• Sir_Osis_of_Liver@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Back when I was in junior high in the early 1980s, I found a copy of Atlas Shrugged on my father’s bookshelf, and started reading it. I can’t remember how far I got into it, but I do remember thinking it was just awful in just about every way: story, writing, pacing, everything.

    I asked Dad about it, “Oh, that. It’s terrible, isn’t it?” A friend had given it to him. Neither one of us finished reading it and after that it ended up at a book reseller.
    On the plus side, he’d gone through his books and gave me James Clavell’s Shogun to read, which was an awesome novel.

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      1 year ago

      Shogun is a good one. My favourite book for a long time, and it currently sits on my bedside table for a second read. I’m just amazed that you mentioned it.

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        1 year ago

        I remember not picking up another book for some time after finishing Shogun. I wanted to hang onto it as long as I could. It’s epic.

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        1 year ago

        I like to fall asleep listening to audiobooks, except they have to be kinda dull otherwise I get actually invested. You may have just picked my next one!