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Also, I just remembered Thud! It's definitely my favorite.
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Also, I just remembered Thud! It's definitely my favorite.
I don't understand who looks at a dead crab on the table and thinks it'd be a good idea to eat it. How do you do that for the first time?
There's no way to serve it that doesn't look horrifying.
This looks like something out of an Aliens movie
And you're telling me you'd eat that?
I'd eat it but I'm not gonna boil a crab alive. That's horrible.
the only Discworld stories I know involve Death.
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Bacon's shit tho.
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lol it really does. Horrific.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Pigs can be pretty brutal to each other and man. Not always cuddly animals.
Eh. It's not like I'd die if I could never have bacon again. Very few people can make good bacon.
Hmm..."The One Disney Villain that No One Talks About"...it's Frollo.
I don't know what world this person lives in where Frollo isn't brought up when Disney villains are discussed. He's one of the worst ones.
Pigs are awesome, I grew up basically on a farm and had a pet pig named Merf he was the best pig
that eventually was butchered for meat :-|
Everyone should read Discworld and get some Pratchett in their lives. Some of the best novels ever written.
He's so cool though
The eyesockets with glowing lights thing reminds me a bit of Curtis Danko from When Good Ghouls go Bad
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lol you could say the same about human beings and every other animal.
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I would.I don't understand who looks at a dead crab on the table and thinks it'd be a good idea to eat it. How do you do that for the first time?
There's no way to serve it that doesn't look horrifying.
This looks like something out of an Aliens movie
And you're telling me you'd eat that?
Pigs are very smart and friendly - Like dogs.
ANd regardless if they're mean or not they don't deserve systemic torture
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Danny boy
Yes you should have gotten one
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Death's the best character in Discworld. His granddaughter Susan's pretty good too.
Mort is the best Death story, I think he's at his best when he's not the central character.
Like, he was the best part of Good Omens for example.
I want a mini-series set in the Harry Potter universe.
Not specifically characters related to or featured in the Harry Potter films or books, but there should definitely be some throwbacks to them. But, yeah, a comedy-drama set at Hogwarts with an all-new cast.
Danny boy
Funnily enough I have both of them in the bathroom and the plug of the AC looks almost like the Chinese one lol
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Water bears.
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I know that Death was Santa (Hogfather?) at some point. I should check Audible and see if they have any Discworld books.
Then there's THIS Death from Fables
Probably, there's lots of that stuff in Discworld.
You should give it another try though, they books have a maturity that's satisfying to unearth.
It is really hard. I think my top ones are Night Watch, Small Gods, and A Hat Full of Sky. But there are so many more that destroy me.
Wyrd Sisters was the first I read so I'm partial to that one.
I never finished Mr Norrel and Jonathan Strange. But I tried reading it in middle school. Need to try again. I only read the first Bartimeaus book and didn't like it too much. :/
Sam Vimes is my favorite, but I love Death and Susan too. And Tiffany.
Favorite Death book is The Hogfather because it put to words my personal philosophy.
Goofy doesn't play well with me. Silly sure but goofy is too much
Also books ruin my life.
But the goofiness works well within the bounds set by the world he created. People with goofy names get called out for having goofy names, for example. Unless they're master assassin's with goofy names...
You said that before and I let it slip without comment but what?
I dunno about Pau but this exchange between Susan and her father DEATH is good:
It's a bit angsty but a great ending to a book about belief.
My elementary school used Accelerated Reading and assigning point values to books to boost interest in reading. small picture books were only worth half a point so if you wanted to get those real points you had to start reading bigger books (War and Peace was worth over 100 points). That's basically how I ended up reading so many things. I kinda fell out of it later on when things got busy but I've started getting back into it.
on the other hand I learned to like Rick and Morty so thats probably not entirely accurate anyway
I have trouble doing anything else while reading a book and then a few days after. They actually hurt my grades in high school
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Time to also mention that Sir Terry laughed at my jokes and then called me attractive. :O
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But Kark has the same issue as you. He's "reading" using the audio books and that seems to help.
Basically this scene:
I've been a bookworm since 4th grade. It's definitely a learned habit. It helps if you're reading something you just need to devour. (And that you have nothing else to do like interact with people.
)But Kark has the same issue as you. He's "reading" using the audio books and that seems to help.
Human beings need fantasy and stories to function and grow.
Basically this scene:
Sir Terry said:
That is my exact story.
I ended up where I am now with a giant library of books because I have more money than free time to read and I like be surrounded by books.
Trying to actually get back into proper reading though.
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I tend to just set aside at least an hour a day to read a few chapters.
I don't tend to lose interest in a book unless it's a bad book of course and even then I'll usually force myself through it. Last year I managed to get through 54. This year I've only about hit 17 so far.
Do you have a Goodreads account? A few years ago I pretty much stopped reading and that combined with Mumei jump started the habit again.
Yeah, also helps to carry the book with you everywhere! (Kindle is good for this.) Reading in between stuff adds up!
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Grab a Kindle.
wow I feel like shit!
I didn't get enough sleep so I may bail on the rest of my work day
same. academics is all consuming
but I did start this self-help book recently "the arist's way" by Julia Cameron
I didn't get enough sleep so I may bail on the rest of my work day
same. academics is all consuming
but I did start this self-help book recently "the arist's way" by Julia Cameron
That's a pretty good exchange. I might be silly and nowhere near as good as that conversation, but this line from the first Pokemon movie always stuck with me
I'd like to make things easier with audio books but that seems like cheating, or negating the point. I'm currently still making my way through Dracula while attempting to keep a quota of one chapter per day. I should be done sometime in July.
I'm starting to wonder if I have a serious ADHD type problem. I've long suspected I have some form of issue, but the distractions are just impossible for me. It's like my mind wants to jump to something else at any moment, and when I jump to something else it again wants to jump to something else.
I feel like it's getting worse.
I was reading a lot via Audible but it was mostly history or non-fiction books.
I may get some books on my iPad and see how that suits me. I do love the feel and smell of a physical book though.
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GoT:
Goddamn this setup. Cersei vs Daenerys vs Jon is fucking epic. I don't even know anymore who to root for 'cause everyone is fucking awesome.
When I was a teenage I'd base all my clothing purchasing decisions on whether the pants and/or jacket had big enough pockets to carry around a big paperback book.
If I couldn't carry around a copy of Dragons of Summer Flame then the pants/jacket weren't for me.
Which means I ended up wearing some truly awful shit lol
If I couldn't carry around a copy of Dragons of Summer Flame then the pants/jacket weren't for me.
Which means I ended up wearing some truly awful shit lol
I can't stand the idea of bending or tearing a book. Unless it can be on a table or some other flat surface it's staying in my hands
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