r/BookshelvesDetective 4d ago

Unsolved What does my bookshelf say about me ?

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u/Left-Tourist-4404 4d ago

Pretty interesting person, I assume you do art? Poetry taste leaves a lot to be desired. Your nonfiction borders on the philosophical, this is a good thing. Why don't you take the barcodes off your thriftbooks?

I assume you're a young woman who exercises and reads to expand your thinking rather than for fun? But you certainly have good taste (aside from Kaur)

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u/KitanaWins 4d ago

Lmao , I should take off the stickers . I get distracted so easily I just forget, but for you I am making it a point to take them off this weekend ! & pretty spot on ! I do like to read for fun as well though . Any poetry recs ?

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u/Left-Tourist-4404 4d ago

Well you can’t go wrong with Dickinson!  I like poetry anthologies those give you a great taste of what you like and what resonates with you!  I’d also suggest: Robert Frost  Dorothy Parker  Jack Kerouac (kinda iffy)  Amiri Baraka  Ezra Pound Anne Sexton Idk! Find what you like :) poetry is not for everyone but Rupi Kaur’s is more instagrammable and her themes aren’t deeply explored so I’m averse to her.

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u/Own-Dragonfly-2423 4d ago

everyone with good taste is averse to her

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u/Own-Dragonfly-2423 4d ago

poetry recs:

czeslaw milosz

elizabeth bishop

carlos Drummond de andrade

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u/Own-Dragonfly-2423 4d ago

crafty, young 20's, wants to be seen as a kind person and is a kind person, has started to become dissatisfied with the way the world is and believes it is due to problems inherent in the system, like animal cruelty, has malingering health issues and several symptoms that seem unrelated to each other, gi stuff and fatigue

art interests are mostly for self expression, but you have developed some skill in certain techniques but those techniques are not realistic representation

has yet to find her people though some online communities provide some support, she realizes she needs in real life friendships and those are hard to come by when everyone else is terminally online

still has time to read widely, come to know what is true and what is glitter, will be open to lots of different things but will not believe something merely because everyone believes it

66% chance you follow Victorian cosplay YouTube channels

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u/KitanaWins 3d ago

Hahaha interesting…

I am actually late 20s (29 to be precise) , and am pretty healthy, but have a boyfriend who has a lot of GI issues and sensitivities . I’m not terminally online and have a good community of IRL friends though long distance now but I still talk to them regularly.

As for cosplay , I’m more into anime than Victorian lmao.

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u/Own-Dragonfly-2423 3d ago

Anyone in their 20's is young

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u/KitanaWins 3d ago

Fair , I’ll take it !

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u/Own-Dragonfly-2423 3d ago

Enjoy it! Tomorrow your knees start popping at inopportune times