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I didn't know we got credit for Dune!

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Three panel meme from Pirates of the Caribbean 1: Book with wall of text 2: You know you can't read. 3: It's God Emperor of Dune you get credit for trying.

I didn't know we got credit for Dune! 😂

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When someone asks, "What is it?

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Photo of a bookself with a sign saying, "Mystery" and all the books around with the title towards the shelf. Caption: Well played, bookstore, well played.

When someone asks, "What is it?" and someone else answers, "It's a mystery!" I sincerly hope this is what they're talking about 😂

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So, does this mean that in the postmodern era the Author is God?

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Conflicts in literature A nine panel meme aranged in three categoreis (accompanied by Daffy Duck cartoons) Classical: Man vs Nature, Man vs Man, Man vs God Modern: Man vs Society, Man vs Self, Man vs No god Postmodern: Man vs Tech, Man vs Reality, Man vs Author

So, does this mean that in the postmodern era the Author is God? 🤔

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I wouldn't say I hyperfixated, but Lord of the Rings was my first in a long line of fantasy crushes 😁

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Post by trish fuck ur zodiac sign, what book series did u hyperfixate on when u were growing up because u projected an escape fantasy into that world as an alternative to ur suburban life

I wouldn't say I hyperfixated, but Lord of the Rings was my first in a long line of fantasy crushes 😁

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I'm not generally a fan of short stories but this I like 😂

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Post by Molly Hodgdon His kiss was slow, but firm and unyielding like an old man backing his Lincoln Town Car over a handicapped parking sign.

I'm not generally a fan of short stories but this I like 😂

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I mean, I get it, it should be the other way around because Koontz is better than King 🤔😁

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Post by geeky steven - Abortion is a right When I worked at a bookstore, I learned that when an author like Dean Koontz signs his books, their resale value goes up. I also learned that when an author like Stephen King signs Dean Koontz's books, the price goes even higher and that Dean Koontz is not amused by this.

I mean, I get it, it should be the other way around because Koontz is better than King 🤔😁

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Is all writing paradoxical, or do I just have serious lack of 'Times'?

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Dickens: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Schrödinger: Nice.

Is all writing paradoxical, or do I just have serious lack of 'Times'? The author yawned because he couldn't be bothered to figure it out. 😂

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I never knew reading could trick me into loving myself, what can't it do!

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Post: Its unreal how all of my favorite characters have exactly the same traits and hobbies and diagnoses as me. Reply: oh, have you been tricked into loving yourself? Reply: oh my fucking god is that what just happened

I never knew reading could trick me into loving myself, what can't it do! 😂

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Do what you can and jump straight to acceptance 😁

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Comic with a couple reading in bed. Caption: THE FIVE STAGES OF GRIEVING FOR AN OVERAMBITIOUS READING RESOLUTION DENIAL: No, finishin a book every 2,7 days is not absurd! ANGER: Why are all these books so long!! BARGAINING: If you read a book and tell me about it, that counts, right? DEPRESSION: All joy has fled, yet my failure persists! ACCEPTANCE: Being at one with the art is all that matters. And next year I'm going to be at one with so much more art!

Do what you can and jump straight to acceptance 😁

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I would read this story about the weird observations of Dana Holmes and her sarcastic boyfriend I assume is called Watson 🤔😂

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Post by dana bad My bf was like “sometimes you act like sherlock holmes but without the genius. Like you're always making weird observations but they're inaccurate.”

I would read this story about the weird observations of Dana Holmes and her sarcastic boyfriend I assume is called Watson 🤔😂

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The book nerd commandments: 1

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A meme captioned 'Book Sniffers Anonymous' Side by side photos of two people sniffing books. Fake Dictionary entry: book sniff-ing [boo k] [snif-ing] verb 1. breathing in the scent of a book: often done in secret 2. how book nerds get high

The book nerd commandments:1. You can always get high on your own supply 😂

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Eww, no thanks, to people and self-help books 😜😁

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Two panel meme of a cat reading a book and looking shocked. Title: Introverts reading self-help books 1: "Surrond yourself with people who- 2: Surround myself with people??

Eww, no thanks, to people and self-help books 😜😁

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Reading is an act of rebellion whether it's legal or not 😁

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Drawn image of a woman carrying a stack of books with '1984' falling of the top. Caption: READ! While it is still legal.

