western-series

[foggy mirage]

Anyways

I'd say misery is another great one

Salem's lot too

[tawny parcel]

The shining novel ||I’m a big fan of the family stuff till the end of the book until he goes crazy where I kinda don’t care. I think the family drama is just more interesting lol||

[valid thunder]

thats like every king book

bro could not write a good ending if his life depended on it

[foggy mirage]

The shining book ||I enjoyed it for what it is, him taking control of his impulses and addiction doesn't help he's being possessed. Even if in the end he was consumed by them his love for them shined through and Danny was a smart ass kid.||

[foggy mirage]

Ngl this is way overblown

But I'll leave it at that

[modern lichen]

King is not a fraud but I’m not too big on him anyway

[tawny parcel]

Im excited to read 11/22/63 when i get to it

Tje premise sounds really interesting

The shining was good enough even if I prefer the movie

Intermezzo|| I can understand Peter to an extent but man it is hard to like this dude, although hes totally fair to question ivan about Margaret, ivan really overblew that lol||

Intermezzo ||not supposed to be particularly likable i imagine tho lol||

Sometimes I feel stupid

And then I look online at discussion around things and remember it could be worse

[foggy mirage]

That's a fantastic book, id recommend under the dome too

If you haven't yet

Dark tower is an easy recommend for me but that is my turbo bias from love

[tawny parcel]

I have a lot of books i need to get around to so I’m not buying any more books for a little bit

[past panther]

@craggy seal was banned!

Reason: scam

[modern lichen]

@sage remnant on the final part of A Drop of Corruption, it’s been thrilling so far

[sage remnant]

see how my recs worked for you

now give me a rec for a high fantasy story with journalist mc

[modern lichen]

Idk one man

That’s such a specific ask

[frank rivet]

Man of Tomorrow News - || some of the casting descriptions for Man of Tomorrow make it seem like Mongul could be in play. Which to be honest, idk how to feel about that. I never fucked with Mongul because he just felt like Temu darkseid to me ||

[sage remnant]

I thought it would be fun to look that perspective in a world which may be crazy

|| like a normal daily planet reporter's perspective on crazy fights and happennings with superman|| superman general

yo do you have any superman comics rec which is from the perspective of the reporters

if there exists one

maybe like || JImmy olsen ||

[frank rivet]

or you know a story about || The Question ||

[modern lichen]

Hm

There aren’t many stories like that

[sage remnant]

hmm?

[frank rivet]

he fits the premise of what your looking for exactly

[sage remnant]

is that the name of a comic?

[frank rivet]

iv been reading this

[foggy mirage]

Man of tomorrow ||feels different once you read books with him involved the appearance thing is whatever.||

[sage remnant]

so || It's told from the perspective of a reporter/journalist MC? || the question

lucy

[frank rivet]

ya his name is "The Question" the MC

[sage remnant]

thanks

[frank rivet]

The Question - || he basically government conspiracy theorist , another rec is probably Watchman||

[sage remnant]

first thing I am reading in Nov

[frank rivet]

you can also expand and read like stuff on rorschach, who is inspired by the quesiton and its a similar vibe

i don't have exact recs, but maybe @foggy mirage does

[sage remnant]

Yeah I'll make do with comics since I couldn't find any in high fantasy

still would like it to be as detached from urban fantasy as possible

but well beggars can't be choosers

[frank rivet]

makes sense

here is another good one
The Question

[modern lichen]

A Drop of Corruption @sage remnant ||holy shit||

[sage remnant]

[modern lichen]

Finished

[sage remnant]

third book expected to release next year

[valid thunder]

have u read divine cities by him ?

[sage remnant]

nope

it's in my ptr

[modern lichen]

Wait one thing

A Drop of Corruption ending || is Ana a Khanum||

A Drop of Corruption ending ||I guess the implication is that she got experimented on to revive the Khanum||

[sage remnant]

yes

[modest canyon]

Time to end my sabbatical from reading

[frank rivet]

i'm going strong 17 years

no one can force me to read

[modern lichen]

Can’t wait to watch the Ohira short on Visions

[modern lichen]

Absolute Batman Annual 1 ||Batman beats up the Klan||

Absolute Batman annual 1

[white smelt]

So he’s just killing people right

(Cool)

[foggy mirage]

He isn't

Main bruce does this shit too

[white smelt]

Absolute annual ||you can’t convince me he didn’t just shove those batarangs through his skull ||

[modern lichen]

Absolute Batman ||this is a prequel, he specifically stops killing because he develops guilt in the mainline story, this is a story where he beats the living daylights out of a group of Neo Nazis and kills them||

[white smelt]

Sick

🔥

[foggy mirage]

Still the same rule

Lmao

[modern lichen]

Absolute Batman ||I’m happy seeing Batman eliminate Nazis tho||

[foggy mirage]

God I need absolute martian to drop already

They dropped some of the covers

Evil activity

[frank rivet]

Lol absolute martian

Bro I want Zatana so bad

[foggy mirage]

Absolute martian 8

Gonna be peak once again

[foggy mirage]

Mostly waiting for green arrow

Right now

[spiral quest]

https://tenor.com/view/pluh-veilbound-gif-4315180366045476816

[foggy mirage]

@spiral quest @frank rivet

[valid thunder]

His tactic really should be to go for the kill in the absolute universe lol

[foggy mirage]

They arent trying to change the core of the character

A batman who just kills constantly would be a core change

[valid thunder]

Bro is fighting fromsoft villains

[foggy mirage]

Would be like Clark smoking everyone he's fighting

And Clark would be justified too

[valid thunder]

Not constantly but maybe

Some villains

[foggy mirage]

You want that read certain superman comics

Clark only packs you up if there is no choice

[valid thunder]

It would be interesting to see bruce deal with the reprecussions of not killing certain villains who than blow up like 5 hospitals

[foggy mirage]

We've seen it happen already

In other realities

Wouldn't go well with main bruce

Writers just turn him into punisher with a cape

And not even a good punisher run

A bad one

Only character I can think of that handled that well was spiderman

[valid thunder]

I think given that this is an isolated universe the writers could establish arkham and gotham prisons as more than minor inconveniences for these villains. If batman knows that these guys arent gonna be on the streets again, then it would validate his no kill rule. In the main continuity, i get it. Only so many interesting villains u can write. But this is a isolated run.

[foggy mirage]

Yeah not happening

Scott clearly doesn't want this batman to kill humans.

