Ah yes, the relatable feeling that in every other everett branch you and the person you're talking to become best friends due to shared mutual interests, but you happened to live in the one branch where you *just* can't find a common topic.
@@Flackon I also constantly have this happen when trying to talk about anime with new acquaintances XD I guess today, when we are so overflooded with content, that's just bound to happen.
Two readers, both alike in erudition, in fair home, where we set our video. From ancient quandary break new frustrations, where worded lips make worded minds unintrigued.
A giant tricked Thor into chugging the ocean once Obviously he didn’t manage to drink the whole thing but he made the water level drop a bit, enough that the giant was kinda impressed
I'll just assume after the video ends, to their great astonishment, they find that at least they have read some Tolkien. Only to find out that one of them is a purist that rejects even the PJ films, and the other genuinely enjoys the Bezos monstrosity and haven't picked up the silmarillion in his life.
@@faithgrrlI've enjoyed Bear McCreary's soundtrack. That's...something. And I've gathered people are fond of the Durin plot. It's a lot harder to mess up dwarves than elves.
@@andrewlaporte5477 That's fun to say, considering how hard PJ messed both Dwarves and Elves even in both his trilogies. Where are my singing, whimsical Elves? Where is the tra-la-la-lally? Where is the dignity and solemnity of Dwarves? Where is my poetic Gimli? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like wind in the meadow...
@@andresrecchia3600 Also fair. It's less that people got Tolkien dwarves right and more they make an easier translation into popular entertainment. Even for PJ's Hobbit movies the dwarves were arguably done better than even Fellowship. The songs they sang in Bag End felt like they came right out of the book. Meanwhile Gloin wasn't even mentioned in Fellowship.
I might be the exception, but I grew up with a friend that has read like 80% of the books I have read. I turned 30 last month, and I have known him since we were 8. We seem to like the same things. Obviously, there are some disagreements, but for the most part we have agreed on what we have read.
It's even worse if you're a web novel reader. I spent a year and a half reading Worm and A Practical Guide to Evil and no one I know has even heard of them.
I haven't read Ward. I *have* read Twig though. But breaking away from the bit, I actually *have* read both Worm and Practical Guide. Kinda. I read half of Practical Guide and then dropped it when the shadow thing in... book 5? Happened. You know the thing. The thing with the thing where Cat has her thing smashed and then things happen? That. I did not like that. And it just killed all the momentum
@@StarryxNight5 ah, nice. I started Twig a while back but I‘m still only about halfway since I got distracted by reading Lord of the Mysteries, The World after the Fall, Shadow Slave, the first two books in the Stormlight Archive, Pact and various image-text combinatory thingies
And even when you DO find a book in common, either it was so long ago for one of you, that nothing was retained to build a conversation with, OR you both have wildly different takes on what you liked/disliked about it, and that sours any further conversation cuz now you're also worried they just don't share your taste in literature. In the extremely few cases where you've both read the same book in about the same timeframe, the lack of social skills from all those years as a bookworm basically transforms the convo into 'it was good', 'I liked it too', 'cool', 'cool', awkward pause, next topic.
The solution is to have a conversation that is either about stories in general or meta analysis on how stories can be written... Also you can just...spoil crap. If you book is SO GOOD then spoils won't take away from the story itself! Point is there's a lot you can discuss if your both into reading! lol :P
“Okay, but you’ve read the Sherlock Holmes books, right?” “No, but I’ve read all the Lupin books.” “I haven’t read Lupin, but I have read A.J. Raffles.” “What about Agatha Christie? Everyone loves Agatha Christie!” “Oh, yeah! I’ve read all the Poirot stories!” “I haven’t read Poirot but I have read all of the Miss Marple stories.”
I've intentionally started powering through some books I don't like just so I can avoid conversations like this with my sister in law and we actually something to talk about at family gatherings. No one else in my whole family reads anything at all
Someone used the word 'briny' to describe what happens between two readers. The word is defined as 'of salty water or the sea; salty.' so I'm assuming its a play on that. As the convo goes, the convo is being soured because they can't find a common book they both read.
While I have encountered this, I've been lucky enough to have the experience of a friend with similar tastes who LIKES to have 'reading assignments' from me. It's happened a few times where I'll recommend him some short stories and then we're talking again a couple weeks later and he's like 'so I read those stories! I really like the [insert story relevant thingy here] part!' and then we have a conversation about that. Also, one time I was sitting at a cafe drawing and struck up a conversation with some guy like 30 or 40 years older than me, and we just so happened to have read the same Lovecraft story; me like last week and him like 30 years ago!