Reading is an act of rebellion whether it's legal or not 😁

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30 minutes of good reading will probably do the trick, no need to eat a whole book per day 😜😁

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Meme with a human/pig hybrid image overwritten by the caption, "a book a day keeps the brainrot away".

30 minutes of good reading will probably do the trick, no need to eat a whole book per day 😜😁

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It may seem like it, but buying things just for the sake of buying them is not happiness

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A six panel comic by Tom Gauld with a little man sitting infront of his laptop. 1: YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN RECEIVED! 2: YOUR ITEM HAS BEEN DISPATCHED! 3: YOUR PACKAGE HAS BEEN DELIVERED! 4: YOUR BOOK HAS BEEN NEGLECTED: LEFT ON THE SHELF, UNREAD AND FORGOTTEN, GATHERING DUST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. 5: The little man looks concerned. 6: YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN RECEIVED!

It may seem like it, but buying things just for the sake of buying them is not happiness. Instead enjoy the things you already have 😊

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People always say you shouldn't rush growing up, so I'm saving my adulthood for when they put me in the incinerator 😜😂

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Post by ohsalome: Me, aged 14, reading Tolkien: Hobbits are considered chuldren until they are 30? How funky! Fantasy worldbuilding! This is so different from us humans! Me, aged 25: Oh i get it now Reply by roguebelle: Me, aged 34: Actually the Hobbits might be rushing things a bit.

People always say you shouldn't rush growing up, so I'm saving my adulthood for when they put me in the incinerator 😜😂

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That sounds made up, but I'm not a doctor so I'll allow it 😁 But I'm wondering if anyone knows what this disease is called?

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Post by Louise Jensen Duffy So, a lot of people ask me why I buy so many books. The truth is, I have a genetic disorder where my body doesn’t produce enough books of its own, so I have to supplement.

That sounds made up, but I'm not a doctor so I'll allow it 😁 But I'm wondering if anyone knows what this disease is called? 🤔 My genetic disorder just makes me want to pee all the time 😂

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I'm no expert on Dostoevsky, but from what I have read I have to say this is accurate 😂

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Post by Izy Photo of what I think is some kind of arctic fox struggling it's way across a barren snowy landscape. Caption: i can’t explain it but this looks like how reading dostoevsky feels

I'm no expert on Dostoevsky, but from what I have read I have to say this is accurate 😂

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Piles of books spark joy 😁

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Post by Elle Lookbook In Japanese, "tsundoku" means collecting books and letting them pile up, not from neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories. Reply by M. Nolan Gray "Babe, it's not clutter. It's the Japanese practice of tsundoku."

Piles of books spark joy 😁

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This is how I feel when I look at my TBR pile 😜😂

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Drawing of a sorcerer sitting behind a talbe filled with crystalballs, on each ball has been editing in the text "unread book".

This is how I feel when I look at my TBR pile 😜😂

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If the universe didn't want me to keep posting Dune memes there wouldn't be so many good ones 😂

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Photo of a turtle with a knife duct taped to it's shell. Caption: The slow blade penetrates the shield.

If the universe didn't want me to keep posting Dune memes there wouldn't be so many good ones 😂

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What's stronger than "Strongly Agree" 😜😂

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Photo of a sign in a bookshop window. In large white letters on a black background it says: FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA. MARRY BOOKS. KILL AI.

What's stronger than "Strongly Agree" 😜😂

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I can't say this has ever happened to me, but I understand some readers worry about getting to the end?

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Two drawings of a woman reading with arrows indicating her attitude is going around in circles. Top: "I'm dying to know how it ends!!" Bottom: NO!! I have to read slowly, I DON'T want it to end!"

I can't say this has ever happened to me, but I understand some readers worry about getting to the end? 🤔

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The definition of a good day 😁

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My boss told me to have a good day so I went home to read..

The definition of a good day 😁

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I didn't know basic dickheads knew how to read, good for them!

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Cover a book I assume doesn't actually exist, with a 1950s looking picture of a young man pointing at an engine. Title: Everything I don't like is WOKE, a book for basic dickheads The young man saying: This engine is woke.

