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I normally read mystery, thriller, horror types of books, I decided to try something different and I absolutely love this very early on. I've been an avid gamer my whole life and finding a book that describes so closely to a million different games I've played, it's just so enjoyable!!!

Would love to get your thoughts on what what I have here and what should go for next!

I have just finished this book, I don't know anyone else in person who has read it and I'd really like to discuss it.

Has anyone finished it, what did you think?

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Is this the right group?

I bought this notebook/journal at a bead and craft show. I really love it. I wish it was 8.5x11 or 9x12. I’m darned crafty (seriously, hardcore - it’s genetic) and think I can make it. It looks like the cover is very thin leather. Last I checked, there was a Tandy Leather place near me. The paper is flecky and almost the consistency of a paper bag, only more rustic. I’m at a loss as to what kind of paper it is. So I don’t hammer you with annoying questions, can you tell me the kind of the paper, the right terminology, and some resources/YT videos (in general) to check out?

I was just wondering. I've made some paste papers, should I give them a coat of PVA for stability. If so, do I do this before using them on book covers?

Missing from this collection as they are being shipped still.

Robin the time tim drake Compendium vol1

Final crisis onmi

Morrisons batman vol 1,2

Tynions batman vol 1

Xmen blue and gold omni vol 1

Matt fractions 4 epic collection iron man

Flashpoint omni

Planetary omni

Planet hulk

New avengers epic collection assembled

Earth 2 omni vol 1

Justice league new 52 omni vol 1

Rook exodus vol1

Booster gold 2007 collection vol 3

Nightwing Tom Taylor omni vol 1

Robin son of batman deluxe edition

Darwyn Cooke's spirit connoisseur edition.

I got this book today- its structurally fine, its just a little crumbly and needs some TLC. Any ideas? The previous owners used duct tape on the spine but that was both ugly af and clearly didn't work.

I've used ribbon to cover/ repair spines before on paperbacks - would that work here?

Just finished James by Percival Everett. This was one of the more difficult ones for me to rank and I’ll likely have to sit with it awhile.

The premise as the retelling of Huck Finn was great and the parts the strayed from the orginial story were so beautifully told.

But the ending….. feels like the threw away the entire story and message for a different direction at the end. Wonder if others felt similar as I see this book universally praised.

Amazing artist and journalist. I learn a lot about history of indigenous people in America and of course Gaza and the ongoing genocide and ethnical cleansing that started in 1947 with the Nakba. We need more artist like him. I'll be happy to have reco from authors like him.

Honestly part of the fun of this challenge for me has been posting on here / seeing what people think of various books, even if the comments are sometimes.... not very kind because of particular tastes. The tiers are not ordered, though I did enjoy the HWFWMs slightly more than the Bobiverses in that tier.

Book list (left to right):

Top:

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
• There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
• Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
• Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Next down:

• Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
• The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams

Next down:

• Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
• Recursion by Blake Crouch
• He Who Fights with Monsters 10 by Shirtaloon
• Oyasumi Punpun, Vol. 1 by Inio Asano
• Stoner by John Williams
• Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn

Next down:

• He Who Fights with Monsters 7-9 by Shirtaloon
• Bobiverse 1–4 by Dennis E. Taylor
• Primal Hunter by Zogarth
• The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• This Is Water by David Foster Wallace
• 1% Lifesteal, Book 1 by Robert Blaise
• Sky-Out: Lived Experiments in Solar Eschatology by Ouroborista
• Frankenstein: 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

Next down:

• Chrysalis by RinoZ
• Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
• My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
• Merchant Crab by H0st
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• Dungeon Crawler Carl 2–3 by Matt Dinniman
• Bobiverse 5 by Dennis E. Taylor

Next down:

• Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
• A Practical Guide to Evil by ErraticErrata

Next down:

• Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
• Liberal Fascisms by Slavoj Žižek

Next down:

• Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas