• badelf@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Actually intelligent, reads books, sense of humor, actually listens.

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      1 year ago

      I love my ereader but I miss the days when you could actually see what someone was reading. It was like a book recommending a person

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        1 year ago

        Someone reading a book doesn’t mean the book is good.

        I have a book written by a mentally ill person I met, just because I wanted to have more insight into his mental state.

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          1 year ago

          “good” book is highly subjective. It depends not only on your tastes but also on your general mood while reading it. Same for film and art. I saw the Mona Lisa in person and was completely unimpressed.