Hey so it happened again! I've been working on a story inspired by Lovecraft's The Nameless City (y'know, like you do), and a couple of weeks ago I was telling a buddy about it. He didn't know the story so I pulled it up and read the opening paragraphs to him. He sat there rapt, and when I was done he was like 'wow, that's cool!'.
Quite proud of having actually read Parable of the Sower. I have the Metamorphosis lying around as well. The issue is really that too many books exist in the world.
In all my years on UA-cam, I have never before used the word "relatable" in a comment. Always figured I was too weird, my interests too niche, for anyone to ever make a meme or skit that I could see myself in. But this. This is literally the most relatable skit I have ever seen in my life. Just about perfectly summarizes the vast majority of interactions I have with my weekly book club pals.
The Discworld by Terry Pratchett into good omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman into America Gods and Sandman by Neil Gaiman pipeline conversation is literally exactly how I ended up reading Sandman right before the show was announced 😂 One of my friends was telling me how much he liked the show (Good Omens) and how much I should read these books and then I bought the first Sandman Omnibus and then they announced the show! We had this exact conversation except my answer to every book was no! So anyway, read all of them. This video is great.
Both of them know they’ve read Harry Potter, but neither of them want to open that can of worms and be judged as “the one who is obsessed with Harry Potter”. P.s Malazan mentioned 🎉 Currently starting the last book of Reaper’s Gale.
I burst out laughing when you reached for the salt. And dang the picture looks extra clear in this one?👀✨ You’ve become one of the UA-camrs I watch every video of haha.
This is me with literally anyone about books. Even down to the ASOIAF reference. Anyone who doesn’t want to start the series “I’m like I get it bro 😎. I just invested too much into these characters. I’m stuck”
dude you should have end it with: -have you read Brandon Sanderson -oh yeah Brandon Sandon, the Cosmere -no, B$ the Cytoverse -oh the Mistborn? -nope, but the Reckoners -do go to the The Coppermind -I DO go the 17shart -published books? -unpublished novels
Everyone needs to read Butler's Parable books. What she said in the 90s about what's going on right now could do to wake up pretty much everyone. Particularly the second book. Don't expect a lot of joy.
I think it's the problem of the non popular form of art. While with books you have not only to be lucky to find someone that reads but also that shares your genres AND authors with other type of media you can start with the most recent popular stuff and you'll soon find something you both have seen/played. Moreover, differently than the other way around, books bring readers to the other media but that doesn't always apply the other way, i mean i don't think that with the release of that Nicolas Cage's vampire movie someone said "Hey, i really have to read Dracula you know?"
"non popular form of art." Idk, about that, looks very popular to me. Problem is that there is some much authors and books, that you will be in your niche. Also, unlike with netflix or tv you can't just stumble on the book randomly. You need to willingly pick it up and start reading.
@@alexkozliayev9902 man, maybe once but nowadays reading (specifically referring to books so not comics of any kind) isn't popular, especially if compared to movies, TV series,videogames or comics. I can agree that, with the rise of streaming services, it's far easier to start a movie or a series on Netflix than willingly go to a book shop to buy Alice in Wonderland but then again comics and videogames (just as books) still require you to willingly go to a shop to buy them or buy them online (but you can do that even with e-books). Beside what i've said in the original comment, i think the reason behind this is that books still require more attention and dedication than a series on Netflix, you can bingewatch a series on Netflix in a couple of days and then go to another one, there's no way you can do that with a book
This is why I like talking about tropes and story structure. We don't need to read the same thing to have fun talking about our favourite stories! It's great.
It's almost an interactive video, I also have added quite a few things to my tbr list while watching. There also have been a few titles mentioned that I had on my list for like 10 years now. I will get to it eventually!
Sounds like every conversation on that topic I've ever had. I've had similar conversations about anime, movies, and TV shows. I'm still waiting to meet that one person who's into all the same stuff as me, and still hasn't gotten around to any of it.
A friend of mine and I have this problem in Anime and in reading. We both do it a lot but mostly different stuff. But recently she started watching Summer Time Render and I was like: "Ha! And you say we never read or watch the same stuff!"
The most accurate representation of me trying to have a conversation. But also, that's why I just read Brandon Sanderson now. At least that way I've read the same book that everyone else has read.
I'm a comic fan but I mainly only like British adventure comics, ideally from 50-150 years ago. Obviously this means almost all comic fans I come across have no idea what I'm on about. Or say they're at least aware of Judge Dredd's existence, before quoting the 95 film.
