/lit/ - Literature

>"This too shall pass"

Random, unsolicited advice: as someone who has collected quite a few books over the years, I wish I had taken my time to purchase quality hardcovers where available instead of paperbacks. Quality > quantity.

Sorry bros for accidentally derailing it to a job thread, I am just tired and burnt out

>>23051583
I have a lot of ebooks and there is no replacing physical books. This is cope.

Ebooks are very useful (especially for rare and out of print works), but imo you should be buying nice physical copies of any ebook that you really like.

Start a curated collection of hardcovers or good quality paperback if no hardcover prints available. Read the ebook first, then purchase later if you really want a copy. No blind buys = no wasted buys.

>It's time for the yearly bipolar depressive episode again
Exercise, diet, sleep and meds help quite a bit, but damn this sucks

I love my e-reader but it robs me of showing off a magnificent library of excellent books to show how well-read I am.
Yes I am vain, shallow and arrogant, what are you gonna do about it

Word seems ok to me

>>22523322
Moderate. It's too wordy, and too edgy. There can be times to tread near those lines, but generally speaking subtlety is best. Here's a rewrite of the first sentence.

>Call me insane, and I will make no retort. While most seek life, it is death that mesmerizes me. To watch souls depart as petals in a gale, there exists no greater joy.

compared to

>You can call me insane and I may very well be by any definition but i'm never going to deny how mesmerizing it is when I watch a person's soul evaporate from their body like a fine kick of dust in the breeze

Even if you don't like the style I went with it's still a much clear, and cleaner reading experience.

>age
33

>current book
The Enchanters - James Ellroy

>your thoughts on it
Man, Ellroy hasn't been the same since Cold Six Thousands. Still alright, but doesn't feel like the same guy who wrote American Tabloid

>it's another anon decided to read a book, went to /lit/ wiki and said to himself "hmm I must pick the best regarded one", read classic a Russian novel but could not understand a story about people who are not like himself episode
i am so tired of these re-runs

>>22403190
wine

>Open Band of Brothers
>Oasis is not mentioned

It's a great book. At the end I wished it was even longer