I didn't know basic dickheads knew how to read, good for them! 😜😂

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All language is weird, but I sometimes wonder if English isn't the weirdest 🤔

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A handwritten note on a marble countertop. "How do you console an English teacher?" "There, their, they're..."

All language is weird, but I sometimes wonder if English isn't the weirdest 🤔

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Suck it linguists I'll make my own grammar rolls 😜😂

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Post by keva Here's my first attempt at synonym rolls, with attached picture of cinnamon rolls. Reply by BrazilFlair Just like grammar used to make.

Suck it linguists I'll make my own grammar rolls 😜😂

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It's a hard knock life when you don't have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder 😜😂

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A historic painting of a woman with her head a cushioned stool looking frenzied and depressed. Caption: "Are you okay?" Me: No. I don't have a bookshelf a with a rolling ladder.

It's a hard knock life when you don't have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder 😜😂

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I'd like to replace that last one with, "Books where you can figure out the end after reading the first few pages

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Types of headached memes showing four heads with diffrent amounts of red to indicate severity. 1: Some red, Migrane 2: Some red, Hypertension 3: Some red, Stress 4: Full red all over head, book doesn't end how you thought it should

I'd like to replace that last one with, "Books where you can figure out the end after reading the first few pages." 😜😁

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I do like both, and I've never understood why this is an issue, is it not the content of the book that matters?

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Tom and Jerry meme, Tom is having a sword fight with the dog, and Jerry is watching. Captions: Dog: ebook readers Tom: Physical readers Jerry: Me liking both

I do like both, and I've never understood why this is an issue, is it not the content of the book that matters? Not how that content is delivered? 🤔😁

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Could be pictures me reading as a kid in the big chairs at my grandparents house :artaww: Which is your favourite?

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A comic showing a person in a big chair and using it for twelve diffrent readin positions.

Could be pictures me reading as a kid in the big chairs at my grandparents house :artaww: Which is your favourite? I can't decide between 4 and 11😊

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If you're going to go to hell anyway, why not go laughing 😂

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Years ago, my Mother-in-law began reading, "The Exorcist". She said it was the most evil book she ever read. So evil in fact, she couldn't finish it, took it over to the beach and threw it into the ocean off a fishing pier. | went and bought another copy, ran the faucet over it and left it in the night table drawer by her bed. My Father-in-law said that night was the first time she ever screamed and fainted. I'm going to Hell, but I'll go laughing.

If you're going to go to hell anyway, why not go laughing 😂

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But if I have a choice I prefer in the bath, the massage chair, the couch, and the bed in that order

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I WILL READ BOOKS ON A BOAT. I WILL READ BOOKS WITH A GOAT. I WILL READ BOOKS ON THE TRAIN. I WILL READ BOOKS IN THE RAIN. I WILL READ BOOKS WITH A FOX. I WILL READ BOOKS IN A BOX I WILL READ BOOKS WITH A MOUSE. I WILL READ BOOKS IN A HOUSE. I WILL READ BOOKS HERE AND THERE. I WILL READ BOOKS EVERYWHERE.

But if I have a choice I prefer in the bath, the massage chair, the couch, and the bed in that order... 😁

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I want things that are above my reading level, that's how I get better at reading 🤔😁

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Comic from Unshelved about a boy asking librarian about what books he can check out and the librarian telling him he can check out any book. The teacher says it's above the child's reading level and they have a policy. The librarian replies he loves the sound of a breaking policy breaking.

I want things that are above my reading level, that's how I get better at reading 🤔😁

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Joking is serious business

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Post by prokopetz Death of the author: Treating the author's stated interpretation of their own work as merely one opinion among many, rather than the authoritative Word of God. Disappearance of the author: Treating the context and circumstances of the work's authorship as entirely irrelevant with respect to its interpretation, as though the work had popped into existence fully formed just moments ago. Taxidermy of the author: Working backwards from a particular interpretation of the work to draw conclusions about what the context and circumstances of its authorship must have been. Undeath of the author: Holding the author personally responsible for every possible reading of their work, even ones they could not reasonably have anticipated at the time of its authorship. Frankenstein's Monster of the author: Drawing conclusions about authorial intent based on elements that are present only in subsequent adaptations by other authors. Weekend at Bernie's of the author: Insisting that the author would personally endorse your interpretation of the work if they happened to be present. Reply by bugbastard | thought this was going to be a joke, but these are all very real things you see people do. Reply by prokopetz I'm never more serious than when I'm joking.