At this point people need to realize this by issue 15

Absolute batman 15 ||bane is gonna get brutalized but heavy doubt its bruce that kills him.||

[valid thunder]

Brah i didnt say he should kill ppl. Did u read my msg

I said atleast make arkham asylum and gotham prisons more effective

[foggy mirage]

I did

So far has nothing to do with the run

Hence idk why you even brought that up

This is like talking about superman becoming a reporter while knowing whats happening in absolute superman rn

[valid thunder]

In the longer run tho

[foggy mirage]

In the long run its gonna be mostly absolute batman ||joker related||

[frank rivet]

Honestly approved

[foggy mirage]

Absolute superman latest ||very likely Kal packs up Ra's and we move on to braniac and lex proper.||

Jury is out on how green arrow is handled

Also absolute ark M

This next month

Fuck December 1

[frank rivet]

I thought that was delayed

[foggy mirage]

Absolute superman 15 cover its gonna be peak

Holy

Nov 10th get here already

So I can read issue 14

@frank rivet https://youtu.be/3gM9blqKP38?si=alchDMM_c3EUa0sM

All that comes to mind seeing that cover

Absolute superman 15 ||yes kal we see the fit 😭 ||

[frank rivet]

its mad clean

[foggy mirage]

Everyone's outfits are gonna end up being 20 dollar cosmetics

By injustice 3

Fucking christ

[frank rivet]

did they release a new Star Wars Visions recently?

timeline going crazy over some clean af animation

[raw gate]

Yeah

The episode people are excited about is Shinya Ohira’s

[frank rivet]

oooo Sweet

visions is peak

[raw gate]

And rightfully so. The guy’s an industry legend and probably the greatest living animator

I can’t wait to watch it

[frank rivet]

did they release all episodes?

[raw gate]

Even though I ain’t never seen a Visions episode before lmaoooo

[raw gate]

Think so, yeah

[frank rivet]

i only saw season 1

i have been down on star wars over the years, but visions is so clean

it has great potential

[raw gate]

Animation is a limitless medium

[tawny parcel]

trying ur hardest not to say animation is cinema

Animation is cinema......

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/hayao-miyazaki-anime-mistake-otaku-weeaboo-gif-9307885

[raw gate]

Well that’s true too

[tawny parcel]

it is but the phrase "animation is cinema" has been turned into making anything cinema

minions is cinema'

[limber urchin]

it is. fight me..

i didn't say it was good cinema

[tawny parcel]

when u have the dude who genuinely works on art and shit tellingh you minions is cinema

how am I supposed to fight this

[limber urchin]

i have friends at the studio. i have to defend them

uwu

wait wait how is cinema being defined here?

like the meme?

[tawny parcel]

it came from guille del toro idk how to pronounce his name but his oscar speech

essentially saying animation isnt just for kids and should be treaten as a serious artfarm

but that saying has become bastardized to turn anything into cinema

[limber urchin]

oh well yeah i agree with that. but certainly some piece of animation are better than others

Minions is not really good

But Despicable Me (the first one at least) is a solid film

[tawny parcel]

exactly

The 4th one actually sucked sop har

[limber urchin]

i don't even remember that one and I know I watched it

[tawny parcel]

i watched it in theater and my friend paid for me and I still felt like I wanted my money back

[raw gate]

I never watched past the second film

[tawny parcel]

the 4th one is barely a coherent movie and rather a string of comedy scenes

[limber urchin]

they're good for mindless entertainment I guess

but the first really is fun

THE MOOOOOOON

[tawny parcel]

i like the first 2

[limber urchin]

Steve Carell hard carries those movies

[white smelt]

https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1983574426928214534

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)

Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright

• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied

X · Oct 29, 2025, 4:39 PM

[spiral quest]

Hell yeah!!!

Massive win

https://tenor.com/view/shia-labeouf-clapping-theatre-gif-15313749163340250467

[frank rivet]

Welcome To Derry S01EP1 - || https://vxtwitter.com/RetroReminiscer/status/1983195473742909481 ||
Really cool art @limber urchin

The Retro Reminiscer (@RetroReminiscer)

It: Welcome to Derry (2025)
Art by Swangzhel. https://t.co/b3OkRXAzBw

vxTwitter / fixvx · Oct 28, 2025, 3:33 PM

[limber urchin]

oh very cool!

[crimson bane]

That's definitely a good result for the authors as a whole. Giving GRRM another side quest to fixate upon is only threading the needle further

[frank rivet]

damn Star Wars Visions is Crazy good

[foggy mirage]

Its cool for me 50% of the time

Not as big of a fan for some of it

Fun visuals though

[near echo]

Watchin Freaks while Luigi's Mansion downloads on my Switch

[near echo]

This movies super interesting

[worthy crypt]

oh dang

its 10/30 somewher

ima lpay luigis tonight

[near echo]

Switch 2 eshops a piece of crap so it's taking 45 minutes to download a GameCube rom

[worthy crypt]

isnt it supopsed to be free in virtual gc? i dont see it

maybe it does care its not 10/30 where i am

[near echo]

NA Twitter posted about it and it became available to me

[worthy crypt]

are you west coast?

[near echo]

Idk where u live but maybe other eshops update at different times

Colorado

[worthy crypt]

yeah maybe im 1 hour behind then

[near echo]

Yeah it should be up soon then

[sage sleet]

Peacemaker season 2 p big spoiler ||hbo max has the poster for peacemaker as Lex in prison. Lame to spoil that in the poster||

Watching weapons rn

Like it so far

[young compass]

https://letterboxd.com/film/leto/

this is the shiori experience of movies

insufferable

[modern lichen]

Shiori Experience is good and you’re wrong

But also this movie specifically isn’t good yeah

[young compass]

i mean you would like it

you treat media the same as the manga

vast veneration to all the greats

[modern lichen]

Ngl man that’s extremely condescending

[young compass]

sorry

[modern lichen]

And no I don’t do that lol, I don’t venerate all the greats

I’d be wanking off Ridley Scott or James Cameron like the rest of the world if I was that way

[young compass]

you have your preferences but i feel like you work backwards from "this is great" and decide why you like it or have an issue with it as opposed to trying to define a specific idea of what you like and expanding outward towards things of that sort. im not calling you wrong for doing this but shiori experience does this same thing

[modern lichen]

Lmao

Yeah Nevermind

Anyway, I watched Steve with Cillian Murphy and it was ok, the book is better

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/pakejanek/status/1983742586222473511?s=46

pakejanek (@pakejanek)

using ai to write reviews to try and get more clout, not even noticing the ai wrote about the wrong movie, blocking people calling you out on it, and editing your review with more ai generated garbage instead of just deleting it, what a roll this girl is on as a cinephile lmao

X · Oct 30, 2025, 3:47 AM

[valid thunder]

Lol

[limber dune]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10944760/

so good

[near echo]

Why in the world would you chase letterboxd clout of all the social media out there

The community there is a worthless feature

I just follow friends or people who log neat stuff that wouldn't naturally end up on my own radar I ain't reading the review pages

[valid thunder]

Is letterboxd even considered social media ?

[frank rivet]

yes

lol its literally in their promotion material

[tawny parcel]

Its technically social media but only for losers

I only use it to log my movies I’ve seen

[frank rivet]

its literally just MAL for western movies

[near echo]

I've considered posting reviews in the past but just so I have a formal place to dump all my stray thoughts besides notepad documents and unwilling discord channels

Easier to gather my thoughts if I write em

[frank rivet]

to be honest its like any social media

[modern lichen]

Well no

[frank rivet]

unless you have a certain percentage of users that look at your stuff

no one really gonna care 😭

[modern lichen]

It’s just a diary for me

I’ve written a few reviews on it but now I can’t bother

[near echo]

I just feel like I have nothing interesting to say cuz I'm not a critic or writer and watch more novelty films than good ones

[frank rivet]

if you go to any movie, a good portion of the top posts are just cheesy one line puns

its literally reddit

[near echo]

Yeah they're shit

[modern lichen]

Well no it’s not Reddit but it has its own fair share of stupid shit on it

[frank rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/social-media-the-power-of-social-media-never-underestimate-gif-12324617

it does help expose some classics though, but it tends to be because people don't want to look like a basic andy and just fill their shit with stuff they would never watch IRL 😭

[near echo]

I gotta update my top four films cuz #4 definitely isn't suspiria anymore but the websites busted as hell on mobile and I always forget to do that when I'm at my pc

I don't think Alien, Nausicaa or Fantastic Planet are gonna fall off anytime soon they've had too dramatic an impact on my life

[modern lichen]

That’s a good top 3

Not huge on Fantastic Planet as other people but I don’t think it’s a bad film

[frank rivet]

Inglorious bastards will probably stay my favorite movie. I'v had on/off relationships with others, Alien, silence of the lambs etc..

[near echo]

I'm a big Rene Laloux fan Ive seen all his works besides that stupid prototype for Gandahar that's only ever shown at film festivals in New York or Paris

And I don't really wanna fly across the country for a ten minute demo reel

[modern lichen]

A Month in the Country done - short and sweet, just 120 or so pages

Onto Katabasis next

Let’s see if Kuang continues on her streak of heavy handed BS

[copper phoenix]

more like anidb it's where the cinephiles elitists like to hang out

[sage remnant]

[valid thunder]

Heavy handed isnt bad

[sage remnant]

just expect lack of subtlety like Babel

[valid thunder]

Subtlety is overrated

[tawny parcel]

Alien

The goat….

[copper phoenix]

kojima and oda agree

[main lion]

what does this even mean

like how can that be overrated

[valid thunder]

Writers who are more overt with their themes arent lesser than those who handle them more subtly. Its just a thing i have noticed in discourse, where ppl discredit art for being too on the nose.

[copper phoenix]

this happens especially with satire

[main lion]

I dont think being overt with themes is inherently bad but I think theres a level where it becomes bad

[valid thunder]

I think it just depends on how its handled. FMI kinda beats u on the head with it for example but it handles those themes really well.

[frank rivet]

@foggy mirage
speaking of critically acclaimed movies....i'm starting to come around to the fact that The Incredibles was a top 2 Pixar Movie 😭 ...i just don't know if i can put it above Finding Nemo

re watched it couple days ago

[foggy mirage]

This is a reasonable take to have after a rewatch, for me it tends to be 1 or 2 also. It just has to compete with toy story for me. Nemo is like top 4 I feel

[modern lichen]

Skeptical about the new Joe Wright series on Mussolini but I’m gonna watch it soon

[frank rivet]

Stranger Things Trailer Latest - ||
https://youtu.be/PssKpzB0Ah0?si=Er8zCKJID3NmDxIU ||

[modern lichen]

Heretic was bad

Wasted my time

Performances were good tho

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo ch 11 ||this scene about Sylvia being sick and then turning into a sex scene was very odd? Lol||

Intermezzo ||seems kind of out of place||

[modern lichen]

Lmao

Intermezzo ||it’s a weird dynamic to get used to but I find the relationship better than what Peter’s annoying ass has got going||

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo ||that was a peter scene, the girl Ivan is with is margaret||

Intermezzo|| “oh jeez its so hard being in two relationships at once”||

I’m reducing it down but

[modern lichen]

Intermezzo ||oh wait it was Sylvia and Naomi right||

[tawny parcel]

Sometimes it feels like that

[modern lichen]

Intermezzo ||yeah that scene where he helps her with her being sick and then it turning into a sex scene is like pretty emblematic of what their relationship basically is||

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo ch 11 ||the chapter is peter A. Going in to her apartment when she asked him to drop it off the door, and I mean sure whatever i guess its a sign but at least he helps her but then it turns into this weird hanjob thing? Lmfao||

[modern lichen]

Intermezzo ||what he has with Naomi is like a situationship I guess, or at least that’s the closest term to what it is, he’s her sugar daddy? Kind of? Idk, he’s annoying as fuck and Naomi is annoying as fuck too, Sylvia is fine||

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo ch 11|| i know he misses when they used to bang but like, cmon man||

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo|| yeah its hard to kind of tell if they really like each other, I mean I think to some extent they do, but obviously theres this whole sugar daddy “ill pay for ur rent and ur dinner and also you better not be posting scandalous pics of urself online” shit. I mean they bring it up in the book but like its kinda hard to tell if they’re using one another, and I think they dont know if they are either. Sylvia is nice I like her||

Intermezzo ||she could be a bit more communicative but like sure||

The book isn’t very subtle

[modern lichen]

Intermezzo ||what I like about Sylvia is her telling Peter as it is, she doesn’t sugarcoat||

[modern lichen]

Intermezzo ||he has the hots for Sylvia but then he also like younger women like Naomi who live on the edge||

[tawny parcel]

Yeah

Odd dude

[modern lichen]

Intermezzo ||everyone grieves in a different way I guess lmfao||

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo ||Ivan isn’t perfect either and admittedly Peter actually sticks up for the dude occasionally but i prefer Ivan and I think most people would. Hard to get behind the two women thing ||

Will probably finish it these next two days or so

[modern lichen]

It’s definitely not the best book I’ve read this year

[tawny parcel]

I’ve enjoyed it

Im making it sound like I havent but intermezzo ||i think these relationships and characters are very interesting||

And also I’ve heard some complaints about her prose but I’m a big fan of it

It’s like the complete opposite of blood meridian they are two sides of the same coin

[modern lichen]

It just kinda grates at a certain point, I have a low tolerance for low stakes drama like this where if it meanders it just fuckin keeps going on and on with its pontificating bullshit

[tawny parcel]

Blood meridian/Intermezzo ||blood meridian does not give a single thought behind the characters while intermezzo does the complete opposite ||

[tawny parcel]

Starting to feel that a little, could maybe be trimmed down, but I think its more about exploring the depths of these characters than any meaningful plot

[modern lichen]

