This IG Page Shares Funny Literary Memes, And Here Are 30 To Make The Biggest Book Nerds Laugh

"And now people think I'm a simpleton for liking this story to begin with."

Minority report is a prime example.

Totally true in opera, too! Librettists (19th century) would turn EVERYTHING into a love triangle. Example: King Gustavus II of Sweden was assassinated by a group of nobles who were angry that he was giving more power to the people. In Verdi's opera The Masked Ball, he was assassinated because of.... a love triangle. Fooey. (Still one of my favorite operas, though)

Thank you. Finally someone wrote it down. I agree!

(Cough cough) Rings of Power?

Young adult and kids books often display the many layers of feelings way better than adult books. And they get dealt with better than "Brithanaiey lost everything so she flew to the beach and drowned herself in Margarhitas and Marcels"

At last I can confess my love for "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"!

I have become much more picky about what I read. I have a hard time finding something for me in adult books to read. So if I find a kids or a teenage book that I think I will like, I will get it.

I was wandering in the children's section of the library looking for book 2 of Varjak Paw - a librarian came over and spoke to me in a high pitched voice, speaking very slowly, sigh. If you have not read the 2 Varjak Paw books, I highly recommend them as wondrous books about a cat finding their place in the world and overcoming obstacles (and much more) https://www.newvalleyprimary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Y4-VARJAK-PAW-ChapterOne-Wednesday-06.01.2021.pdf

I'm going to guess you never read Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronavitch, Jane Austen and all those other entertaining, witty adult writers

I literally built my career on a little "how to" library book under half a centimetre thick.

Damn I love libraries!

It's get worse when your favorite character died and there's nothing you can do to save them.

I think that when you read a good book more than once you discover more about the characters each time , for all sorts of reasons.

I don't get this. They just keep going on and on because I extrapolate. They either get more intersting than written, or sometimes less.

My favorite author was in the middle of a novel when he died. It was released as a novella, the last of the series (actually a prequel). I have it at home, but refuse to read it for that reason. I'm saving it for sometime far in the future when I'm ready for it to be done.

That's when you start to daydream and come up with your own sequel...

Yes, perfect!

I dunno, I've heard they often run into bad weather. Usually Oliver Twisters

Clever!

Oh, a couple that ruined every book I've read since.....

You have to alternate. I read a book by one of my favorite authors and I am immersed. Then the book ends and I need to just read a 'beach read' (throwaway book) because I cannot go directly to another deeply-awesome book after the first one.

The fix for that is to re-read it until it becomes tedious.

Oh yeah, You feel like the next writer has insulted you with their substandard gibberish.

I would say that the KingKiller Chronicles are such (I hope he finishes the trilogy!!!). The author was telling his kids the 3 Pigs story when one asked him why must the stories always be about violence and death - this was the trigger for the books, they are so damn marvelous I sometimes wonder if anyone will write comparable stories. He has 2 adjacent stories but you really must read at least the first book before reading them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingkiller_Chronicle

I have one special book I read before sleeping, I have probably read it hundreds of times, and I just read a few pages, put out the light and read it in my head until I fall asleep, sometimes it doesn't work because I start elaborating on the story, but I mostly just fall asleep.

The worst is when you are near the end of a book. You should go to sleep but you only have 20-50 pages left to go and you need to finish it!

so true, mom was asking me why I still wasn't in bed at 12:30

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i read mostly ebooks on my phone, it works well when I am in the bed too...

That‘s one of my favorite lines in all of Austens books!

That's cool.

He may well be a character in an Orwell novel... I'm sure you know which one.

I saw an animated version as a kid and was appalled. I had no idea it wasn't gonna be a child friendly story. Never felt like re-watching it or reading the book. Still feel sorry for snowball or what'sitsname.

Yeah and 1984 is a yearbook

I think I read that once and 1984. Each time I see these titles I tell myself I need to reread these again. But I need to get them somehow.

Glad you didn't stick with the d**b guy.

Yes, always.

Reading a Pratchett for the nth time and finding yet another allusion. GNU.

And if you wait long enough you forget so much that it’s almost like reading it for the first time again

I read a book series, where there was a huge plot twist closure in book 15 which already started in book 10 or so, and I actually was shedding some tears. And I want to read that again with that knowledge, to pick up on those details but I'm too anxious because I totally know it'd devastate me ... 😕

Yes every time I read a new book that I like I immediately re-read it right after finishing it just to see what all I missed. Especially if it's a mystery