I love the 1995 Scarlet Letter movie, but it’s not remotely similar to the book.

The parent who’s with them. If you’re worried about what your kid’s reading then just check their books before they check out.

The govt in the Hunger Games is not communist; it’s very obviously a critique of capitalism and the overconsumption and huge class differences that come along with it.

Pneumatic. Forgot the dude’s name but I think we all know who it is.

If it’s obviously marked as a different edition then that’s fine. My grandparents rewrote my great-grandfather’s entire book series to make it more modern since it’s mainly for kids and teens.

The Myth of Sisyphus

A Thesaurus that I don’t think I’ve ever opened, and a couple very strange religious-y + conservative vibe self-help books.

Candide. Don’t know that it says anything about how good of a partner they’d be, but at least it says that they’re fun to talk to.

On The Road. The best description I ever saw of the prose was that it’s the written equivalent of improv jazz. The scene where they’re sleeping in jungle and Sal(?) is on top of the car is particularly beautiful imo; it’s so descriptive and it raises up something kind of gross and unpleasant and turns it into an almost spiritual experience.

I think paperbacks are more durable since the cover can’t really fall off as easily.

Fact-check when a claim seems questionable and when it’s something that you know the author is biased on.

Dominic Seneschal from Terra Ignota

Harry Potter, because I don’t date children. Also Rousseau’s Confessions because only an absolute weirdo would rate that five stars.

What’s wrong with someone going out of their way to get Mein Kampf? Reading something doesn’t mean you agree with it, and if someone is interested in that period of history, then the book is a good primary source for what the Nazis were thinking.

If I’m “on” a chapter then that means I’m currently reading it. If I just finished one but haven’t started the next, I’ll just say that I just finished Chapter 4

Because it doesn’t carry the same connotation. Forms of address and honorifics are often very culturally specific, and so even if there’s an equivalent, it’s not exactly the same.

Yes, and every time I’ve disliked it.

I like getting copies of the same book in different languages

I agree. Mr. Mecedes was good, but I’ve read Pet Sematary, The Stand, The Green Mile, and a couple others that I can’t remember, and they were all just kind of meh. The plots are interesting, but the prose is pretty shitty.

This might just be anecdotal, but I’ve noticed that, in general, books printed in France tend to have better binding and be more durable than books printed in the US.

My favorite physical book is a a 1855 copy of Ben Franklin’s autobiography and collected essays. There’s a note written in the front that it was awarded to a James Wilson in 1856 for having punctual attendance at his Bible class lol