Blood Meridian ||the characters are metaphors, they’re vehicles for the themes explicitly, while also having a mythic quality to them||

[tawny parcel]

Idk i need to go back and actually finish the book

[modern lichen]

Blood Meridian is a sprawling book about the genocide of indigenous people and the evil of American white expansion in the name of manifest destiny

[tawny parcel]

I thought it was about hype moments and aura

[modern lichen]

Blood Meridian ||the Judge is pure evil of the American conquest of the west personified and given form||

[tawny parcel]

Sometimes I feel like I lack historical context when I go into books like blood meridian and it makes it harder

Same thing I felt about brave new world

To an extent

[valid thunder]

arent u american

[tawny parcel]

I am but i dont have a good memory man you think I was paying attention in school

In covid we were gooning and playing fortnite

[modern lichen]

Please be serious man

https://tenor.com/view/eminem-old-gen-z-millenial-tiktok-gif-20680376

[tawny parcel]

Nah but like I’ll see things and I know they ARE referencing a historical event, like I’m not stupid, I’m just not well acquainted enough to know fully well what its talking about

Only that its talking about that thing

[modern lichen]

I’ve seen Americans online who absolutely refuse to learn anything from whatever they’re reading or watching, it’s just in one ear and out another, they do not bother learning context, they do not bother trying to open their eyes to new perspectives

It’s kinda sad

Not saying that’s you

[valid thunder]

nah u definitely said that

[modern lichen]

Just a tangential observation

[tawny parcel]

Facts

[modern lichen]

Don’t make it obvious

[tawny parcel]

Why you dissing

[modern lichen]

I’m not dissing you bro come on man

[valid thunder]

hes dissing combat magic

[modern lichen]

At least you’re putting in the effort to read extensively and understand

[valid thunder]

not wombat

[modern lichen]

For sure bro

[tawny parcel]

I may not be the smartest but I have heart

[mild seal]

And a mcflurry

[frank rivet]

just like me fr

[limber urchin]

meirl

[scenic terrace]

https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/batman-wayne-family-adventures/list?title_no=3180 my fyp is now spamming this series 😭 where the batman fans at, is this supposed to be good

[spiral quest]

I have very little interest in the writings of James Joyce man. I know this is a meme but of all the big literature names out there, Ulysses is one of those books that fills me with dread to even tackle

[spiral quest]

Never even heard of it

I don't read webtoon stuff tho

[frank rivet]

dang this web toon been going for a while

[modern lichen]

It's very lighthearted and wholesome

[modern lichen]

If that’s your jam

[rich meadow]

Adam’s jam are shitty medical dramas that drag on for way too long

[main lion]

wtf bro rude...

[frank rivet]

https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1984078206971080808

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)

Netflix is reportedly actively exploring a bid to buy Warner Bros assets

• They've hired the bank that advised Skydance on purchasing Paramount

• Netflix also has been granted access to WB's data room and financial details

(via @Reuters)

X · Oct 31, 2025, 2:01 AM

https://tenor.com/view/no-the-office-michael-scott-scream-gif-16929305

[main lion]

hopefully this doesn't ruin the batman

[frank rivet]

every show you ever loved will only get 3 seasons max

[main lion]

but arent people complaining netflix shows are too long in current discourse

stranger things

[frank rivet]

no they are complaining that they take to long to make

it takes Netflix minimum 2 years to make a season

[main lion]

thats pretty normal for all shows isnt it

[frank rivet]

depends on the show, but it can be normal. The problem is, how Netflix spreads a budget and how it measures that said budget

there is something nice about the Sunday night HBO experience that still even with all streaming platforms is ceremonial to this day

for that water cooler talk moment, Netflix doesn't give af about that they want everything released out and they want to measure the view time based on the first week and if the show doesn't hit top 2 viewing its basically done

[mild seal]

Dude I feel bad for WB

[modern lichen]

I don't tbh

[mild seal]

They're just being used by companies to offload their debt

It's been happening for decades now

[modern lichen]

Rewatched The Batman in bits and parts, Matt Reeves just gets Batman

[crimson bane]

Just like Finnegan's Wake, it's probably better to listen to the song

[valid thunder]

damn i thought wb was having a pretty good year

[dim hedge]

Matt Reeves's batman is best live action batman and what Zack snyder made was the worst

[smoky spindle]

I finally watched Goodfellas last night

Loved it

And I see how big of an influence it was for The Sopranos

Also like half the cast in the film played a part in The Sopranos lol

[sage remnant]

@shrewd sigil read Secret History

Best Mistborn book

[valid thunder]

the donna tart book ?

[shrewd sigil]

yoo nice

[sage remnant]

Mistborn one

[shrewd sigil]

mistborn secret history ||getting the behind the scenes and context of everything that happened was sick||

||also kelsier is just the goat||

[sage remnant]

It's just more emotionally impactful

Like emotional beats worked in HoA too

But Secret history || In this, it wasn't affected by issues HoA had, and it only focused on well written characters of Mistborn and like due to the context of HoA, it could only work with the important moments, hence having a overall stronger book ||

[shrewd sigil]

secret history ||what'd you think of the ending part with kelsier and sazed||

[sage remnant]

secret history || It tells such an impactful story, without ruining any character's moments and events of HoA ||

[sage remnant]

really good

My only issue with this book is || the epilogue and Spook's "Immortal" line hence cutting the 0.00000001 from the book. Remove that line and keep the rest of the convo as is, it would work better for the charaacter and hence would have made the book a 5/5|| Mistborn secret history

[shrewd sigil]

i don't remember this

secret history || when they were talking about using spikes?||

[sage remnant]

Mistborn era 2 + Secret History + RoW theory || I think with hemalurgy spike, he would create a brand of inquisitor like being but without the terrible things that Hemallurgy brought but what would create a link between him and Physical realm and having some investiture to last him ||

[sage remnant]

Yes

|| Spook being allured by "Immotallity" just kinda doesn't work for his character for me ||

secret history

|| and everything would still work without that reaction because it's kelsier and he would get people to do what he would want ||

Tress/ Secret History || Also those damn Elantrians. trying to ruin every world ||

Elantris/Mistborn secret history || I haven't read it, but with how ahead they seem to be already in Secret History, I wonder what they would achieve later. They have already figured out a way to get you connection to a Shard without the Shard giving it ||

[shrewd sigil]

secret history ||my memory of era 1 is already a bit hazy but I feel like spook would be the type of guy to be interested in immortality and then change his mind once he actually considered the dangers||

[sage remnant]

|| given his journey through HoA, he wouldn't ||

secret history

[shrewd sigil]

I've never been one for getting deep into characters so ill take your word for it

are you gonna go into era 2 or not yet

[sage remnant]

not yet

Strength of the Few is releasing in 10 days

won't be able to finish 4 books in my Mistborn pace till then

[leaden depot]

TV show I'm starting today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KE-Ze-VPeE

[limber urchin]

About 1/3 or halfway done with Frankenstein (not exactly sure since the book didn't actually start til quite a ways in due to Forwards and all that). But holy god, Mary Shelly is a painter when it comes to words, I love her writing style.

