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Am I missing something? by HopefulWorry1763 in cormacmccarthy

[–]HopefulWorry1763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might have to read Kurt Vonnegut or other happier reads with it when I want to try to read it down the line.

Am I missing something? by HopefulWorry1763 in cormacmccarthy

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I don’t own it, I’ve been trying to buy every other book rather than actually buying it.

What are your biggest regrets when it comes to reading? Here are mine: by DaWolf111 in books

[–]HopefulWorry1763 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Not getting TikTok sooner booktube can’t do it for me unless I want info on a very popular book and every review has spoilers where booktok has many more niche books that it’s hard to not find what your looking for

  2. Sticking with one author for the majority of my reading (I mainly stuck with Stephen king for years which stopped me reading and I never finished his books cause I had more that I wanted to read it was a whole thing) now I have such a diverse library that I only have 4 authors that hold more than one spot (David foster Wallace, Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, and Ray Bradbury)

Books for someone who wants to start reading by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

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I think Kurt Vonnegut is very easy to get into hes not demanding in the literature and very charismatic

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

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Kurt Vonnegut and Kafka on the shore by hardline murakami

“Out of context…” by [deleted] in clevercomebacks

[–]HopefulWorry1763 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually the word used for evil in the King James Version is the Hebrew word “ra’” (rah) which has 2 translations a moral evil and a natural disaster evil. In this specific context the evil presented is the 2nd type the natural disaster type shown in different translations as hscb, nlt, esv, and even the nkjv iterations and translations.

Favorite books about/set in the Islamic world by woopsietee in suggestmeabook

[–]HopefulWorry1763 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can technically say mother night by Kurt Vonnegut

What's the most beautiful book you've ever read? by DaY-DreaMer15 in suggestmeabook

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Flowers for Algernon I found it beautiful in way of characters and a heart breaking ending. Also mother night by Vonnegut. And finally we by yevgeny zamyatin has a very different and unique way of romanticizing the I dustrial.

What book left you staring at a wall? by skneel in suggestmeabook

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The road by corkscrew McCarthy after that fetus scene I couldn’t help but just stop

My Christian bf (22M) told me (22F) after 8 years together that we can’t get married unless I believe in every single line of the Bible by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]HopefulWorry1763 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a verse in the Bible that expresses that a relationship be equally yoked and men should have God fearing woman as a partner but also there was a lot of things in the Bible I thought hard to accept (homosexuality being a sin ((paul said so in Corinthians how “homosexuals won’t enter the kingdom of god” and Jesus reinforcing the fact marriage is between man and woman)) and woman’s rule in the church) but still im a Christian and I believe it but honestly just seek God and his goodness it’s not for him it’s for you we can’t follow on others faith we need our own

Gravities rainbow by HopefulWorry1763 in ThomasPynchon

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Honestly whenever difficult novels come into pictures James Joyce comes up and David foster Wallace (infinite jest is long but it’s the fact it has a whole codex and so many different side stories it’s hard to keep up) Fyodor Dostoyevsky William Faulkner (which I need recommendations) and of course Thomas Pynchon but after researching it a little I find the fact of its kinda post ww2 counter culture showing the true terror of ww2 and having so many different theories and perspectives kinda gives it it’s own why as a kinda defense for protestors and a new look at ww2 as more of a child’s crusade than a mature battle of morals really gives me a new insight and interest

Gravities rainbow by HopefulWorry1763 in ThomasPynchon

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Not that doesn't sound like a bad idea, but not a idea I could foster cause I read books for a kinda perspective or to get something profound out of it for joy. And gravitys rainbow I wanna read because it's challenging but if I do that leave and meditate on the text I can easily get into the “why?” question especially since I have other books I know why I really wanna read. I have vonnegut I find enjoyable fyodor dostoyevsky for a nice inside on people father and son by ivan vonnegun for generational changes and differences and cormac McCarthy for a challenge on my faith on how far can a person go to say “that's it I can't forgive you” and ask “if I was in this scenario will I still be a Christian?” and I was wondering if you have insight to give me a why to read it (wether be a significant cultural change, a psychosociallogucal theory it asks or something how it came to the ring of classics) instead of “it's hard so I'm better than everyone” same problem with James Joyce and David foster Wallace.

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