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11) Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski. Audiobook, read by the author. An extremely enlightening book on female sexuality and all the breaks and accelerators that come with. Non-concordance, context, these are all things that hadn't entered into my monkey brain before and as a man I'm a lot better through understanding it. It's a bit self-help-y at times, but that's not a criticism.
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11) The Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Johnny Ruff Ryder Tolkein. Audiobook. The Hobbit was shit, just a waste of time. All that this book has in common with that is that there are too many songs. I took these up, mostly because I knew Christopher Lee read the series once a year, and this was a fine reading experience. The Kiwi films, the nerds, the bearded men, and the odd painting people do have really undersold what's great about this story. It's the world that they pass through that matters. Cool, I'll finish this up. I also am able to take the chance to walk through the landscape that the writer was inspired by, too, which is neat.
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Can’t wait until I’ve got you reading the Silmarillion, nerd.Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:20pm11) The Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Johnny Ruff Ryder Tolkein. Audiobook. The Hobbit was shit, just a waste of time. All that this book has in common with that is that there are too many songs. I took these up, mostly because I knew Christopher Lee read the series once a year, and this was a fine reading experience. The Kiwi films, the nerds, the bearded men, and the odd painting people do have really undersold what's great about this story. It's the world that they pass through that matters. Cool, I'll finish this up. I also am able to take the chance to walk through the landscape that the writer was inspired by, too, which is neat.
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Eh. If I live long enough.Wolter wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:27pmCan’t wait until I’ve got you reading the Silmarillion, nerd.Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:20pm11) The Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Johnny Ruff Ryder Tolkein. Audiobook. The Hobbit was shit, just a waste of time. All that this book has in common with that is that there are too many songs. I took these up, mostly because I knew Christopher Lee read the series once a year, and this was a fine reading experience. The Kiwi films, the nerds, the bearded men, and the odd painting people do have really undersold what's great about this story. It's the world that they pass through that matters. Cool, I'll finish this up. I also am able to take the chance to walk through the landscape that the writer was inspired by, too, which is neat.
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I’ll make the Húrin joke later, when you’re ready.Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:29pmEh. If I live long enough.Wolter wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:27pmCan’t wait until I’ve got you reading the Silmarillion, nerd.Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:20pm11) The Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Johnny Ruff Ryder Tolkein. Audiobook. The Hobbit was shit, just a waste of time. All that this book has in common with that is that there are too many songs. I took these up, mostly because I knew Christopher Lee read the series once a year, and this was a fine reading experience. The Kiwi films, the nerds, the bearded men, and the odd painting people do have really undersold what's great about this story. It's the world that they pass through that matters. Cool, I'll finish this up. I also am able to take the chance to walk through the landscape that the writer was inspired by, too, which is neat.
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If I'm still around in a decade, I'm sure I'll snort appreciatively.Wolter wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:30pmI’ll make the Húrin joke later, when you’re ready.Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:29pmEh. If I live long enough.Wolter wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:27pmCan’t wait until I’ve got you reading the Silmarillion, nerd.Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:20pm11) The Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Johnny Ruff Ryder Tolkein. Audiobook. The Hobbit was shit, just a waste of time. All that this book has in common with that is that there are too many songs. I took these up, mostly because I knew Christopher Lee read the series once a year, and this was a fine reading experience. The Kiwi films, the nerds, the bearded men, and the odd painting people do have really undersold what's great about this story. It's the world that they pass through that matters. Cool, I'll finish this up. I also am able to take the chance to walk through the landscape that the writer was inspired by, too, which is neat.
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You’ll probably say “well, that’s a bit of a reach.”Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:32pmIf I'm still around in a decade, I'm sure I'll snort appreciatively.Wolter wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:30pmI’ll make the Húrin joke later, when you’re ready.Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:29pmEh. If I live long enough.Wolter wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:27pmCan’t wait until I’ve got you reading the Silmarillion, nerd.Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:20pm11) The Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Johnny Ruff Ryder Tolkein. Audiobook. The Hobbit was shit, just a waste of time. All that this book has in common with that is that there are too many songs. I took these up, mostly because I knew Christopher Lee read the series once a year, and this was a fine reading experience. The Kiwi films, the nerds, the bearded men, and the odd painting people do have really undersold what's great about this story. It's the world that they pass through that matters. Cool, I'll finish this up. I also am able to take the chance to walk through the landscape that the writer was inspired by, too, which is neat.
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Is the Simarillon better than the Hobbit? The Hobbit's shit, Jon.Wolter wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:33pmYou’ll probably say “well, that’s a bit of a reach.”Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:32pmIf I'm still around in a decade, I'm sure I'll snort appreciatively.
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I still love my Dracula book, but I hit a roadblock when I went on vacation and am having a hard time getting back on the bike. I hadn't previously read a book in like 3 years ![Disappointment/Shame :disshame:](./images/smilies/vb_dissappointed.gif)
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They’re very different and I like them for different reasons.Silent Majority wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 5:34pmIs the Simarillon better than the Hobbit? The Hobbit's shit, Jon.
The Hobbit is a children’s book. The Silmarillion is a nerd book, but like...academic folklore nerds, not Awesome Bacon nerds.
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Well, I would much rather read just about anything than a million biographies of Ulysses Grant or whatever, so perhaps the issue is a matter of taste rather than the quality of the work itself.
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I rise to stand with my Commonwealth friend's lunatic presidential biography fetish over fantasy quest books.
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Sorry to tell you that, like SM, I gave up on it. I like the premise but I couldn't get into the writing.
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I figured. I liked the short chapters, made it an easy read for me. I'll finish this one up, take a break, and start book two. (in like three years)Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑21 Mar 2019, 6:35pmSorry to tell you that, like SM, I gave up on it. I like the premise but I couldn't get into the writing.
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