/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6773891]

>only read 120 pages today

[Anonymous No.6773893]

>tfw only wrote six words today

[Anonymous No.6773894]

>>6773893
nice

[Anonymous No.6773895]

>only wrote one book today

[Anonymous No.6773903]

>>6773891

>read 10 pages
>become restless, wonder what's on 4chan
>go on 4chan
>tell yourself it'll only be for a few minutes before you go back to reading
>later, look at clock, it's been several hours
>tfw only read ten pages today

[Anonymous No.6773918]

>tfw posses the entire canon by memory

[Anonymous No.6773919]

>>6773891
Some days I go to bed without reading at all.
Feels bad.

[Anonymous No.6773923]

>tfw I didn't read today and I don't give a shit

Feels jest right

[Anonymous No.6773929]

yesterday I skipped a chapter :^)

it was a non-fiction reference book and I read the source material for that section already

[Anonymous No.6773936]

>>6773918
if only it came with spellcheck

[Anonymous No.6773950]

>>6773936
>calling out spelling errors
That's the original English spelling anyway, Amerifat.

[Anonymous No.6774014]

>250 words book to read for the beginning of next week
>haven't begun yet

[Anonymous No.6774036]

>>6774014
>250 words book
i bet it has lotsa nice pictures huh lil buddy

[Anonymous No.6774044]

>>6774036
>2015
>not being a high-stake professional memester in a scandinavian druid cave network

[Anonymous No.6774072]

>At the start of the day 80 pages to go in V.
>Start reading, halfway through take a break and to other things for a few hours
>Think "Well, this book isn't going to read itself!"
>Continue reading
>"Jesus christ, I have no fucking clue what any of this is, why am I even reading this dribble. How did I even make it 500+ pages in this garbage?"
>Almost want to just close the book and consider it 'read'
>Decide I'm not some manpussy and finish it anyway

[Anonymous No.6774085]

>>6774072
Every god damn time.

Sometimes I start reading with the inspiration of the gods... and halfway through I start hating the book (and myself, for having such attitudes).

[Anonymous No.6774095]

>>6774085
I can't finish The Wind Up Bird Chronicle and The Grapes of Wrath for this reason.

[Anonymous No.6774115]

>>6774095
dude GoW is easy to follow, reads like butter, and is based in general. is it the vignette chapters that fuck you up?

[Anonymous No.6774117]

>>6773893
ayy

[Anonymous No.6774138]

>>6774072
I like your honesty.

[Anonymous No.6774254]

>>6773891
>wake up at 10am with mom's screams "what are you doing with your life, anon! you've already 27yo! Search a job, are 10 am, you can't stay all night at pc and sleep all the day... blablabla"
>get up without responding
>wear trousers, shirt, and shoes
>take a '800 classic from bookshelf
>take 5 euro from mom's wallet
>jump on bicycle and go to local library (10 min)
>look around, there are only young beauties who studying / playing with their smartphones
>smell their fragrance in the air
>go to the library manager, change by 5 euro bill in coins
>take morning coffe at the vending machine and smoke cig in the park outside
>return in, air_conditioning.jpg
>read till lunch
>break
>bread at the front bakery + loacker + water + coffee + cig
>return in
>read till 19:00
>borrow a movie
>return home
>"blablabla find job" while dinner
>watch the movie
>4chan /lit/
>sleep

repeat

[Anonymous No.6774262]

>tfw just finished frankenstein

[Anonymous No.6774269]

>>6773950
back to /int/ you mongrel

[Anonymous No.6774313]

>>6774254
you lead a very simple lifestyle, working 8 hours a week would earn you enough to sustain yourself if you keep living with your mother. A job would also give you opportunities to socialize, new experiences, and would make Mom happy.

[Anonymous No.6774333]

>>6774313
>and would make Mom happy.
I cry every time.

[Anonymous No.6774344]

>>6774254

Sweet

[Anonymous No.6774350]

>>6774095
i had a similar thing with Wind Up Bird, put it down for a month or two, picked it back up and ended up liking it again by the end

[Anonymous No.6774410]

>>6774313
Yes, I take part-time jobs from time to time.
>>6774344
A lot.
btw this night movie was "The Miracle Worker" by arthur penn, great movie, I recommend it to all.

[Anonymous No.6774423]

>>6774072
>dribble
>dribble
>dribble

it's drivel, you colossal faggot

[Anonymous No.6774440]

>reading a book out of obligation because someone lent it to me

Worst /lit/ feel

[Anonymous No.6774474]

>>6774254
I wish I could be happy doing this, it's really all I want, but muh societal expectations

[Anonymous No.6774564]

>>6774474
I've dropped college at 22yo for social anxiety. And gf dropped me at 24 because no brilliant future. Now I don't give a fuck I do what I enjoy (read).

Last month some old schoolmate/friend that is frustrated (he looks 40yo) has said "you're aged so well because do nothing blablabla". I've smiled and responded "Yes thankfully of god till now I had an happy life" then he mumbled and changed subject.

I've passed a bad period after dropping college because societal expectations but when I realized that 99,99% of the world don't cares about me I stopped worrying of becoming rich/get a status.
Now I enjoy the /lit/ lifestyle

[Anonymous No.6774582]

>>6774564
Interesting. I'm in a similar position.
I'm taking a gap-year from university, largely for financial reasons, but also as an opportunity to get some CBT, to spend time working so I feel like a normal person, and to adjust to being around people (University is incredibly lonely, more-so than I imagined it possibly could be.) I hope things work out for the both of us.