100 books meme

[queenlua]

here's a list of 100 books that were formative to me in some way, changed me in some way, etc etc

some books have aged better than others but are still there out of, y'know, honesty

i am probably forgetting so much shit from my childhood lol. alas i am not in front of my childhood bedroom bookshelf so i cannot stare at it to try and remember!

ANYWAY. how many books overlap OR (because this is more interesting than a number): any overlaps we share that are particularly exciting? any books you want to hear me ramble about?

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[got_quiet]

Oooh, I love this list. I only got 11/100 but some of the hits were my all time favorite books. Kokoro literally changed my life. And Dealing with Dragons was my absolute favorite book when I was a little kid.

I am intrigued by the inclusion of Kierkegaard here, because I am trying to read him for the first time and he's driving me nuts. I never thought I'd want to retreat into the warm and comprehensible embrace of Nietzsche. So I'm curious about what your feelings about him are and what you felt his effect on you was.

[queenlua]

kokoro <3333 dealing with dragons <33333

re: kierkegaard: ah, alas i'm probably useless on that front. i read him as a teen & remember more vibes and how he made me feel than any concrete arguments or argumentation on his part. i do remember reading him at the same time i was reading William James's essay "The Will to Believe" and i think they're both playing with similar ideas, James in a more accessible fashion... there was something very moving about Kierkegaard's account of faith as The Thing You Simply Gotta Take A Gamble On, whereas James's formulation is more "assuming none of these important barriers are in the way, the leap is philosophically sound & also can create reality to some degree," but like, they're both banger

[got_quiet]

I'll have to check out William James too. I feel like if I try to put Kirkegaard in my own words I'd butcher it completely, but the thing he's been repeating that's gotten me has been "if you got it you can't articulate it" so far.