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WIll I be more fun and entertaining if I read every single book from that list?

>> No.3140487

Maybe a little

>> No.3140491

You'll be a little more entertaining if you stop creating this thread.

>> No.3140496

Either you are genetically determined to be entertaining or you are not. You cannot read a book and change your genes, fag. HEHE :) :P :D :S :)

>> No.3140498

If it comes up as a topic of conversation, maybe.
It won't

>> No.3140501

>>3140496
>Either you are genetically determined to be entertaining or you are not. You cannot read a book and change your genes, fag.
Surely this makes sense

>> No.3140508

>>3140501
>implying it's not possible to change one's jeans

>> No.3140514

That list is missing Waiting for Godot.

>> No.3140528

So did you read those books? Are they at least a little bit funny?

>> No.3140536

>>3140496
Being entertaining is a matter of nurture rather than nature. This is not up to debate

>> No.3140544

Oh look, it's this thread again.

>> No.3140547

>>3140544
>>3140491
Dammit guys, I only made this thread once before and didn't get serious answers.

>> No.3140551

>>3140547
/lit/ is a small board. We remember, lad.

>> No.3140548

>The Trial
>humour
"Like a dog!"

>> No.3140555

>>3140547
What did you read in the meantime, it's been more than a month.

>> No.3140557

>>3140555
I read Don Quixote, it had it;s moments, I laughed a few times but generally it was kinda boring

>> No.3140568

Reading Dead Souls right now. It's pretty damn great.

>> No.3140580

>>3140548
ded

>> No.3140582

>>3140508
Into Levi 511's, if possible.

I think that reading can develop your wit.

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3140602

Do you guys think Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is funny enough to put on a list like this?

>> No.3140606

>>3140602
I've actually been considering reading this for some time now; I've heard mixed things. Does anyone here like it?

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3140610

How about this one?

>> No.3140615

>>3140606

As much as I loved it, I have to admit there was a drop in quality in the latter half.

The real humor springs from Crowley and Aziraphale's banter, but they don't interact a terrible lot towards the end.

That said, I'd still recommend you pick it up sometime, it's a great light read.

>> No.3140616

>>3140606
It's not that bad, some parts drag but overall I don't regret reading it.

>> No.3141118

>>3140602

>That description of Mr. Young near the end
>It was an elderly car, but well preserved. Not using
Crowley's method, though, where dents were simply
wished away; this car looked like it did, you knew
instinctively, because its owner had spent every
weekend for two decades doing all the things the
manual said should be done every weekend. Before
every journey he walked around it and checked the
lights and counted the wheels. Serious minded men
who smoked pipes and wore mustaches had written
serious instructions saying that this should be done, and so he did it, because he was a serious minded man who smoked a pipe and wore a mustache and did not take such injunctions lightly, because if you did, where would you be? He had exactly the right amount of insurance. He drove three miles below the speed limit, or forty miles per hour, whichever was the lower. He wore a tie, even on Saturdays.
> Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a
solid enough place to stand, he could move the world. He could have stood on Mr. Young. (359)

>> No.3141139

Definitely read Catch 22, you'll thank me later