Ey! Love the shout for Book of the New Sun. It may well be the best... uh... Sci-fi? Fantasy? Wolfe. Series I've ever read. And while it can be a bit dense because Wolfe, I think it's one every SF fan should read at some point.
Things I will probably never read: A crime novel (of the post 1970 variety, I suppose), a Stephen King book. Saying one likes to read any of those is like very deliberately saying "I want to invest at least 800% more energy and time, on a regular basis, into the equivalent of the most low-tier, boring, basic, dry TV, instead of anything more interesting - anything whatsoever - with the same amount of energy and time investment (and maybe benefits for life)". It doesn't even need to be fair and completely true in every single case: still this has to be the starting intention. (And this shows a lot about human nature.)
This is.. oddly normal.
generic, even
it's in the title
-Why did you guys divorce?
_Weeell, it's complicated.
-But you had so much in common. Especially your love for books!
_Weeelll, as I said ...
Ikr😂
Ah yes, the relatable feeling that in every other everett branch you and the person you're talking to become best friends due to shared mutual interests, but you happened to live in the one branch where you *just* can't find a common topic.
This is a great way of thinking about it.
This is how you lose the book war
This is literally every book conversation.
Every videogame and movie conversation, as well
@@Flackon I also constantly have this happen when trying to talk about anime with new acquaintances XD
I guess today, when we are so overflooded with content, that's just bound to happen.
I was genuinely hoping for the video to end with "sooooo... Lord of the Rings? -Yeah, Lord of the Rings..."
"I've read Narnia...."
@@DGol2015 Harry potter?
Percy Jackson...
@@DGol2015
*angry Tolkien and Lewis argument breaks out*
Same!
"Haven't got around to that yet... Have you read Dune?"
Two readers, both alike in erudition, in fair home, where we set our video.
From ancient quandary break new frustrations, where worded lips make worded minds unintrigued.
Could you please do one of these based on the works of Brian Johnson? Thanks
Lmao
i read that as "make worded minds unhinged". perks of regularly interacting with vtuber fandoms.
Adding salted water to my TBD
D?
@@sylph8005 To Be Drunk
Have you tried the ocean?
@@lukecox6317 tb;df (too big; didn't finish)
A giant tricked Thor into chugging the ocean once
Obviously he didn’t manage to drink the whole thing but he made the water level drop a bit, enough that the giant was kinda impressed
I'll just assume after the video ends, to their great astonishment, they find that at least they have read some Tolkien. Only to find out that one of them is a purist that rejects even the PJ films, and the other genuinely enjoys the Bezos monstrosity and haven't picked up the silmarillion in his life.
It can't be possible to like the tollkien books and like the bezos monstrosity.. Surely
@@faithgrrlI've enjoyed Bear McCreary's soundtrack. That's...something. And I've gathered people are fond of the Durin plot. It's a lot harder to mess up dwarves than elves.
@@faithgrrl believe me I’ve seen my fair share of this rare breed.
@@andrewlaporte5477 That's fun to say, considering how hard PJ messed both Dwarves and Elves even in both his trilogies. Where are my singing, whimsical Elves? Where is the tra-la-la-lally? Where is the dignity and solemnity of Dwarves? Where is my poetic Gimli? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like wind in the meadow...
@@andresrecchia3600 Also fair. It's less that people got Tolkien dwarves right and more they make an easier translation into popular entertainment. Even for PJ's Hobbit movies the dwarves were arguably done better than even Fellowship. The songs they sang in Bag End felt like they came right out of the book. Meanwhile Gloin wasn't even mentioned in Fellowship.
But then occasionally that sweet moment that you find a book or series that you DID both read and it is the greatest feeling ever to share the hype!
"Did you read X?"
"YES! I READ IT. WASN'T IT AMAZING???"
"Nah, it sucked."
@@danielhobbyistTHAT, that is the most likely course of conversation lmao
I might be the exception, but I grew up with a friend that has read like 80% of the books I have read. I turned 30 last month, and I have known him since we were 8. We seem to like the same things. Obviously, there are some disagreements, but for the most part we have agreed on what we have read.
I constantly fall into this trap, especially as I increasingly fall into the Sanderson Singularity
SAME
I literally just finished rereading words of radiance right now. Love the Cosmere series
Oh! Have you read ... Oh never mind, I got it as an ARC...