[modern lichen]

She wrote the book at 18 too, which is astonishing

[limber urchin]

WHAT?!

Man, that makes me feel like a fucking simpleton

[foggy mirage]

You reading a book made by a teenage goth girl

Enjoy

[leaden depot]

From over 200 years ago at that

Published on new year's day of 1818

Setting being the late 1700s

[spiral quest]

Does this make the book bad??

[limber urchin]

well she seems smarter than the goth girls from my mid-2000s high school days (not a high bar to clear).

[limber urchin]

On Goda's birthday.....holy shit.

[sage remnant]

Goda

[tawny parcel]

Mary Shelly was a goth girl

??

Was she bad?

[sage remnant]

I knew this name was of Wombat

[tawny parcel]

My greatest work yet

[limber urchin]

her portrait is pretty sick

[sage remnant]

Done with October reads. 2 3.5, 1 4.5 and 1 5/5
good month

November TBR:

• Strength of the few by James Islington
• The Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
• A Prayer for the Crown shy by becky chambers

[valid thunder]

she was 18 bro

[tawny parcel]

Bro

I’m 19

Idgaf

[valid thunder]

ok this makes sense

[modern lichen]

She wasn’t

She identified as a romantic (different definition)

[limber urchin]

didn't gothic and romance have overlap?

gothic romance?

[modern lichen]

Nope

This is not that romance

[limber urchin]

ah ok

[modern lichen]

Romanticism here is a literary movement

Mary Shelley’s husband was Percy Shelley who’s an iconic Romantic poet in his own right

[foggy mirage]

I dint say it was bad

[tawny parcel]

Check your preconceived biases about goth girls sab

[spiral quest]

I have none

The tone of the message read as dismissive to me

[tawny parcel]

Oh it just seemed like a fun fact

[limber urchin]

was Frankenstein classified as romantacism in her eyes?

[modern lichen]

Yes, all of her circle were Romantic authors and poets

It was written in the circumstance of a competition too I think

[limber urchin]

i will read the rest going forward with that in mind

[tawny parcel]

Isnt frankenstein super short

[limber urchin]

wait she wrote it at 18 and as a part of a competition

she might have been the opposite of a skill issue

Frankenstein - up to halfway ||although one critique is i'm not the biggest fan of some her longer sentences. i don't know if i would call them run-on, but they are sometimes jampacked and i have to double back to reread sometimes||

[modern lichen]

Keats, Blake, Coleridge, Bysshe Shelley (Mary Shelley’s husband), Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Blake - all of these are well known male Romantic poets

[limber urchin]

damn i only know Mary lol

my literature skills in the mud

wait....lord byron. that might ring a bell

[sage remnant]

Not even Wordsworth?

[tawny parcel]

Wordsworth is a tough name

[limber urchin]

point and laugh at me

[sage remnant]

You might have read Daffodils in school

and forgotten it was by Wordsworth

[modern lichen]

He’s American

Probably not

Ok that’s not nice

Americans do read a lot of poetry

[sage remnant]

I expect it would be in English Textbooks lol

we had like 3-4 by him

[limber urchin]

i've read since i was a child, but games, even to this day, are my go-to medium for entertainment. in the past year i've been trying to reverse this at night with books. Right now I'm reading Frankenstein and a tome called "The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts"

[tawny parcel]

Poetry is for losers

So

Another win for america

[limber urchin]

i was never a fan of poetry (sadly I assume). and i had a poor public school education in general (with a few good and memorable teachers).

[sage remnant]

You should try Wordsworth and Robert Frost

[limber urchin]

Robert Frost I've definitely heard

[sage remnant]

Ye he's American

[limber urchin]

I have a few classics under the hood, but probably nothing compard to you and Harsh.

[sage remnant]

Harsh is again on another level to me

[limber urchin]

Richard Wright's "Native Son" was a favorite of mine in high school, but the larger social commentary was probably a little lost on me at the time

[sage remnant]

I probably just have read more fantasy than him and even in that I am not certain

[modern lichen]

I’m still lacking in the poetry department

[limber urchin]

but when it comes to books, i for sure default to sci-fi/fantasy. but I also like horror and classics

[modern lichen]

Need to read more of the beatnik poets

[tawny parcel]

Probably gonna end up finishing intermezzo today

[sage remnant]

It seems to be trending recently

saw it in various places

[tawny parcel]

I just pickednit because it had chess on the cover

I didnt know it was a popular book/aurhor

The cover lied but its okay

[modern lichen]

The idea is that the relationships in the book are as complex as a chess game

Sally Rooney got the idea during the COVID lockdown while her husband was playing chess online

[tawny parcel]

Yeah yeah

Whatever

Its not about chess

[modern lichen]

You’re the worst

I don’t even like this fucking book idk why I’m discussing this shit

[tawny parcel]

Lmfao

Its a solid time

I think its one thats probably more interesting to talk about

[sage remnant]

I think Wombat take's depends but in this case he's wronf

[modern lichen]

Solid time in getting me to sleep for sure

[tawny parcel]

?????

Have you read the book?

[limber urchin]

oh that's wombat? without the yellow name I was so confused

[tawny parcel]

I’m in my emo sadboy era

[limber urchin]

my condolences.

[foggy mirage]

@spiral quest

Absolute green lantern latest, some good news for you

[spiral quest]

https://tenor.com/view/lit-baby-cute-adorable-cheering-gif-17449868

Finally!!!!

[tawny parcel]

Cliff hanger is awesome lol

[foggy mirage]

Absolute Green lantern when asked about ||alien ones||

Absolute evil #1 questions good stuff here

[half steeple]

Absolute Batman

||I love it so much||

[tawny parcel]

I have read 10 books this year

Yippee!!!!

They might try to do 15 but I’m not tryna stat pad by reading smaller books

[valid thunder]

Congrats bro

Thats a good milestone

Wb row tho 🙏

[limber urchin]

I read the five main Stormlight books and The Name of the Wind. I'm gonna count each Stormlight book as three books, so I've read 16 books this year so far.

[tawny parcel]

I’ve read 3 and then i also read 3 game of thrones books

[limber urchin]

congratulations on reading 18 books!

