Asklemmy

55894 readers

329 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 7 years ago

MODERATORS

100

Whats your favorite book? EDIT: apologies I don’t respond to your recommendations but I highly appreciate the community hooking me up with good reads. Stay lit with literature. <3 (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Up_dog@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

132 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Need to get back into reading. Usually read horror literature and Russian works. But regardless, tell me your favorites !

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Tough to answer but currently;

The Words We Keep.
The Book Thief.
Before The Coffee Gets Cold.
1984
The Midnight Library.

[–] Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I put this in a comment below, but if you liked 1984 (I love dystopias!) it's worth reading "We" if you haven't. Orwell denies using this as inspiration, but We was clearly the precursor to 1984.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Man I did not like The Midnight Library at all!

I think the premise was solid though.

Tap for spoiler

Perhaps it was just a predictable ending, which is why I didn’t care for it.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

I can definitely understand that. I think it’s a book that’s more of a “read it at the right time and moment” kind of book. If I remember well, I read it when I had a lot going on in my life and then found comfort in the book. Like I loved the idea of ''hopping from life to life'' to see which would eventually fit you better and then coming to realize that every life that you could've gotten would always have a downside.

Plus, I genuinely love some of the sentences/ quotes of the book, such as:

“The only way to learn is to live.”
“Never underestimate the big importance of small things”
“Sometimes regrets aren't based on fact at all”

And a bigger one but my most favorite of the book:

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise.”