@read-and-be-merry List of Books to Read Before You Die

  1. Any book you want
  2. Don’t read books you don’t want to read
  3. That’s it
  4. Congratulations you did it

@iammewhooaryou | really like this list. All my favorite books are on it.

@ read-and-be-merry Thanks | worked really hard on it

  • banazir@lemmy.ml
    16·
    2 days ago

    I’d like to add that you are under no obligation to keep reading a book you don’t like. Doesn’t matter why, doesn’t matter if it’s an esteemed book, if you don’t care to continue, just stop. It’s perfectly fine. Pick up a different book. Don’t waste your limited time doing something you hate.

    • Swaus01@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      Yep I should probably clear all those books I don’t like off of my shelves… To name drop a few, in case anyone relates:

      spoiler
      • Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley. I hate this one, it’s just absolute nonsense
      • Column of Fire by Ken Follett’s. I was invested in finishing his Kingsbridge series but only the first 2 are actually important to read.
      • Some of Rick Riordan’s later books - again, I felt compelled to finish because of how many of his earlier works I read, but the viking stuff just seemed dull.
      • ZDL@lazysoci.alOP
        3·
        1 day ago

        There are oh-so-many “you simply must read this!” books in my trash bins over the years I could likely open the worst bookshop in the world with them as stock.

    • ZDL@lazysoci.alOP
      34·
      2 days ago

      Wow! Really? Damn! I needed that permission decades ago! 🤭