Book Meming for Mental Health

[dodger_winslow]

Gakked from lenoregray to put off doing what I should actually be doing.

Comments

[animotus]

Ohhh,I'm reading The Road!And I'm glad I've decided to do it in english because I'm sure in italian would suck!
I love McCharty's writing,it is so essential and powerful!♥

[dodger_winslow]

It is an incredibly powerful book. And the language is so rich it made my heart palpatate. In a good way, of course.

[enigmaticblues]

Depends on what you mean by "lowbrow" I suppose. If I consider it lowbrow, I don't tend to read it. If by lowbrow you mean genre book, on the other hand, fuck you.

Amen to that.

[dodger_winslow]

We genre folk have to stick together.

[sassafras224]

I'm glad I read these 2 book-meme posts, since you mention a couple of books that are already on my "Want to Read" list. Now I have moved them up higher on said list. But the main reason I am adding a comment is to tell you that I LOVE your answer to number 22. That's the way it should be.

Also (and this is off-topic, but not really), thanks for the tip on the paperback trade website. I'm in the process of moving at the moment, but I can't wait to check it out once I get books unpacked!

[dodger_winslow]

Thank you. When you're in school, you have to read what others decide is the "good stuff." And that's a good thing because it exposes you to things you'd never try on your own, so being forced to "read it for class" opens your eyes to the full breadth of the world that exists beyond your window. But once you're out of school and reading for your own purposes? Anyone who is reading to impress someone else is doing it for the wrong reasons, IMO. Nothing wrong with catching books you'd otherwise not try so you can conversate (ark) with others who like to talk about such things. But to go so far as to be "ashamed" of what you haven't read? Pfffft. There's enough shame in this world. Not gonna take any on over something like that.

More than welcome on the paperback trade site. I never got addicted to EBay the way many of my friends did. But this? I have got it BAD.

[dolimir_k]

31) What is your desert island book?
Probably Building Seaworthy Rafts for Dummies.

Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE that answer. I almost inhaled the cereal I was chewing!

[dodger_winslow]

:D That seemed like the most logical answer, if not the most creative one ... *snerk*