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[Serious] What non-political thing do you wish more people would make another consideration for? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Some people are hiding in this category as well. I don't trust people who, when you ask their favorite book, tell you it's hatchet, to kill a mockingbird, Atlas shrugged, etc etc. If it was a school read, chances are it's one of like 5 books they ever actually read.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Is Hatchet the one where the kid survives a plane crash or the one where the kid just decides to go live in the woods with a falcon? I read both of those books at about the same time in my life and they kinda blended into one story in my head.

    I have to keep reminding myself that there wasn't a book about a kid who survived a plane crash and then learned to survive in a little house he made in a tree with a falcon he tamed. There's the plane crash survival book, and the kid just decided to go live in the woods book, and the former contains a lot more lists of what he ate than you probably remember.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I still love To Kill a Mockingbird, and I've read thousands of books since high school. I wouldn't say it's my favorite but it's up there.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's possible to like one from that list or for one to be your favorite. I have a friend who says his favorite is great Gatsby.

    It usually means we should ask more questions, because people who read who choose books from school are I think a minority. Most of those books are good for discussion and generally likeable but not "holy shit this it the book for me" kinds of books.

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