giacomo

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[–] giacomo 14 points 1 year ago
[–] giacomo 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ender's game is a book I can always pick up and read through in one or two sittings. The rest of the serieses maybe not as much.

Also anything Jonathan safran foer.

Edit: foundation and anathem are also gems.

[–] giacomo 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha, I always thought that was the point.

[–] giacomo 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

East of Eden definitely has a place in my top 5. Having been forced to read grapes of wrath in highschool, I didn't touch another Steinbeck for quite a few years. I think being told to read something immediately changes your opinion about the book and author.

East of Eden was a perfect book about humans. Definitely changed the way I think and feel about Steinbeck. Worth every page.

[–] giacomo 3 points 1 year ago

If I get to about 40% of a book and I don't care about what happens to any of the characters, I'll just drop it.

I'll usually flip to a random page in a new book and read a few paragraphs to see if I like the way the author writes. If it doesn't click with me; phrasing, vernacular, etc, I won't bother with it disregarding whatever the story is about.

[–] giacomo 3 points 1 year ago

The stranger. Cannery row. Catch 22. Extremely loud and incredibly close.

Some of my favorite depression books.

[–] giacomo 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But what if, and hear me out, the rich paid for it?

[–] giacomo 8 points 1 year ago

If you think you're of average intelligence, there are at least 160 million americans that are dumber than you.

[–] giacomo 2 points 1 year ago

lol kids don't play outside anymore

[–] giacomo 3 points 1 year ago

Fear of terminal

[–] giacomo 26 points 1 year ago

Seems like a lot of effort to make an unfunny cringe post.

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