@@thegravityguy4654man that book is so stunning huh! Can’t wait to read oathbringer
Sangularity
Go to a reading group specifically made to solve this problem and then make a skit about what it was like.
Next "How many have you on your TBR?"
"Not so many...."
My goodreads TBR: 14,118 books 😅
The one great thing about this is that now you have an endless source of books you can borrow from each other. Book trades are great.
This guy knows. I've gotten my friend into games and it's fun to talk about them.
I don't trust my friends with books😂 they might lose them or never return lol
People who are actually interested in books usually respect books and take good care of it@@nishthagupta1357
I feel like this just was an excuse to recommend a ton of books. Hell yeah.
Partly. But I haven't read all the ones I mentioned, so... It's as much a glimpse into my TBR as it is that.
This is being a gamer now. There used to be so few games we all played the same games, but this is now it.
I started this video thinking this was Man Carrying Thing
he's always generic, what an entertainment!
it's like he eats and lives
You have to agree that both make a really good Brandon
I thought of Phil Jamesson
@@BazukinBelyugovich JOHN MULANEY!
@@BazukinBelyugovichlove him, great videos
Call me out like this again and you’ll be hearing from my lawyers.
It's even worse if you're a web novel reader. I spent a year and a half reading Worm and A Practical Guide to Evil and no one I know has even heard of them.
Worm is really good, have you read Ward and the other unrelated wildbow serials?
I haven't read Ward. I *have* read Twig though.
But breaking away from the bit, I actually *have* read both Worm and Practical Guide. Kinda. I read half of Practical Guide and then dropped it when the shadow thing in... book 5? Happened. You know the thing. The thing with the thing where Cat has her thing smashed and then things happen? That. I did not like that. And it just killed all the momentum
@@StarryxNight5 ah, nice. I started Twig a while back but I‘m still only about halfway since I got distracted by reading Lord of the Mysteries, The World after the Fall, Shadow Slave, the first two books in the Stormlight Archive, Pact and various image-text combinatory thingies
I just finished PGtE. So good. But im not gonna even try to hunt someone else who reads webnovels irl. Thats what internet strangers are for.
Worm is incredible.
And even when you DO find a book in common, either it was so long ago for one of you, that nothing was retained to build a conversation with, OR you both have wildly different takes on what you liked/disliked about it, and that sours any further conversation cuz now you're also worried they just don't share your taste in literature.
In the extremely few cases where you've both read the same book in about the same timeframe, the lack of social skills from all those years as a bookworm basically transforms the convo into 'it was good', 'I liked it too', 'cool', 'cool', awkward pause, next topic.
The solution is to have a conversation that is either about stories in general or meta analysis on how stories can be written...
Also you can just...spoil crap. If you book is SO GOOD then spoils won't take away from the story itself! Point is there's a lot you can discuss if your both into reading! lol :P
I expected it do end with "Oh yeah, I have read that one!" "It's pretty good, right?" "Yeah!" "Yeah." "..."
And then you immediately start reading one of the books they mentioned just to have something to talk about next time 😅
“Okay, but you’ve read the Sherlock Holmes books, right?”
“No, but I’ve read all the Lupin books.”
“I haven’t read Lupin, but I have read A.J. Raffles.”
“What about Agatha Christie? Everyone loves Agatha Christie!”
“Oh, yeah! I’ve read all the Poirot stories!”
“I haven’t read Poirot but I have read all of the Miss Marple stories.”
Such a briny conversation to tickle the pickle
What
SO...
@@bigcat4117 sulfuric oxide?
@@mihaleben6051 You're a comedian as well as a scientist?
@@bigcat4117 nah, im a 8th grade student.
Adding the Journey to the west fanfiction to my tbr. Thank you.
Same
Same.
I've intentionally started powering through some books I don't like just so I can avoid conversations like this with my sister in law and we actually something to talk about at family gatherings. No one else in my whole family reads anything at all
What is the deal with the salty water? I’m out of the loop…
Someone used the word 'briny' to describe what happens between two readers. The word is defined as 'of salty water or the sea; salty.' so I'm assuming its a play on that. As the convo goes, the convo is being soured because they can't find a common book they both read.
poison
While I have encountered this, I've been lucky enough to have the experience of a friend with similar tastes who LIKES to have 'reading assignments' from me. It's happened a few times where I'll recommend him some short stories and then we're talking again a couple weeks later and he's like 'so I read those stories! I really like the [insert story relevant thingy here] part!' and then we have a conversation about that.
