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Tommie

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Joined 2 years ago

i'm a comedically slow reader and awful at even picking up books to begin with

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commented on Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #1)

Frank Herbert: Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) (Paperback, 2005, Ace Trade) 4 stars

Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two …

only 1 more day left on my library loan and i'm not able to renew it because there's THIRTY people waiting to borrow it next, i think i'm gonna have to make note of my place and send it back before i'm done. do note that the library has 73 copies so it's not like they're in any short supply like they often are for other books i have in my holds atm

the copy i added to my shelves here is different from the one i acc borrowed (the one i'm borrowing uses the same ISBN as the original printing, despite clearly not being the original, so i just picked a listed copy with matching coverart) and is actually 844 pages long, and i'm currently @ 411, so uhhhhh

commented on Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Black women writers series)

Octavia E. Butler: Kindred (Paperback, 2008, Beacon Press) 5 stars

The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of …

another non-japanese piece of media i can call an "isekai", making everyone around me scrunch their faces up in confusion as to whether they agree or whether they want to tell me to shut the fuck up

commented on The Shining by Stephen King

Stephen King: The Shining (Paperback, 2013, Anchor Books) 5 stars

Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh …

a lot slower than i was expecting, i'd imagined the movie had omitted a lot especially because of vague things my ma told me, but i didn't realize there'd be THIS much. the comparative slowness was a bit frustrating at first but now i've grown to appreciate it and how much extra it really does add