/lit/ - Literature

>>13625123
"Besides, we are friends of the lento, I and my book."

>>13625123
depends on the author.

I think the problem is if you find the material interesting or not. If I find something engrossing I can read and it feels like I'm going fast but when I find something boring it takes ages to read it to completion.

>>13625123
I have ADD so I can get maybe 5 pages in then think of something else for 10 minutes. I can do maybe 50-100 pages a day

>>13625123
I don't know what this thread is talking about butt nice ass.

>>13625123
I used to read very quickly, my parents cut off the book fund and sent me to the library, turns out I am terrible at returning books and perpetual fines meant I often could not take books out, then I moved out of the family home so money was far from plentiful. The choice was to read less or read slower, so I started to force myself to read slowly, to savor and consider every word I read, both individually and in contexts, over time my reading speed has more or less fallen into roughly the speed of speech, which has had some pleasant side effects since the way I read has translated over to conversation. I mostly enjoy the slow reading, the only real downside is that it has been at least a decade since I have had to worry about book spending and I just buy any book I want to read when I come across it, my back log is massive, my problem has reversed.

>>13625123
Put down your mobile phone. It's hard to read and text/shitpost/browse scat porn at the same time.

>>13625123
It really can be hard to find time after preparing my partner's mindfulness.

>>13625142
>ADD
>real

>>13625142
>I have ADD
Could be worse - you might have something that exists.

>>13625142
>I have ADD
No, you don't. No one does.

>>13625142
>ADD
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

>>13625142
Yeeees, good goy, buy more pills!

>>13625142
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>>13626953
I also have ADD, not for treatment by pills though you do occasionally hear good things I have never tried them. It could just be a different neurological makeup as well since "ADD" is extremely common in the ENFP and ENTP personality types. Also...

T. Entp
pic related.

>>13626966
nice one anon, here's your (You)

>>13625123
I'm usually /speed/ and sometimes do my research while on amphetamine,
but lately I've been reading Bakhtin in English and since some of the semantics (mostly in the roots of words) are totally gone in the translation I have to read it in English and Russian parallel.
So those 100 pages are taking a third sitting today, and since i'm exhausted from splitting logs all day, they will have to take a forth.

Still, a pretty good read.

>>13625135
is the that from pulp?

>>13626970
No (you), no your sexy.

>>13625123
Me too

Also I have this habit of checking out dictionary for words that I'm not familiar with or simply don't use much

OP pic cant be real theres just no way

>>13627049
Get an e-reader, anon. You can mark and instantly look up words in the dictionary. Don't get the jewish kindle, find one that you like that supports epubs. You can read this way any book in the world for free.

It's pretty comfy learning a new language with ebooks.

Im at about 350 wpm, not ideal but its good enough

>>13625123
Can't wait for that rice picker to rape the shit out of her

>>13625123
she has fat arms

ADD bros what sort of add are you, the day dreamy type or the hyperactive type? I'm personally a charismatic day dreamer chad

>>13627520
>ADD

I was diagnosed with it when I was a kid, but I don't think I have it. I was bored and didn't pay attention at school because it was too easy. So many kids are misdiagnosed with it, maybe even you.

Trying to read William Faulkner's The Sound And The Fury he doesn't use comas or punctuation for around 10 pages. Have no clue what's going on. Reading the stream of concious exasperates me. Can I join the small brain crew?

>>13627698
Conversely, I have friends who did well in school because they were so smart, but were severely struggling in college. Then they went to a doctor and were diagnosed with ADD, got the pills, and can finally manage their time

>>13627766
You mean after being prescribed stimulants, he was able to accomplish more work in time? Thats wild man

>>13625123
What >>13625133 said. For example, it takes longer for me to go through Proust than through Hemingway.

>>13627720
>Can I join the small brain crew?
Not yet Anon. If you still have problems with Faulkner after you've read more literature (especially stuff harder than his), only then can you claim you're in the small brain crew.

>>13627310
thanks anon

Depends on the book. War and Peace took me a little over 3 minutes per page. Reading Wuthering Heights currently and its about 1 minute 30 seconds per page. Some books are harder to read than others. Some books have more words per page than others.

>>13628878
>War and Peace took me a little over 3 minutes per page
Same. God is it a joy every time I open the book but oh so slow it goes.

>>13625123
how the fuck do people go outside dressed like that

Thin
>>13625123
More like looking for ways to show my ass without being called a hoe

>>13626460
This picture is something else.

>>13629559
People go on vacations for the social capital and to signal their wealth/personality. Why would you waste thousands of dollars without capitalizing on it fully and creating some nice mementos to reminisce afterwards?

>>13629586
I dont have fond memories of people interrupting my good time to fake smile and pose for someone's photo album.

>>13627310
>Insults jews
>Pro-theft
Irony

>>13625123
I get through about 1 book a year.

t. mega le sadface, no motivation or focus fag.

I just binge watch shitflix and stream spotishite.

>>13629586
I can't tell if you're being ironic or not. Good post.

Nudity bad! Hard work good!

>>13625123
Me. My mind always wanders

>>13630610
Then take a 5-10 minute break
Drink some water
Clear your mind
Meditate (if your into that kind of stuff)

>>13629605
I didn't insult jews. You know what I meant, but pretended to be retarded.

>pirating already popular books isn't gonna hurt the rich writers, in fact there are studies that prove that it benefits them
>i support and buy indie e-books

Do you support unknown authors, anon?

Here is a good blogpost by Jerry Jenkis that you should read: https://jerryjenkins.com/3-reasons-authors-shouldnt-worry-piracy-protect-anyway/

>>13625123
Me and it kinda dismisses me from reading more since it's so time consuming. Easily takes me 1h to read 30 pages. At least my comprehension is goat.