Joking is serious business... 😁

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Multiple copies, schmultiple copies, maybe no one else deserves this book 😜😂

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Post by Aerogramme Writers Best. Book. Review. Ever. Photo of text: Q: Would you recommend this book to a friend and why? A: (Written in pencil by a child) no. it is my favourite and i dont want anyone else to have it. Explanation added below photo: Book review by my 6 year old (based on misunderstanding the availability of multiple copies?!)

Multiple copies, schmultiple copies, maybe no one else deserves this book 😜😂

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Absolutely not me IRL, but I know people like this 😁

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Meme with three pictures of the actor playing Pablo Escobar in Narcos looking dejected in diffrent places. Caption: me, trying to recover after finishing a great book no one else knows

Absolutely not me IRL, but I know people like this 😁

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If the universe was a fair place you'd live long enough to finish your reading list 😜😂

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Picture of two lines, and a happy, little stickfigure reader. The first longer line: TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THROUGH MY READING LIST The second shorter line: TIME LEFT BEFORE THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE Reader: OOO, THIS BOOK LOOKS I SHOULD BUY IT

If the universe was a fair place you'd live long enough to finish your reading list 😜😂

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[NSFW] Any good/active federated communities around spicy books? nsfw

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Having finally transitioned fully away from Reddit, I’m also trying to cut ties with other social media as much as possible.

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Checkmate Grammar, Brain wins

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Tumblr post by ace-nyctophyle and replies: any noun can become a verb if you don’t care enough This point is invalid unless you use an example in your sentence I CAN SENTENCE HOW I WANT THANK BEAUTIFUL I like to velociraptor around my house at 2 in the morning. My headache makes me want to clothesline into a wall why do these make some semblance of sense Because brains don't brain logically Brains do brain logically! But when english doesn't logic englishly, brain brains by itself to logic that english !

Checkmate Grammar, Brain wins... 😂

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I've given people that look, it doesn't work 😂

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An old painting of a woman holding a book and looking unamused. Caption: When someone assumes that when you are reading a book, that you are "doing nothing" and therefore can be interrupted. Repeatedly.

I've given people that look, it doesn't work 😂

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Plain Reading's latest episode features # bookstore owner Annie Clymer—we're talking about running a bookstore, the odd ways # memory works, and ...

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Plain Reading's latest episode features #bookstore owner Annie Clymer—we're talking about running a bookstore, the odd ways #memory works, and more!

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I can't say I've done this personally, but I understand the sentiment 😁

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Drawn image of two old ladies in a cosy room, one climbing a ladder with a stack of books to put in a shelf, the other sitting in a chair built of books reading a book. Caption: I won't buy any more books until I've read all the ones I've got. I said. Then I laughed and laughed.

I can't say I've done this personally, but I understand the sentiment 😁

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I hate both of these things, who knew I'd have so much in common with JaneAusten 😂

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Text above what I assume is a painted picture of Jane Austen.. Jane Austen's works are timeless classics because she knew the real horrors in life are having to listen to men who think they're better than you and receiving unannounced visitors.

I hate both of these things, who knew I'd have so much in common with #JaneAusten 😂

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First you have to force feed them some propaganda like "the strong should prey on the weak

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Four panel comic of a classroom with ENGLISH LIT written on a blackboard. 1st: "Morning, class! Today we're going to start our Lord of the Flies unit!" 2nd: Teacher walks out. 3d: *Lock* sound from the door. 4th: Incorrect expectation of mayhem.

First you have to force feed them some propaganda like "the strong should prey on the weak." And then you can have instant replay of #LordOfTheFlies 🤔😒

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We're back with another Plain Reading episode!

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We're back with another Plain Reading episode! Writer Lara Levitan joins us to talk about sticking to your craft, the influence of other authors, and keeping the mystery alive!

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Plain Reading's latest episode is up!

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Plain Reading's latest episode is up! We're talking with classicist JC Boyle about looking for a new Greece, the inheritors of Thomas Bernhard, and a massive amount of #Books !

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