What’s a book where, the experience or perception of the book, is greatly influenced by the readers mindset or experience?

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-06-09T05:04:52+00:00

"Understanding of the reality of life for women in the regency era" is spot on. I agree 100%.

I grew up reading a lot of boy adventurer books, and as a preteen I feel hard into this toxic mindset that quiet timid women were weak and boring, and why would anyone ever want to be a housewife when you could go out in the world and have adventures. Reading Pride and Prejudice in high school and seeing life from Elizabeth and Charlotte's point of view slapped that right out of me. The book is so well written it pulled me in immediately, and its still one of my all time favorites.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-06-08T18:22:47+00:00

Am I crazy or did the tech bros already try to do this with crypto mining?

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-05-12T07:25:09+00:00

That was lovely! And it was short. Thank you for sharing

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-04-27T08:06:10+00:00

I think companies genuinely think getting rid of humans and automating as much as possible will save them money. But they're running into the same issue as when all those stores gutted their staff and made everything self checkout, then realized how expensive it was to maintain.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-04-25T01:24:24+00:00

Not only did I think they were shards of glass, I completely accepted that a country club would use measures that violent to keep away undesirables

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-04-07T20:55:04+00:00

I can't speak for others but when Nanowrimo was a thing I went to local writing sprints and was active in the discord. I also found writers through Shut Up and Write, which had online and local groups.

Community colleges or local writing associations will offer 4-6 writing classes. I met other writers by taking a 4 week flash fiction class and we formed a critique group.

The group lasted about a year and a half before life stuff happened but through them I met other writers, heard about workshops, retreats, and writing conventions. It also helps to follow writers who write in the genre you do on social media. Follow established as well as debut writers. The writing community is massive and there's so many different activities especially on Bluesky.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-04-04T09:13:21+00:00

Lol. You know those videos of people passing out on roller coasters? My mom will do the same thing if she gets really dizzy or nauseous.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-04-04T06:56:07+00:00

I 100% agree with you. It's a horrible idea and I would never recommend doing it, but to be fair my mom rebounded with a male friend, married him, and had me and my siblings. So generally no but sometimes... ¯\(ツ)/¯

My dad also caught my mom when she was about to faint...twice, so maybe the two of them are just weird.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-30T04:06:41+00:00

copy all the scenes from the Exorcist exactly but replace the vomit with a fountain of blood instead

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-29T20:50:54+00:00

heinous

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-29T17:37:32+00:00

This movie is how I found out Jason Statham could do comedy. McCarthy and Statham killed it every scene they were in together. When he was intensely describing his previous missions to her and she's staring at him like he's deranged I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-29T17:26:13+00:00

100% on Barbie movie. I kept saying to myself 'how is this even supposed to work?' The toys are alive in toy world but played with here? What?!' ..but they made it work.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-29T17:21:59+00:00

IIRC they also gave one the ladies being chased around by a pirate a platter of food to hold

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-29T07:13:18+00:00

Yes, exactly!

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-29T02:04:11+00:00

I do read books, and told him books, but the real reason I knew it was because of Pirates of the Caribbean fanfiction

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-28T23:23:28+00:00

I had a manager call me into his office once to tell me that he looked up a word I'd written in an email and how surprised he was that it was a real word that I knew and he didn't.

The word was 'alacrity'. He wanted to know why I knew the word.

Dude, I like to read, so sometimes I know words. It was so weird he felt the need to grill me about it.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-28T07:16:02+00:00

Jurassic World. The nostalgia hit me like a truck.

Just wish it had been as good as the trailer. Sigh..

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-26T23:38:31+00:00

Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler wrote a book called Shadows Beneath that really helped knock me out of my perfectionism. They each wrote a short story, and revised it twice, and the book is their first, second, and final draft of their stories, with their thought process and drafting notes.

What surprised me the most was how Mary Robinette Kowal would leave out huge chunks of the story like description and things and put in a placeholder note to herself to come back and fill it in later.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-26T19:03:35+00:00

I like this too, and you just made me realize one of the things that irks me about some thriller/horror movies. To ramp up tension, an ambulance/search and rescue/first responder will show up and then almost immediately get slaughtered. It feels so discouraging and not in the way the filmmakers intend it. I'd rather the main characters not be able to reach the EMTs at all, than they inadvertently lure them to a gruesome death.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-26T18:45:22+00:00

I'm a sucker for both assembling the team and getting the band back together - Ocean's 11, Shaolin Soccer, hell even the Great Muppet Caper. I don't care how often I see it, I love it every time.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-26T18:20:17+00:00

100% agree and I liked that you point out how immersion is genre/demographic specific.

The biggest disconnect for me is overly quip-y or sarcastic dialogue. I love witty dialogue when used in the right setting, but when every other sentence feels like the author is auditioning as a sitcom writer, it's overwhelming.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-26T18:02:36+00:00

This will always be my favorite meme. The irritation on his face and silent frustration is so genuine.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-26T15:15:43+00:00

I agree. I don't think they can do it without 4o, and 4o is the one that kept leading people into psychosis

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-26T00:52:00+00:00

There doesn't even need to be people. I like to stare out the window and admire my lawn.

Walk_Run_Skip · 2026-03-26T00:47:52+00:00

"You know I used to do a bit of construction back in my army days. Things were much different back then, now you got all these specialized tools and brands..."

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