r/bookishke

Lately, I’ve been on a journey to become more conscious and mindful about life. It’s made me start asking myself deeper questions about why I do the things I do. One of those questions has been: why do I read? I only started reading this year, and I’ve realized something interesting. Whenever I read novels, I’m not always that interested in the actual story. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good story, weird characters, betrayals, plot twists, all that good stuff. But what I’ve realized what I really enjoy when i read, and what actually keeps me reading, is good writing.

I love when a writer takes something totally ordinary and makes it feel magical. Or when they find the perfect words for a feeling you didn't even know you had — something vague, almost unconscious, until they name it. That's what I call aesthetic bliss. It's that moment when you read a sentence and just go, damn, that's such a beautiful way to put it. A good metaphor can make you look at something you've seen a thousand times like you're seeing it for the first time. It's basically an author finding the exact words for a feeling you've always understood in your head — but could never quite explain to anyone else."

I like it when an author can just take something ordinary and describe it in a way that makes it feel like the most magical shii ever, or when an author finds the perfect words or sentence to describe a vague almost unconscious feeling. All this is called Aesthetic bliss. Its that feeling you get when u read a sentence and say to yourself " wow ,that's such a beautiful way to put it", its like how a metaphor used in a book can make u look at something u have seen a thousand times over as it its the first time seeing it. Like when an author finds the perfect words to describe an abstract feeling that u understand in your head but can't transfer to someone else's head.

F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Great Gatsby has a part where he is describing a character as charismatic, he could've just said "the guy was very charismatic" , but instead he says " if personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures then there was something gorgeous about him, so heightened sensitivity to the promises of life". He essentially took something vague like how u can know someone who is just magnetic and has a charm to them, and made it almost tactile and as u read it, it just clicks with you. To me that's art , that's aesthetic, and it gives me bliss , and this is why i read.

Hello, I am looking to but the Malazan books and have visited a few stores and sites but was not able to find them. Can anyone recommend a store or site where I can get them or really just good high fantasy books.

Reading one of my favourite romance authors, Nana Malone - Mr. Trouble.

What's everyone's current read?

heyy ive got a tonne of books I wanna clear out novels by james patterson, john grisham and lisa gardner please holla

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Today I Should have worked up the courage to kill myself.

But instead I went to work

I laughed with colleagues about something I can't remember.

For a moment I forgot how much I hate my job

I didn't eat at the big company canteen

I went to a cafe outside

The food was homely

It was under a shade and he didn't have lots of customers

The chef was the waiter and he smiled when he served me.

I felt like he genuinely appreciated my presence

Maybe he'd be sad if I died, I thought.

I slept on the bench at work today

It is the best I've had in a long time

My comfortable bed and cozy sheets feel like a hard rock every night.

Today I hated life a little less

I read a couple of pages from a book I started two Sundays ago

I thought of a lady I love but my ego won't let me ever reach out

Or maybe It's because I didn't wanna end up in the loop of disappointment for the thousandth time

A friend called, I didn't pick because I had nothing to say to them.

I thought they'll be the ones I grow old with

But I seem to want them to stay but still push them away

I let a small small lizard get away

Normally I'd kill it, and I thought

Maybe I'm not all evil.

There's a part of me that can be saved

I am sick and the meds are taking a toll on me

I wish all this pain I am feeling could end

I cleaned my room

I washed my clothes

I ate something I love

I called an ex I said I'll never talk to

We laughed and I've not been that happy in forever.

My head is heavy and all I can think of are sad songs.

Today I did not die

Today I ate food someone made with care

Today a stranger smiled at me

Maybe that is enough

Maybe that is everything .

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Polite request to be added to telegram channel with Audiobooks and epub if any.

Thank you🤗