[ SECRET POST #3276 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3276 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Nanny]


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[Inspector Gadget and the Gadgetinis]


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[Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood]


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Comments

[51stcenturyfox]

So's the library.

I mean, I love fanfiction, but cost is no barrier to reading actual books.

[(Anonymous)]

Bed bugs.

They love to hide in book spines, and libraries are a great way to get them.

[(Anonymous)]

I take out probably 150+ a year from the library, never got bedbugs, even from the branch that was reported to have them.

But if you're still nervous, libraries lend ebooks too.

[(Anonymous)]

Personally, I read more fic than I do real books just because it's easier for me to find/search for. I can just pick a show/pairing I already like & sort through the stuff that sounds good, and I'm perfectly satisfied.

But for actual novels, well. There's so much to choose from, I have no idea where to start or what to look for? I'm completely lost. I mostly just end up reading things associated with movies/games I already like, tbh.

[ketita]

If you really want some new stuff, there are lots of ways you can find things.
Ask for recs from friends, or even here - if you give a few examples of stuff you like, people can sometimes find you great stuff :) I've gotten some really good recs that way.
There are also lists published by various sites, like Buzzfeed and on Amazon and such, like "best 20 fantasy books published this year" and whatnot. You can scan through those, and see if anything attracts your attention.

Also, if you go on Amazon and other book sites, if you search for a specific book sometimes it'll give you "customers who bought this also bought" or list similar books. You can start from something you like, and then branch out from there.
Even in libraries, sometimes it's worth just browsing around and pulling something off the shelf because the title catches your eye, or the cover looks interesting, or maybe because you've heard of the author.

[sarillia]

I love wandering around the library until something catches my eye. Well, somethings really. I usually end up with a stack of books that I can barely carry.

[ketita]

I just took out a book from the university library, translated from Japanese, called "Punk Samurai Slash Down". I have no real idea what it's about, and it will probably be terrible, but I couldn't resist.

[sarillia]

I probably would have had to take that out too. Weird titles have worked out for me before though. I only discovered Amelie Nothomb because I was at a used book sale and came across Hygiene and the Assassin and my curiosity was piqued.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I know being in Fandom has given me a few ew fandoms over the years, and usually if it catches my interest strongly enough, I go get the canon material that does not promise that it will be books though, off-hand two such fandoms got me into computer games and another a TV show).

[ketita]

Well, of course it can get you non-book fandoms. I just thought in this case we were specifically talking about text-based stuff, and how to find more of them.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I just think it could just as easily encourage someone to read a book as well.

[(Anonymous)]

- Get recommendations from people who you trust have similar taste to you.

- Spend hours browsing a library or bookstore.

- Join online book discussions on websites like Goodreads.

- Using "suggester" websites, where if you type in a book that you like, it gives you suggestions for other things that you might like.

It may seem overwhelming at first, but once you figure out what your taste is and what authors you like, it's much easier to whittle things down.

[(Anonymous)]

+2

8pm at night and I want to read something now. The library isn't really an option and I don't want to spend my night browsing for new titles.

[(Anonymous)]

Not everyone has access to a library.

It's actually a problem right now, the fact that libraries are closing down and the people most in need of them can't get to them.

[(Anonymous)]

That may be true in some areas, but libraries often now offer eBooks.

Plus, there are thousands of free eBooks available online with simple Google searches with no need for a library at all.

Thrift stores are chock-full of cheap books, too.

It's totally cool if someone prefers to read fanfic; sometimes I do! I just don't think books are generally difficult to come by. At the same time, there was no internet when I was a teenager. We had to go to a bit of effort to find reading materials, and I'd often come home from the library with 12 books and decide four of them were terrible after reading a few pages.