Thread 24810284

All will be forgiven edition.

I masturbate to the description of Mary Morstan, as given by Dr. Watson in the opening scenes of The Sign of Four.

My ocd sometimes makes me think of a letter or word in my head. And then I when I read my brain forces me to look for that letter or word and it completely ruins my reading experience

>>24810284 (OP)
The rate at which I buy books vs read is pretty severe at the moment. Not too long ago, I was afraid my shelf next to my bed was going to collapes and squash my head like a pumpkin. I'll be officially be putting a pause on all purchases soon. In the meantime, I've got a library sale to visit today...

>>24810370
https://youtu.be/eH3ZCwbkytg

>>24810284 (OP)
I don't read at all. I only listen to audiobooks.

This is my shelf.

>>24810284 (OP)
I work my most lyrical prose into human male on furry female porn.

>>24810949
>Halo books
K I N O

I have too many unread books I get overstimulated when deciding my next read.
I have barely been able to read this year due to my gut-brain axis being fucked and am scared my overall intelligence has dropped significantly as a result, due to my spelling and speech being much poorer (although my gut-brain axist hasn't quite healed yet).
I have thrown away 10 years' worth of writing because I have no interest in literary ambitions anymore.

i buy books to burn them

I actually like LitRPG.

>>24811201
Fahrenheit reference?

>>24810284 (OP)
I want to write erotic stories, the only thing which stops me is the fear of my gf’s reaction. She’s far more religious than I, I don’t think she’d be pleased, even if it were vanilla stuff (it wouldn’t be)

>>24811226
no. i fucking burn books, dumbass.

>>24811273
Oh... :(

>>24811201
I pirate ebooks to delete them

>>24810284 (OP)
Sometimes i skip through scene descriptors, fill in the blanks with my own imagination and just read through dialogue. Especially in scifi works.

When i was younger i used to skip ahead 5-7 pages because i couldn't be assed to consume all the fluff.
Nowadays i'm better about it and have come to appreciate actually reading all of the book.

>>24810284 (OP)
Rich dad poor dad and shit like that. I was 9-11 years old so it makes it a venial sin.

>>24810284 (OP)
My favorite written work of all time is Yuru Camp.

>>24810284 (OP)
I self-insert shamelessly

>>24810284 (OP)
I give opinions on works I've never read, of which I've only gotten a ChatGPT summary.

>>24810949
At least you read

>>24810284 (OP)
I know that reading is time wasting yet I still do it because there's nothing better to do

>>24810284 (OP)
Im rereading Cradle rn

>>24810284 (OP)
>I masturbate to the description of Mary Morstan
Enjoy hell.

>>24813032
So did Goethe. You are saved.

>>24814632
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>>24811226
The fires are rising...

I enjoy the idea of diving into generic fantasy slop like The Belgeriad or Wheel of Time but actually sitting down to read them leaves me bored out of my mind.

>>24813064
Such as?

>>24810795
I think the only downside I can think of is that it will take you longer to finish whatever shit. Reading is usually much faster than listening to someone speaking and narrating, unless you're too busy to read or something (you're not, don't lie). In any case, I personally wouldn't consider it a sin. At the end of the day, you're gaining the same knowledge as us, right? Different medium, same result, I guess!

>>24810284 (OP)
I can't read. My phone reads everything to me, and all of my posts are text-to-speech. I post here all the time, anyway.

>>24814941
That's you...

>>24810284 (OP)
I like the Book Of Mormom narrative.
Not the literary "style" though.

I have read every Murakami novel at least three times

>>24810284 (OP)
I use LitCharts to understand what I read. I am terrible at analyzing text beyond what is surface-level

>>24810284 (OP)
my attention span is so fucked that i can't sit down and read anymore

>>24814779
I fuckin love my audiobooks. I only listen to them when I'm driving to/from work or doing some chores around the house. I'd rather play vidja during my free time at home, so it works really well. The only downside I've found is that I can't follow shit like the Aeneid. Any poetry is too difficult to follow without putting my car through a bus. Maybe its just my special set of autism, I can't believe that people listen to music instead.

>>24810284 (OP)
Sometimes I ask LLMs for grammar checks.

>Check the following passage for grammatical errors. Don't use semi colons or dashes, and don't adjust for clarity or style. Only point out glaring errors like spelling mistakes, comma splices, run on sentences, etc.