Also, one time I was sitting at a cafe drawing and struck up a conversation with some guy like 30 or 40 years older than me, and we just so happened to have read the same Lovecraft story; me like last week and him like 30 years ago!
Hey so it happened again! I've been working on a story inspired by Lovecraft's The Nameless City (y'know, like you do), and a couple of weeks ago I was telling a buddy about it. He didn't know the story so I pulled it up and read the opening paragraphs to him. He sat there rapt, and when I was done he was like 'wow, that's cool!'.
Quite proud of having actually read Parable of the Sower. I have the Metamorphosis lying around as well. The issue is really that too many books exist in the world.
In all my years on UA-cam, I have never before used the word "relatable" in a comment. Always figured I was too weird, my interests too niche, for anyone to ever make a meme or skit that I could see myself in.
But this. This is literally the most relatable skit I have ever seen in my life. Just about perfectly summarizes the vast majority of interactions I have with my weekly book club pals.
The Discworld by Terry Pratchett into good omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman into America Gods and Sandman by Neil Gaiman pipeline conversation is literally exactly how I ended up reading Sandman right before the show was announced 😂 One of my friends was telling me how much he liked the show (Good Omens) and how much I should read these books and then I bought the first Sandman Omnibus and then they announced the show! We had this exact conversation except my answer to every book was no!
So anyway, read all of them. This video is great.
Both of them know they’ve read Harry Potter, but neither of them want to open that can of worms and be judged as “the one who is obsessed with Harry Potter”.
P.s Malazan mentioned 🎉
Currently starting the last book of Reaper’s Gale.
I burst out laughing when you reached for the salt. And dang the picture looks extra clear in this one?👀✨ You’ve become one of the UA-camrs I watch every video of haha.
So relatable haha, books take so much time to read and there are so many it isnt uncommon to find readers whom with you have no books in common.
This is at least 80% of my conversations with friends
In ten years, they still won't have read any of the books they talked about
Why does this feel like actual conversations I’ve had
Crap. Incredibly relatable. There's so much media produced in the modern age that it's truly impossible to consume it all.
Need a goodreads feature showing books that you have both read
Just fling books at each other.
Painfully relatable.
My partner and I have been together for 13 years. We have about 2 books in common.
You forgot The Little Prince, probally they both read....right...?
This is me with literally anyone about books. Even down to the ASOIAF reference. Anyone who doesn’t want to start the series “I’m like I get it bro 😎. I just invested too much into these characters. I’m stuck”
police I'd like to file a restraining order as this man has been stalking me and knows my whole personality!!!
This is the most relatable shit I've ever seen
I like the brief aside to list gaiman's stuff
dude you should have end it with:
-have you read Brandon Sanderson
-oh yeah Brandon Sandon, the Cosmere
-no, B$ the Cytoverse
-oh the Mistborn?
-nope, but the Reckoners
-do go to the The Coppermind
-I DO go the 17shart
-published books?
-unpublished novels
Everyone needs to read Butler's Parable books. What she said in the 90s about what's going on right now could do to wake up pretty much everyone. Particularly the second book. Don't expect a lot of joy.
Huh this is strangely accurate
This but actually all written media.
Happens with my friend and manga/webtoons constantly. (We have little to no genre overlap)
relatable :mfw:
not just written media either 😂
I've had this conversation so many times but about movies, shows, and games
They should start asking whether they have any book that's the same on their tbr.
I think it's the problem of the non popular form of art.
While with books you have not only to be lucky to find someone that reads but also that shares your genres AND authors with other type of media you can start with the most recent popular stuff and you'll soon find something you both have seen/played.
Moreover, differently than the other way around, books bring readers to the other media but that doesn't always apply the other way, i mean i don't think that with the release of that Nicolas Cage's vampire movie someone said "Hey, i really have to read Dracula you know?"
"non popular form of art."
Idk, about that, looks very popular to me. Problem is that there is some much authors and books, that you will be in your niche. Also, unlike with netflix or tv you can't just stumble on the book randomly. You need to willingly pick it up and start reading.
@@alexkozliayev9902 man, maybe once but nowadays reading (specifically referring to books so not comics of any kind) isn't popular, especially if compared to movies, TV series,videogames or comics.
I can agree that, with the rise of streaming services, it's far easier to start a movie or a series on Netflix than willingly go to a book shop to buy Alice in Wonderland but then again comics and videogames (just as books) still require you to willingly go to a shop to buy them or buy them online (but you can do that even with e-books).
