Pratik BhandariI only read books with dead authors.
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As a specific choice? Is it to time travel?
@_dmh
The post was kind of a wordplay, gardenpath if you will.
Do I read books with those who are dead or the books written by authors who aren't alive anymore.
I assume you're referring to the first one as time-travel and the latter one as a choice.
I am a time-travel fan. But in this case, I meant it like a choice. Lots of people, including myself, cry about information overflow and distraction in the internet. Are books any different though? Just see the holiday book recommendations! I suppose I am trying to set a strategy that feels optimal. To add, the author-reader relationship gets drastically different depending upon whether the author is still alive or not!
What do you think about this?
@pratikb
Ooh, I did not catch the attachment ambiguity, nice!
It sounds like a good strategy for slowing down and being more intentional when reading, which I would probably benefit from (I've got a couple dozen books on my to-read pile...)
@_dmh Yess. Attachment ambiguity. Thank you! The midnight/post-midnight brain wasn't helpful retrieving any terms other than garden path in the previous reply.
Don't even start me on the reading pile! I'm moving places and I don't want to give away the unread books. They make up a pile! Self-promise to read them that never gets quite kept :(
Wish you luck! Read them all :)