/lit/ - Literature

>>14428736
pussy

>book is under 600 pages

>big books bad
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150 pages? Just right.

>book is over 400 pages

>page is over 400 books

>book ends on an odd chapter

>Page 400 is over. Book

>>14428736
>visual novel the size of two War and Peace

>books

>>14428736
yeah just stop reading at page 399.

>novel fits in one volume

>break spine in half
>two books each 200pg

>>14428736
Exactly! Why do you think Gene Wolfe split up BOTNS into two books (and stopped at 400 pages on the first one) and then wrote it so there’s a new chapter every 5 pages? Books should not be more than 400 pages. OP is right

t. brainlet

>>14430758
Does this actually exist

>>14432394
Yes, but it cannot by seen by the plebs.

>book is over 0 pages long
Yikes, just send me the summary

>>14432394
>Assuming that the “average” length of a word in the English language is 5 characters and that the book is printed on A5 paper, with . 5 inch margins, and an average of 363 words per page. That is ~1307026 words in total, and ~3600.62 pages in total.

>book contains words

audio book is only 21 hours

>>14428736
400-500 pages means one week of reading. It's pretty comfy. Anything that's 100-200 pages is kinda gay cause you can just read it in one day if you flex a little, and that's not really reading a book but rather a magazine. 300 is more acceptable cause I can stretch it to a working week and then read a real book in the weekend. I generally like it around 700 because you really bond with it through pain and joy. When you finish it you actually feel something unlike with the 100 pages twinks.

>>14430700
>>14430267
Unironically kill yourself

>book doesn't contain pictures

>>14433650
Why yes, I have never read a short story anthology in my life, how could you tell?

>>14433674
hi alice
post feet

I don't even bother reading a book that's not at least 500 pages. Every book below that mark that I've read, has sucked a major dick.

>>14432394
If you count whole series together, sure.

>>14433677
>fiction

>>14433696
wait nm I thought it said light novel. VNs get pretty long though, especially if you want to play multiple routes.

>>14433697
What do you read? How to fix a heater? Kek what a faggot, just read a two paragraph tutorial.

>book is exactly 628 pages

>>14433706
Classic texts on philosophy and science like any adult.

>>14433721
Philosophy is literally fiction, but with shittier allegories. I can't believe nobody fucking told you this.

>>14433749
The "philosophy" books you read to show off to the class don't count, my underage friend.

>>14433721
And you bond with a classic text on science?

t.autist

>>14433941
i bondburgered with your sister on your bed

>>14433941
>not bonding with euclid, lavoisier, ptolemy, kepler, pascal, newton, darwin, einstein, heisenberg, and the bros
Why do you even waste your time "reading"?

>chapters longer than 20 pages

>book over 400 pages is over

>>14428736
>>book is over 400 pages

>>14428736
If a book is over 300 pages there's zero chance I'm going to read it. 200 pages max is best.

>>14430267

>>14433638
That means you can read it in at like 10. Unless you can't read faster than someone can speak. Subvocalizing brainlets, basically

>>14428736
>Book is under 400 pages

>>14435751
>Subvocalizing brainlets, basically
But literally how does one not subvocalize while reading? Am I defective?

>>14436043
Subvocalization, or silent speech, is the internal speech typically made when reading; it provides the sound of the word as it is read.[1][2] This is a natural process when reading, and it helps the mind to access meanings to comprehend and remember what is read, potentially reducing cognitive load.[3] This inner speech is characterized by minuscule movements in the larynx and other muscles involved in the articulation of speech. Most of these movements are undetectable (without the aid of machines) by the person who is reading.[3] It is one of the components of Baddeley and Hitch's phonological loop proposal which accounts for the storage of these types of information into short-term memory.[4]

>>14436043
You just have to train yourself to move on from the word as soon as you parse its meaning. For example, I could say and use for dramatic purposes two words,, making it easy to parse, that have many syllables, making it longer to vocalize the simple idea:
>premature ejaculation
It takes a lot longer to sub vocalize those 8 syllables than it is to glance at those two words without subvocalizing and still having a completely implicit, embedded understanding of what they are understood to mean.

>>14436161
>It takes a lot longer to sub vocalize those 8 syllables than it is to glance at those two words without subvocalizing and still having a completely implicit, embedded understanding of what they are understood
I feel like I still "retroactively" subvocalize things even after immediately parsing them and understanding the meaning.

>book isn't deckle edged

Book doesn't tell me at the end what font was used for the text.

>>14428736
>book has no index

>>14428736
>Introduction spoils the book and explains everything for you

>get tired while reading
>check how many pages I have to read to finish the chaper
>more than 10 pages

>>14435751
literally me

>>14436043
it is a training requirement thing try apps like spreeder or just research speed reading. when I was working on my thesis I had to chew through giant journals regularly and learned to speed read without missing too much of the good stuff. I've since gotten lazy and certainly wouldn't speed read something I'm reading for enjoyment.

>>14435790
>Schopenhauer chewing gum.gif

>pop up flap broke on your favorite page
this was a fucking limited copy signed by the author bros I don't even know how to read but I just want to see my toothasaurus biter dance again. anyone know what libraries have the best book repair services?

>>14435751
I can do both but subvocalizing is more comfy depending on the book.

>>14428774
This
>i wikipedia’d the plot LOL. Typical me, so impatient :P

>>14433721
What adult who isn't a broke humanities major do you know who actually wastes his time with reading philosophy? In fact reading such things is the sign of manchild.

>>14439047
Oh sweaty, you should worry about your Facebook notifications because you'll never sit at the adults table anyway.

>>14439047
Enjoy reading the new Tom Green novel “Surviving Highschool “, fucking faggot.