Ninth in the Line of Cultural Currency
Book Riot - The Podcast
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The Limits of Reading Literature Fiction
The expectation that like an NBA fan has of the enjoyment that they're gonna get from attending a game or watching a movie versus the expectation you have for the average book you read. There's something going on there too with like scrutiny to quality because you get to take fewer bets you have to take really really good stuff and the ceiling on the really good stuff just is higher. I love books but there's only so many times I can come out of a theater having spent two hours watching a movie and think okay that two hours was better spent than the last two hours I spent with a novel before I really start wondering about what we're doing around.
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