/lit/ - Literature

why cunt i find a decent sliceoflife novel? are the good ones all manga?

>>2685460
>paying £9 for a book
stop going to whsmith to buy books

whats going on in the pic?

>>2685502
Looks like Arya Stark is eating dirt.

>>2685493
i need to buy a kindle or ipad really

>>2685502
looks like a cinnamon challenge to me.

>>2685460
This.

"Try and swallow a teaspoon of cinnamon"

so adorable ^_^

>>2685555
Do you know what's better than that?
"Swallow a teaspoon of nutmeg." Yeah. You'd do it. I'd do it. Where is my nutmeg?

>>2685460
how the fuck do you read through a whole novel and not think to yourself;

"Well, I actually think this novel is shit, I think I'll stop reading it"

>>2685589
Not funny. My brother died that way.

If I don't like something, I'll normally give up in the first 30 pages. Even classic stuff, like Malone Dies and Mrs Dalloway for example.

>>2685460
>gif related?

I've read 200 pages of Feast for Crows and this shit is terrible.

>>2685612
From one teaspoon?

>>2685619
I can't do that. I have this nasty autistic tendency to persevere in case I miss something really good. I think I have actually finished every book I have started.

>>2685641
Isn't that one of the last parts? Why didn't you start with the first novel?

>>2685644
I hope you enjoy being unhappy for the rest of your life.

>>2685507
Yes you do. Shit's fantastic.
Even better, you can read the book without buying it with relative ease. Then, you only support authors you appreciate.

>>2685644

that's not admirable, or cool, or even that quirky-type of OCD that i know YOU think paints something interesting about themselves.

the only time your policy would make sense would be if you had an eye for picking out good pieces of literature before you begin. which you clearly haven't been.

>>2685671
Except he will be reaping the rewards for persevering, while you will be an unhappy failure, because you gave up everything you ever tried to do.

>>2685671

that's not admirable, or cool, or even that quirky-type of OCD that i know YOU think paints something interesting about yourself, but in fact just sounds stupid as hell.

the only time your policy would make sense would be if you had an eye for picking out good pieces of literature before you begin. which you clearly haven't been.

>>2685703

with the same logic, if i am going down a road that dead-ends, i ought to still go just in order to "perservere."

for those of us that have actual goals to explore, ideas to satisfy, or things to change, then this is not a logic worth investigating.

unless you can somehow argue on its behalf--e.g. dropping shitty literature before the end--then you too just sound like a total tool.

what is up with all these gifs of arya doing crazy things

>>2685716
Get a load of this guy. He is actually hating on an autistic guy who likes to finish books.

Just watch as he shouts at babies for not being able to speak french.

If I abandoned every movie that started out shitty, I'd hardly get through any of them. How do I know there's no set-up and pay-off?

And even if the reading starts out shit, I'd like to know how the plot ends. Also, I can't just return the book. I might as well get my pound's worth.

she's all posh in her getup. what a cutie

>>2685783
This. People in this thread are moaning about somebody wasting a time finishing a bad book. Meanwhile they are on 4chan, which is a lot worse than a bad novel.

i agree with gfinacoma being turr'ble
novels are so difficult to pick, esp new contemporary stuff

my new fave gif :)

Heres a clip of her taking the cinnamon challenge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdqLY9357DQ

sooo cute.

>>2686803
What a cutie

>buying books full-price
Libraries?
Second hand?
Downloading shit?