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read most of them when they were released, but i didn't realize he added some last year.

half the fun is the hover text. does he do something to include those jokes in the print version?

no, i recognized that early on, but it would have been helpful to have the lore in my mind of what happened in the first age before the events of the series. (and of the second age so that i could be...

i was hoping i could avoid that question and just let everyone assume i did, since i went ahead and watched rings of power. i have not got back to it, but i'm wishing i had before i watched.

anybody else seen it? finished the first season and thoroughly enjoyed it. i stand by my original criticisms, especially number 2.

i'm not terribly disappointed in it so far. no spoilers, but i'm really interested in the plot and trying to ignore where things don't exactly fit tolkien's world. my main complaints:
1) galadriel...

roadtrip to indiana and back got me through paradise lost, the hiding place (last read it in middle school), some poirot mystery short stories, the metamorphosis, the curious case of benjamin button,...

we'll give it a look

i had a long solo road trip last weekend and decided to listen to stephen king's the stand. well, i started it anyway. i'm about halfway through it now. it's my first stephen king book and i have...

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what i meant was i don't have the words to describe how good it was or why. i almost feel like if i try to describe/explain it, it would lose some of its power in my mind.

i just read the first chapter of the silmarillion. all i can say is wow.

it definitely has its "wth is the point of this section" sections.

come on, these are the most obvious professions for heroes. can you think of an occupation that inspires more wonder?

does anyone take terry pratchett seriously?

i love terry pratchett's stories, but his writing is not very polished. still fun to read.

going to use one of my credits for this (can't go wrong with "bobiverse")
but i have two more, and i'm not going to go for the sequels until i know i like the first.

ok i have a couple of audible credits that i need to use before i cancel. any recommendations?

this reminds me of my freshman literature class, in which i wrote an essay on An American Tragedy based solely on classroom discussion and managed a B.

at the time i read it, i thought tale of two cities was the best book i had ever read. after some separation from the immediate effect of the book, i would still put it in my top 3 for sure.

as...

that's dikkens with two k's, the well-known dutch author

jack london can really tell a story. i got physically cold reading to build a fire.

7) farenheit 451 (there you go, austin)
8) slaughterhouse five

(these are still in no particular order, by the way)

i started to add the godfather, but then i decided no book should be on this...

i must confess i have never read hardy or heinlein (except maybe a couple of hardy's short stories). i'll have to add them both to my list.

i want to replace #7 with i, robot. if you are only going to read one thing by asimov, that needs to be it.

dude, the beginning of that book was pure torture. like watching breakfast at tiffany's with french voice-overs and a blindfold. i don't hate myself enough to try that again.