/lit/ - Literature

>"So far I have felt the normal feelings of a man of my age—like an old tree that is losing all its leaves one by one: This feels like an axe-blow near the roots," Tolkien wrote to his daughter Priscilla four days after Lewis's death.

>>13182238
Fuck off faggot.

>that first page in a book

>>12797336
>>12797339
I’m a kissless virgin and this behavior disgusts me beyond belief. Get some self respect.

Is it morally wrong to make a book out of tropes?

>>11800692
w-why didn't you quote my post?

>>11729978
I mean this is one of the things you do to become not a brainlet regardless

>>11635006
you seem mistaken, fren, pol is for containing idiocy.

Wardine be cry

>>11630213
y not fren?

Just got IJ on ebook from the liberry, pretty neat.

>>11601866
You bought it, why are you asking me for?

>>11531140
take ur pick, what looks interesting to u?

>>11410908
>Just finished reading this. Holy shit

>>10752420
I am now

>>10596198

>cured

good one anon

I'm a retard that is easily impressed and I really like plot twists... What are some good mystery books with awesome plot twists that will make me say "holy shit!"?

>>10150723
>tfw born in Switzerland to Swiss mother and Swiss father
>moved to Ireland by sociopath aged 2
>grow up learning English
>compulsory Irish and French which have since forgotten all knowledge of
>move back to Switzerland with zero knowledge of German in 20s
>currently only fluent in English and Swiss German (the most infantile of languages)
>learning German and Russian now
>hopes of eventually also becoming fluent in Italian and French

>>10128880
My books are in random stacks on my desk and floor

>>10056041
Shouldn't you pick names who were popular 15-20 years ago, so this generation relates to your characters?

>>9874723
>tfw I only have 16 books read

>the instant of decision is madness

Have you ever taugh that there's piles of hundreds of books worse than what you can write that still gets published meanwhile you still live with fear you're not good enough?

>>9508183
>want to be a writer
>all of your unique and notable life experiences involve immense suffering
>too painful to write about