. There were so many recommendations. Then I realized that, for example, when I was in the waiting room or had 15 minutes to spare, instead of logging into Instagram, I could just....tap a different app and read a chapter or two of a book.
In 2024, I read 24 books. That's more than I have in literal years!
I've fallen in love with romance novels, and signed up for a service that lets me know when there's good deals on some of my other favorite genres. It's taken a while for my reading muscle to recover, but I've moved on to meatier nonfiction titles, as well.
Now, I will be clear that I do not like Amazon, and do my best to divest myself from it when possible. But the way I see it, for now, what e-books have done for helping me rediscover my love of reading adds a lot to my life. And I figure that if it helps me get through more justice-oriented, anti-capitalist literature, then I'm using the system to work against it. ;)
I'm just so glad I've found a way back into reading again!
Jan 29, 2025
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Donāt have to buy a digicam or take a picture. I am sure a mental note could work too (or drawing or actually writing things down).
Itās just a little practice in acknowledging the beauty in all the āregularā things around you.
Appreciate the not-so-obvious ethereal, enigmatic, enchanting, or whatever around you.
This isnāt a new idea and, previously, I thought doing this was bullshit.
Yes, this is all an excuse to show my photos too, but I swear increased attunement does wonders.
Enjoy your day everyone.
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