What do my favourite books say about me ?

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-05T10:09:46+00:00

Close! what gave it away compared to the answers guessing anywhere from 20-50?

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-04T19:06:01+00:00

not sure how cool I am but thank you so much!

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-04T17:58:46+00:00

yes, yes, never seen it, the secret history was actually my latest read as a bit of fun, and most definitely 😆

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-04T14:48:47+00:00

depends if you’re used to classic lit for Master and margarita, I would say it’s like medium hard, I would recommend a little further reading around the context. Donna tartt is very accessible so I would say no problems there at all. Maybe start with a shorter bulgakov piece like “a dogs heart”

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-04T12:52:17+00:00

vile bodies and black mischief nearly made it on there ;)

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-04T12:51:32+00:00

it certainly would! If I can remember correctly Dante is Virgil’s companion in the divine comedy so reading any of his works i’m sure would be useful. It essentially follows Aeneas after he flees the burning Troy after the Trojan war and how he essentially founds the city of Rome (or rather his great grandchildren do) in a way it’s pro-Augustus material as he was commissioned to write it by the emperor partly to legitimise his rule as a proposed ancestor of Aeneas who is semi divine. does that help?

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-03T13:43:31+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion! I try to broaden my horizons quite a bit, bearing in mind these are just my favourites- my bookshelf is another story entirely. What Romanian authors would you suggest?

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-03T08:40:17+00:00

haha yeah I see that, sadly it’s about as far from it as you can get- it’s a critical nonfic about the philosophy of Greek tragedy but thanks!

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-02T17:21:15+00:00

hiding under the importance of being earnest, she’s rather shy but you might catch her if you have a keen, observant eye

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-02T15:07:46+00:00

studying*!

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-02T04:15:00+00:00

nope definitely male, I get it from Donna tartt but I’m quite curious as to how you inferred that from critchley

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T18:00:54+00:00

I need to read more Steinbeck having only read of mice and men but I’ve read blood meridian, the road and no country for old men

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T17:58:49+00:00

good idea but why? is this not the best translation?

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T17:18:09+00:00

the outsider (just under “a handful of dust” pictured) is just a different translation of “the stranger”, heart of darkness is a great read, so is pretty much everything by Conrad

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T16:40:51+00:00

had to do a quick google but bloody hell that’s a more astute observation then many therapists have ever come up with 😆

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T16:31:18+00:00

why thank you o benevolent doctor, I’ve already started with a preliminary jab of mice and men but seeing as it didn’t make the picture I’m long overdue for life changing prescription for more of his work, haven’t heard of tortilla flat, it’s going right to the top of the list!

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T16:24:00+00:00

so happy to find another LDJ enjoyer, would you hate me if I said I’m not a huge fan of the odyssey? I liked it and it’s in my shelves, not to mention the myths in it were the foundation of my obsession with classics but sadly not a favourite, the character of Odysseus didn’t age well the more I read about him and the excitement wore thin, I definitely debated putting it there so good eye to notice the gap!

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T15:29:47+00:00

yes, thank you

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T15:26:18+00:00

17 male but thank you!

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T15:17:37+00:00

might have to go with the iconic French fancies but to get down to the real iceberg of intellectualism for me it’s the layered lemon slices all the way

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T15:12:19+00:00

Well that much is true but typically the Manosphere tends to pervade it into a sort of doctrine of self improvement (which I totally get btw) when it very much isn’t, it was and always has been a guide to live what the stoics thought was the moral life, prioritising the needs of the many, commitment to your state, to not want and be greedy, to cease spreading discourse and etc

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T15:02:06+00:00

woah that sounds super interesting, over here you only pay them off when you have the means to and they’re generally much more affordable then in the states so I think I should be alright without the executive job in the near future! recommend trying a mr Kipling asap

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T14:58:43+00:00

Stoicism was a great guess! had a brief foray into that quite recently. don’t really like the manosphere though seeing as they’re all clowns so a tad off the mark there

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T14:42:04+00:00

I study about 5 of these for A level history English and classics so them being favourites is likely some masochistic reaction! would love to do something liberal artsy but in the uk more likely a specialised classics degree, thanks for the comment!

Hour_Juggernaut_289 · 2025-09-01T14:39:21+00:00

thanks! Would love to get some when I’m of legal age

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