[tawny parcel]

And then i also read other books

But those dont count

[limber urchin]

Welcome to Derry - Episode 2 + IT novel ||Man, what a fantastic episode! Great tension and drama and the kids can act so well to boot. And while both scenes of Pennywise terrorizing the kids are great with solid VFX work, the one in the bedroom was so psychologically damaging to Ronnie, I could feel it in my bones. And yet still no clown form, they really are saving it. Now, I've read the book, but I don't remember mention of objects buried around Derry that are related to Pennywise's power, so I'm not sure what the car was at the end. Perhaps it was in the novel and I'm just forgetting?||

[frank rivet]

Been on candy duty all night need to watch the new episode

[raven grove]

This show is really good so far

||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwTop2qs1tE||

[shut cargo]

I should read more western stuff but not sure where to acess it

i mean i have bought alot of graphic novels

Bone is a barticular favorite

[modern lichen]

Bone mentioned

[near echo]

Army of Darkness was a good time

Not what I expected and I think the most inconsistent of the three but one I'll definitely rewatch

When that films firing on all cylinders it's fuckin hysterical

[tawny parcel]

Finished intermezzo

@modern lichen intermezzo ||I know you didnt like the book but what am I supposed to get out of that peter ending? I know, relationships are complicated but it felt a tad too like. Happy ending. “Oh yeah we both know this is going on but who cares we both want you anyways” i mean, idk, i guess even they in the book say it’s not normal but it’s quite a conclusion to come to ||

[modern lichen]

Baby finished its first adult book

Intermezzo ||that fuckin conversation between Peter and those 2 girls, man, I couldn’t even bother feigning interest ||

Intermezzo ||i’m glad for Ivan though||

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo ||yeah Ivan’s story is nice sure||

[spiral quest]

Wait what counts as an adult book

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo ||I think Peters is more interesting just cause of simply the direction it takes lmfao. Was not expecting that ending||

I will say

[spiral quest]

I read a ton of genre fiction so I may be boned lmao

[tawny parcel]

Sally Roone is bold for that

[modern lichen]

I’m just joking but this is presumably Wombat’s first literary fiction book that he finished

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo ||“yeah this isn’t a normal situation but who says we have to solve it normally” and then they all had threesomes and everyone clapped and peter didnt want to kill himself anymore||

Bravo roone

Idk man I’m just having a hard time buying it

Maybe I really just a stupid fucking idiot guy…

[spiral quest]

Ahh good ol literary fiction

[tawny parcel]

I think yeah

Unless farenheit 451 counts

[spiral quest]

I can't say I own a lot of it

But I think I have some good picks

[tawny parcel]

I dont really know what defines literary fiction

[spiral quest]

Classics

Non genre fiction

[tawny parcel]

Intermezzo ||her prose was really good, and I still do like the characters even if I’m grasping at what the point is of peter in the end. Does all this shit just to end up livin the good life anyways 😭 ||

I think I do get it

I just don’t agree with it

Idk lol

Lmfao

Intermezzo ||these two girls meet each other off screen and theyre both just completely cool with each other. Which I mean i guess makes sense its peter whos been doing everything not them but like, theres not an ounce of drama there????? ||

[tawny parcel]

What does non genre mean

Isnt every book in a genre

[spiral quest]

Genre fiction is sci fi/ fantasy

[tawny parcel]

?

[spiral quest]

Stuff like that

[tawny parcel]

Seems contrived

[spiral quest]

It is

[sage remnant]

That distinction always feels somewhat derogatory to me

[spiral quest]

It does to me too

[sage remnant]

1984 is scifi

[spiral quest]

But people like to make it

As a dismissal of works in sci fi and fantasy

[sage remnant]

Ye

[tawny parcel]

Facts

Fuck fantasy AND sci fi

[spiral quest]

Which is a shame because stuff like The Left Hand of Darkness is something in rare air in literature

[sage remnant]

It's an amazing work of social scifi

[spiral quest]

That being said when I want to seem not so uhhh swords and spaceships pilled

I will say "oh I have Master and Margarita on my shelf"

The shame of sci fi fantasy in some reader circles is nuts

[tawny parcel]

So silly lol

[spiral quest]

I was in a writer's club when I first moved to the Seattle area. I left after a few meetings because it was kinda clear that they thought lesser of me for wanting to write fantasy

[sage remnant]

Write that book and be more popular than them 😎

You already have 1 interested reader

[tawny parcel]

Ur shitty knights and swords could never understand the depth of new york

[spiral quest]

Lmaooo

And well maybe one day I'll write a book

Not anything to publish

[modern lichen]

At the end of the day it’s just fiction

[spiral quest]

But just to say I did it

I write short stories rn that I find fun

[sage remnant]

I can say I have so I am already ahead of you all 😎

But its not in English sadly

[spiral quest]

That's cool af man

I think you deserve hella credit for doing it

[modern lichen]

I wrote some as well

[sage remnant]

it was very Meh and like novella length

[tawny parcel]

I want to write

[modern lichen]

Yes I completed some

[spiral quest]

Writing a book is something of a bucket list thing for me

[modern lichen]

And I’m not gonna share them

[tawny parcel]

I need to just stop being a bitch

[spiral quest]

That's totally valid

To Harsh

[sage remnant]

I did sold like close to 700 copies, but had to go to places to sell them myself

and had parents' support in that

[spiral quest]

Dude that's sick af

[tawny parcel]

Whenever I start something i realize im bad then get upset even though I know that im just starting and I supposed to be bad

[spiral quest]

What would you say was the most difficult part of the writing process

[tawny parcel]

But then i look and get embarrassed

[modern lichen]

Editing

[tawny parcel]

That is sick

[sage remnant]

Yeah editing

[modern lichen]

Editing is always the hardest process

[spiral quest]

Hmmm

[modern lichen]

I edit my manuscript like 5-6 times at minimum

[sage remnant]

I did like 2 times and yea

[spiral quest]

What would you say is a good pace for page count per dayM

?

[modern lichen]

1000 words per day is good in my books

[sage remnant]

I wrote it for 6 years

So idk

[modern lichen]

Don’t look at it in page count

[sage remnant]

6 years for 30k words

[modern lichen]

Look at it in word count

And also

In my method, for the first draft, just vomit those 1000 words out and then I go about correcting the next day and then write 1000 words again

[spiral quest]

I'll try that. I tend to over edit

One last question

[sage remnant]

I want to do that.
My recent WIP have always been stuff that need research so I have to pause

[spiral quest]

Do you write linearly, like from start of the story to the end

[modern lichen]

I write in parts

So I have different documents and then compile

You never know which scene you wanna tackle first and you might wanna tackle scenes in order of importance

[sage remnant]

I wrote linearly for my published one.
For the other WIP, I write scenes that I get the urge to write then. So non linearly

[modern lichen]

It’s like how you shoot a film

No one ever shoots a film linearly

If ever rarely

[spiral quest]

I think I am gonna do that then. I used to just go start to finish but I am used to short stories

[modern lichen]

I don’t do shorts stories linearly either

[spiral quest]

I have like 4 main ideas for stories and I want to complete at least one before I die

