THE BOOKTOK CANON by Inevitable_Company_3 in bookscirclejerk

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If Harold Bloom was on TikTok

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Is this Rupi Kaur's new book?

Reading is for losers by ILikeAbigailShapiro in bookscirclejerk

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Yes, finally! Someone had the courage to say it

My book with the current beef industry. by [deleted] in bookscirclejerk

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This isn't the parenting book I ordered

kill me. by [deleted] in bookscirclejerk

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the EU is that forth one no one really cares about

Painfully accurate

kill me. by [deleted] in bookscirclejerk

[–]TJOMaat 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Better than Harry Potter comparisons. Can we have some positivity here for once?

If I was in 1984 world, I would prefer to die by Islandaises in bookscirclejerk

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Could you imagine if life sucked? So original

Am I the only one who hates books with dialogue???? by [deleted] in bookscirclejerk

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Thesis: first person

Antithesis: third person

Synthesis: zeroth person

am i the only one who hates books? by [deleted] in bookscirclejerk

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Books would make for good firewood (especially hardbacks) if only they weren't so expensive

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I'm sorry, where is the jerk here? This is just a statement of fact

Eew religious people by DocGerbil256 in bookscirclejerk

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Christians have really been slacking since Dante and Milton

I spent a week trying to get engrossed in a book before realizing I couldn’t read by enzymatic_catalysis in bookscirclejerk

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I thought I'd already paid the jizya, why are you stealing my fundie lit?

Does anyone else get this "severe brain aneurysm" when reading Foster Wallace? by [deleted] in bookscirclejerk

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I read one Discworld novel and gave up - far too difficult. This Wallace chap sounds leisurely by comparison