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So how long do you guys read at a time when you sit down to read a novel?

College is a waste of time. I am pursuing an associates in humanities. I wish to study literature, but I do not know. I work a poor job and I am sore and tired and I feel as if this were a game. I...

I am the founder of this thread and I am proud-well I was proud- that I have created this thread, but it has gone too far. Now we are talking about poor television shows and man walking on the moon....

I believe God is good, but he is messing with me. He lets me sink to the bottom and at times I am comfortable, but when people grow in my territory oh how it digs under my skin.

I don't agree. At all. The Bible is a fat joke. The idea of God is a joke. He is pitiful if he does exist. He is a fat pig if he does exist. So is man.

All those are crap.

This is Hemingway at his finest.

Evaril I believe that is very nobel of you. I would recommend Hemingway's Old Man and The Sea and I would recommend Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and once he grows a little more advanced he must read The...

I would say Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski. Many of you might laugh, but in my opinion he is a modern Dostoevsky. As one man put it Charles Bukowski was sent here to kick the mickey mouse out of all...

I would also like to review another short story that was apart of this collection. It is titled "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man". It is about a man who has purchased a revolver and is contemplating...

Ha. A great reporter! Are you kidding me? He was a god of a writer. He was amazing. What Hemingway accomplished for writing is similar to what The Beatles accomplished for rock n roll. There will...

Joseph your a very kind man. I am just worn out my friend and the truth is guys like Dostoevsky are much more intelligent than I am. I am no great literary critic. I believe I am intelligent. I am...

I am impulsive and I do not always think things through rationally before I comment and perhaps that is simply your writing style and I am jealous because my writing style is very simple and...

I picked up a novel filled with Dostoevsky's short stories and many I enjoyed. I am not a great novelist or literary critic so my opinion should not mean much to you. I thought Notes of the...

I would allow students to realize how much bs is thrown into the school system. And then I would tell them 99% of you are worth nothing so you might as well leave this class or suffer. And then I...

I read your post and I instantly did not like it. Now I realize your the son of a gun who put down Orwell, Huxley, and Bukowski. It seems natural that I don't like you.

Well I put all this to the test. I'm reading Dostoevsky's short stories and so far I have loved all of them. I was looking forward to Notes of the Underground, but now I hate it. Its complicated. He...

I believe it is an exercise and sometimes after I am finished reading a difficult novel a simpler novel is much easier and more enjoyable. Like reading Ezra Pound which baffles me then reading...

Now I feel a little guilty for giving up on novels that confuse me or I do not enjoy. I put down the Jack London short stories I was reading. I enjoyed a few of them especially a piece of steak and...

I agree with this also! yes yes yes.

Me too! Cut all the intellectual jazz out of it haha.

That is funny. The one novel you have given up on is one of my favorite novels and writers.

I also believe I find common interest in authors writing and if I can find these interest I am more likely to enjoy them and read them. Like Dostoevsky for example. I find it interesting to read...

There are many novels I have a hard time plugging through. Some of Jack Kerouac's writing, Shakespeare's work is tough for me, Jack London is tough. A lot of the classics. I'm not a brilliant...

I say take a seat halfway through the tunnel and know that you can approach the light, but only approach it when your ready and until then go to sleep.