[modern lichen]

I just write a bunch of scenes keeping continuity in mind and then compile

[spiral quest]

Imma do it

No more procrastinating

Thanks for the tios

Tips

[sage remnant]

Nanowrimo starts today

So start it sab

[main lion]

good luck ❤️

[sage remnant]

[modern lichen]

I mean, that’s specifically my method, try and see if it works for you Sab

[spiral quest]

Thanks Red, Goro, Harsh

I appreciate it

[modern lichen]

What did Red do

Bro just slid in

[spiral quest]

He said good luck

I appreciate it

[sage remnant]

Classic Red

[modern lichen]

Yo

[spiral quest]

Gotta recognize all parties

[tawny parcel]

Isn’t November National writing month

[modern lichen]

True true

[main lion]

"good luck" is something people often say ty to

wtf

[tawny parcel]

Or something

[main lion]

yall are spiteful

evil

[modern lichen]

Anything to make you feel bad bro

[sage remnant]

Only cuz its you

red

[spiral quest]

But really yall are really cool

[main lion]

I hope your story has plot holes

[tawny parcel]

.01% of my pain

Btw

[sage remnant]

Mine has plenty

[modern lichen]

Mine doesn’t have any because I also outline

[tawny parcel]

Hes powerscaling you goro

Are you gonna take that

[spiral quest]

I had been bit down on writing but knowing you guys have done it and completed books, it makes it feel like I can sit down and try at least

[tawny parcel]

I want to at least try to write a short story or something

[sage remnant]

Just try to get the whole thing out Sab

November writing month began

[modern lichen]

Account for all the holes that can be poked, and it’s fine to have conveniences, like story convenience but if the story you’re telling is like immersive enough, the audience will buy into those conveniences

[tawny parcel]

Start smaller cause I aint even done that

[sage remnant]

give yourself the target of this and next month

[modern lichen]

I’ve written a collection of short stories

That’s what I’m going to do this month

A short story per week

[spiral quest]

🙏

Yall are real ones

[tawny parcel]

I should at least try it

[sage remnant]

I should write more in English. I have a couple of old WIP but they all require more research and my English ain't that good

[modern lichen]

Start today

[tawny parcel]

What do you have to lose by trying….

[spiral quest]

Nothing really

[modern lichen]

Nanowrimo is a perfect excuse to just dive into it

[sage remnant]

^

[tawny parcel]

The hell is a nanowrimo

[spiral quest]

I think I was always worried of writing a bad book

[modern lichen]

National Novel Writing Month

[sage remnant]

Sarah J Mass is a best seller

[spiral quest]

But I guess I cant be worse than the AI slop on Amazon

[modern lichen]

Na No Wri Mo

[tawny parcel]

Yeah it will be bad probably but u cant make diamons without coal

Get comfortable in the mud

[spiral quest]

True. I don't have a Court of Thornes and Roses in me

[tawny parcel]

This is for me not for you

😞

[spiral quest]

Thank god

[spiral quest]

I am gonna try to be good with the mud

[tawny parcel]

I’m projecting

[sage remnant]

Stand alone high fantasy from you I guess sab?

[spiral quest]

Mmm not high fantasy

I have a story in my mind that blends fantasy with westerns

[tawny parcel]

What is the difference between high fantasy and like

Fantasy

Is high fantasy just conventional? Like tolkien esq?

[sage remnant]

Different world is high fantasy

[tawny parcel]

Or is it scope of world?

Ok

[sage remnant]

Scope would be Epic

[spiral quest]

Dark Tower was kinda an inspiration but at the same time only for the gunslinger portion

[tawny parcel]

So many specifics

Lmfao

I’m all for genres but books gotta lock in man

[sage remnant]

It's just arbitrary def

makes it easy

[spiral quest]

I also like the idea of a western style fantasy world. So yes high fantasy but not in the swords and sorcery way

[sage remnant]

Nice

[spiral quest]

We shall see. I hope

[tawny parcel]

I like cowboys for the aura but i dont know if I axtually like cowboys because i never really bothered reading or watching a western but like

Cowboys are cool??!?? They use guns?????

[spiral quest]

I grew up in a family that loved Westerns

My grandpa had scores of Louis L'Amour books

[sage remnant]

Nice

[spiral quest]

Watched plenty of em too, they are samurai movies but with guns

[tawny parcel]

I saw this book i might get i saw at barnes and nobles next time im there because i liked the cover

Look at how yellow it is

Idk what its about i dont tead synopsis because im not a pussy

[spiral quest]

It's a murder mystery?

I mean you should read the back of the book man

[tawny parcel]

Hell nah

[spiral quest]

That's how I ended up with a couple of DNFs

[tawny parcel]

I aint tryna read bro

This how I pick my books

[sage remnant]

Crimefic

[tawny parcel]

When I go into a book store I am aiming for 4 books

[spiral quest]

Bro getting books but not tryin read

[spiral quest]

Interesting

[sage remnant]

True crime too iirc

or at least very based on one

[spiral quest]

I havent read a true crime in a long time

Not my usual

[tawny parcel]

Bang.

1. A sequel to something I’m currently reading
2. A wild card, just something I’ve personally thought looked good, anything at all
3. Something more literature focused/classic
4. A book based on the cover

These are the things i get

Goyta keep it spiced up

Thats what I did last time

[spiral quest]

I have a rule rn for book shopping because I went overboard

[main lion]

I dont think it gets any more overt than this bro

might have an issue

[tawny parcel]

I just saw the cow and yellow

And said :D

[sage remnant]

I usually know what books are out there and what I want to read so rarely do I buy anything that I already didn't know about

[tawny parcel]

Japanese

The motherland

[spiral quest]

I have to finish or at least try 4 books before I buy 1

I am currently 1 book away from my next byy

Buy

[tawny parcel]

My goal is

[sage remnant]

Get The Tainted Cup Sab

[tawny parcel]

To read 6 books before i buy the next 4

[sage remnant]

fantasy murder mystery

[tawny parcel]

So that way I catch up with my catalogue while also getting new ones

[spiral quest]

Tainted Cup. Why does that sound familiar

[sage remnant]

I recommended it to Harsh and he really loved it

[spiral quest]

Respect

Who is tainted cup by

[sage remnant]

Prolly cuz I recced it once before

[tawny parcel]

I have 1 down and i have a couple shorter ones i need to knock out cause they been sitting on my shelf

[sage remnant]

Robert Jackson Bennett

[spiral quest]

Oh that's uh

[tawny parcel]

Need to go back and finish 20 thousand leagues and shit

[sage remnant]

city of Stairs.
Founsryside

[spiral quest]

I know that dude

FOUNDRYSIDE

That's it

I need to read those first I think

They are on my tbr

[sage remnant]