Beside what i've said in the original comment, i think the reason behind this is that books still require more attention and dedication than a series on Netflix, you can bingewatch a series on Netflix in a couple of days and then go to another one, there's no way you can do that with a book
This is why I like talking about tropes and story structure. We don't need to read the same thing to have fun talking about our favourite stories! It's great.
It's almost an interactive video, I also have added quite a few things to my tbr list while watching. There also have been a few titles mentioned that I had on my list for like 10 years now. I will get to it eventually!
Should I just add all of those to my TBR?
and then when you DO find a common book, you can't come up with a topic to go in depth in
Salted water? I’ll add it to my TBR.
Every... Damn... Time...
They have a lot to learn from each other.
You’re a comedic genius! Surprised this channel doesn’t have more subscribers!
I like the choice of music a lot!
I don't have reader friends, but I definitely have music ones a bit like this.
This is applicable to most other types of media and i love it
This is very true except for the fact of Harry Potter and Hunger Games. Everyone's read those.
I haven't read the Hunger Games.
I have not read the hunger games.
I haven't read either... in fact, I didn't know Hunger Games was originally a book until you mentioned it.
Sounds like every conversation on that topic I've ever had. I've had similar conversations about anime, movies, and TV shows. I'm still waiting to meet that one person who's into all the same stuff as me, and still hasn't gotten around to any of it.
And sometimes when you both seen the same stuff:
- I seen that too! It's good!
- It's very good!
- Yeah
and that's it lmao
This caused me so much tension. I relate to this a lot.
I feel seen and ATTACKED! 😂😂😂 #booktube
This is exactly how my job interview at Barnes & Noble went down.
This is why I always bring up Brandon Sanderson
The salted water is so random 😂
A friend of mine and I have this problem in Anime and in reading. We both do it a lot but mostly different stuff. But recently she started watching Summer Time Render and I was like: "Ha! And you say we never read or watch the same stuff!"
It's even more uncomfortable when it happens in a date
Ouch, that’s salt in the wound
the salted water is a metaphor
This is so real it hurts
Ive single handedly forced all my book friends to read #thighgap by chandler morrison. This is one of my proudest achievements.
I relate to this painfully.
Painfully relatable. Great skit!
This is like Man Carrying Thing, but good
I feel like in the end the only thing they both read would be Harry Potter, and they both would be embarrassed, lol
Why... Is this so painfully accurate?
At this point you make a two person bookclub
i had to reject the concept of spoilers and recommendations to share stories instead.
Dam man they're trying their hardest
The most accurate representation of me trying to have a conversation.
But also, that's why I just read Brandon Sanderson now. At least that way I've read the same book that everyone else has read.
I was honestly expecting for one of them to pull out two jumo cables, plug onto the salted water and turn into a wizard of electricity and lightning
Meanwhile I just go around asking people if they've read Hobb until I find someone who has.
If she hasn't read any Discworld or Cosmere there can be no relationship
Parable of the Sower mentioned
I'm a comic fan but I mainly only like British adventure comics, ideally from 50-150 years ago. Obviously this means almost all comic fans I come across have no idea what I'm on about. Or say they're at least aware of Judge Dredd's existence, before quoting the 95 film.
As a neil gaiman fan i really like this video
Thought they would end up both having read the cat in the hat 😂
Kinda expected them both to then agree that they have at least read Diary of a wimpy kid
I'd have a good convo with the guy that wasn't sure about the salt water. I've read half the books he's mentioned.
Ey! Love the shout for Book of the New Sun. It may well be the best... uh... Sci-fi? Fantasy? Wolfe. Series I've ever read. And while it can be a bit dense because Wolfe, I think it's one every SF fan should read at some point.
Have you read... green eggs and ham?
This is so accurate 🤣
Was 100% expecting the punchline to be "so what did you think of The Way of Kings", "Oh I loved it" lol
Damnit I was hoping the obligatory Sanderson comment wasn't already claimed :(
I was really expecting like
“…”
“…”
“The Bible?”
“No”
“Yea me neither don’t know why I asked”
To be the big punchline
Things I will probably never read: A crime novel (of the post 1970 variety, I suppose), a Stephen King book. Saying one likes to read any of those is like very deliberately saying "I want to invest at least 800% more energy and time, on a regular basis, into the equivalent of the most low-tier, boring, basic, dry TV, instead of anything more interesting - anything whatsoever - with the same amount of energy and time investment (and maybe benefits for life)".
It doesn't even need to be fair and completely true in every single case: still this has to be the starting intention.
(And this shows a lot about human nature.)