Mister_Sosotris
Mister_Sosotris t1_j7uqnqb wrote
Reply to comment by PangeanPrawn in Why do some books blank out arbitrary place names? by PangeanPrawn
Yeah, it’s to make them seem realistic. It’s kind of a weird choice. I don’t think a book like Dracula, which is all letters and articles, uses this technique at all.
Mister_Sosotris t1_j7udtne wrote
Jane Eyre does that, too. It was a stylistic choice to make it look like certain places and people are “redacted” from the record as if they were real letters and documents to protect people’s privacy
Mister_Sosotris t1_j2j9ocp wrote
Reply to comment by Mister_Sosotris in How to read more books and less fanfiction? by ccRumandChickenWings
Also, Libby is the greatest app ever. You can check out ebooks and audiobooks for free from your library. That way you can check out all kinds of new stuff with no pressure or commitment. Figure out what kinds of stuff you like!
Mister_Sosotris t1_j2j9hmb wrote
Check out the #booktok tag on TikTok. There’s also a reading app called StoryGraph that lets you track you reading, and it gives really great recommendations based on what you like.
Mister_Sosotris t1_j2ep7kk wrote
Reply to I read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and I didn't find a deeper meaning in the story. Am I dumb? by -greek_user_06-
As a former English teacher, I can confidently say that there doesn’t have to be a deeper meaning. You can always apply different branches of critical theory to find different layers to a story if you want, but you can also just get swept up in the story and enjoy it for what it is. It doesn’t matter what the author INTENDED you to get out of a story, but rather what elements speak to you specifically. Don’t feel bad! It’s okay to just enjoy things! ^_^
Mister_Sosotris t1_j2e1c6l wrote
Reply to Les Miserables by Victor Hugo... by Johnhfcx
I love that book so much!
Mister_Sosotris t1_j29nolr wrote
Reply to comment by thestormarrow in What books made you sit and hug them at the end? by timothy_bikit
Yes! I love her so much, and reading her for the first time was such a revelation!
Mister_Sosotris t1_j29ltk1 wrote
Reply to comment by TheAres1999 in What's the best audiobook you've listened to? by TheAres1999
It’s definitely something that works well in audio since so many characters are so outrageous and have such distinctive ways of talking.
Mister_Sosotris t1_j29jurm wrote
I loved the Audible version of David Copperfield narrated by Richard Armitage!
Mister_Sosotris t1_j29crl0 wrote
Ok, but Mexican Gothic did this to me. Not because the story is wholesome or anything, but I LOVED Silvia Moreno Garcia’s writing style so much and she immediately became a favourite auto-buy author. And if you like romance, her book The Beautiful Ones is a high society second chance romance with some magical elements, and it’s WONDERFUL!
Mister_Sosotris t1_j25gqub wrote
I ADORE that book! I’m reading a collection of her short stories right now, and it’s just reinforcing how incredible she is as a writer.
Mister_Sosotris t1_j24oj3a wrote
Sci fi, fantasy, and horror is my primary, though I also have a big collection of classics and lit fic.
Mister_Sosotris t1_j1oirm1 wrote
Reply to Do you find yourself reading more non-fiction books and less fiction as you get older? by disruptivelychill
I’m 36. I love non-fiction audiobooks, but I still read primarily fiction when it’s a physical or ebook
Mister_Sosotris t1_j1m6zi6 wrote
I use StoryGraph. It has an awesome recommendation list that changes as you update your current reads, and it keeps your TBR pretty neat. I do think Goodreads has a better library of reviews, but I use StoryGraph to track my reading progress, and it has all these awesome graphs that track all your reading habits. And you can easily import your library from Goodreads
Mister_Sosotris t1_j1i8y8w wrote
Reply to What unusual combination of genre and setting would you like to see more of in books? by T_Lawliet
I love mysteries, but I’d love to see more noir-style detective fiction set in a second world high fantasy setting.
Mister_Sosotris t1_ja7d38s wrote
Reply to Does KOTOR hold up? by DoeCommaJohn
The combat is a bit weird, but I replayed them recently, and the writing makes up for the older graphics.