I'll probably finish Cosmere and get to Zan next year

For the big series

[spiral quest]

I need to read more cosmere but tbh I am taking a Sando break

[tawny parcel]

I’m gonna finish stormlight then take one

[spiral quest]

I am reading legend of drizzt rn for a quick break

[sage remnant]

Mistborn almost made me take one but Mistborn Secret History really made the overall experience more positive for me

[tawny parcel]

Tbh his prose is so simple and again i try not to beat a dead horse but it can be real hard to get through

[spiral quest]

I am so hesitant to start mistborn era 2

[sage remnant]

I think I would like it more

[spiral quest]

I understand that

[sage remnant]

I didn't like era 1 much

[tawny parcel]

Like I really started to feel it in oathbringer

[spiral quest]

He's not exactly brimming with poetic lines

[sage remnant]

HoA is a really bad book for me
And WoA really had a meh end act

[tawny parcel]

Its like its really interesting to read but its boring to actively read

If that makes sense

[spiral quest]

HoA is very divisive

[sage remnant]

His prose flies really fast for me

It's for finesse for simplicity I think

[tawny parcel]

Oathbringer end|| some of those dalinar flashback chapters had great prose||

[sage remnant]

I have read simple bad prose

[tawny parcel]

I think his simple prose both a strength and a weakness

[spiral quest]

You know who I rather enjoy prose wise? Scott Lynch

[tawny parcel]

I think its almost a strength in thr action/hype scenes whatever you wanna call them

But when its like

[spiral quest]

His voice is fairly captivating for me

[sage remnant]

I think of the modern fantasy authors I only like Robin Hobb's prose

[tawny parcel]

2 people talking

You gotta do something man

[sage remnant]

and uhh VE Schwab in Addie Larue

[spiral quest]

Yeah for sure wombat

VE Schwab praise

Robin Hobb too but I am taking a break on slow books

[sage remnant]

I have only read Addie Larue from her and its among my fav books

[spiral quest]

Tad Williams killed me earlier in the year

The Dragonbone Chair is the slowest fucking book

Very pretty

But holy moly

[spiral quest]

I heard great things. I have her Shade of Magic stuff

Quick question, anyone read Empire of the Vampire?

[sage remnant]

Me and queenbuffy

It's fun

p edgy

[tawny parcel]

These are the books I’ve read Check out my profile on Goodreads!
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/186869114 :D

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Without spoilers how graphic are we talking

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The hell does that mean 1 book

I’ve read more than 1 book

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1 book read

Goodreads doggin you man

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Why did they do this?

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It's p darn gory and brutal

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Hmmm

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Yoooooo

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Worse than a GoT?

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1 book

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uhh I think similar

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Hmm

I may save that for later

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Also Wombat, switch to Hardcover

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Not in the mood for it

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break amazon monopoly

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Id this like mal vs anilist

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I use storygraph myself

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Goodreads looks like it eas made in 2009

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I use storygraph and hardcover

Later has more features I need

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Well. Recently using storygraph anyway

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and is very community friendly

like feature request submission and they implement most voted ones

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Nicee

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https://hardcover.app/

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I needed out of goodreads

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Yeah I made storygraph for it

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I was spending more time in GR than I liked

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So crazy to me project hail mary is as popular as it is

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Not a fan?

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It’s a perfectly fun book but like it’s so heavily praised

It like a solid 7

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People rave about the audio book for that and for Dungeon Crawller Carl

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DCC is a good litrpg

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The audio book for PHM is really good

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Is DCC that good?

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I had a table at work talking about DCC

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people praise it cuz other litrpg are p darn bad

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I was gifted a copy

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It's like

Uhhh

idk if you have watched the anime movie Promare?

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I have

I was a fan

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Yeah it's like that in the sense it's intended to be pure fun and nothing else

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I'll keep it in mind after a heavy read

Woulda been nice after I read the Belljar

Btw

I hate the Belljar

Idk if that's gonna be a bad take but

Holy lord I dislike that book

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Will probably go back to Blood meridian with intermezzo finished

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How you enjoying it?

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Blood meridian ||its kinda hard reading a book with no internal thoughts whatsoever ||

Got like 3 chapters in

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I keep saying man, that's not my ideal Cormac McCarthy starting place for peeps but kudos for you to try it

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I mean I might give it another go

If i do im gonna restart it since i only got like 30 pages in lol

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Sorry for your loss

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It happens

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Japanese steel too strong

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I heard popular thing so i tried it was all

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We try again tomorrow one last time

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Scripted

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Otani bring us up

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Probs but I had a great year

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Ohtani

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AL pennant was magic

Anyway

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I love saying scripted

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I think No Country for Old Men is my favorite of his work

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You should watch the assassination of Jesse James

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These are the shorter books I have sitting here

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I have this on my to read list

Becsuse you told me to

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I have a long time ago, good ass shit

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I have not forgotten

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It came out in the same year as old country and there will be blood but literally no one talks about it

The movie I mean. The book is really good too

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I was just talking about westerns earlier

That shit slaps

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Probably gonna read like 2 or 3 of the shorter ones then hop into Rhythm of war

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My favorites are 3:10 to Yuma, True Grit, No Country for Old Men, and probably the Good the Bad and the Ugly

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Hella you got some good titles there bud

I also rec Piranesi but that's a booktube book that gets rec'd a lot

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The the shelf I’ve been building slowly

The one next to intermezzeo is house of leaves

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Ayeeeee the only 3 good books of Dune

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Also theres the oppenheimer book but its across the room

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Dtill need to read them

Lol

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I have a few more than that

But Ive been collecting and reading for many years

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I started last year around this time actually

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Niceee

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Funny to say i owe it to game of thrones

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Welcome to it

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God Emperor of Dune is the best one...

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Dune got really weird for me man

Well all of us

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Dune to le mis I havent read

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I respect what it was doing

But holy damn

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And 11/22/64 and fire and blood

And like half of house of leaves

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Dune to Les Mis would be certainly an experience

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I need to go back and finish that

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Dune to Les Mis holy shit

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Maybe i do that now becsuse its still near spooky season

Le mis is a Goliath man

I’m scared

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I am trying to think of the longest novel I own that isnt like The Wizard of Earthsea collection

Maybe one of the Wheel of Time books

Unless Stormlight is longer

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Wind snd truth will probably be the biggest one i get it

Half a million words

What compels a man

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erm, not a single maynga???

🤓

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We cant post manga shelves

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touche

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I think I have even then, and I labeled every series

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I think Stormlight is longer than any WoT books

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It probably is

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The biggest I own is LoTR

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I am looking at my shelves rn and just judging by looks

I have piory of orange tree

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Cuz I have Stormlight in gollancz's two parter edition

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I bought a comic like 7 months ago and havent touched it

I said “this is when i get into comics”

And the shit is collecting dust

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