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1. sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:44:32 JST sj_zero
   Just finished the adventures of Tom Sawyer with my son, we just started the Hobbit.
   
   I read Tom Sawyer in college and remember enjoying it, but it apparently was long enough ago that I forgot many of the plot beats so it was kind of like enjoying it again for the first time.
   
   I've never been a fan of Lord of the rings or Tolkien -- not saying it's bad, rather than that I just was never a fan -- never had access to the books, and I was aware that the movies were very popular and highly regarded, but I ended up watching the trilogy one day with my brother, and it was like the super long director's cut where the last movie was like 7 hours long, and then probably just wasn't a good way to experience that movie. Regardless, I'm pretty interested in seeing how the book plays out. I've got a giant monstrous tome containing all three Lord of the rings novels for when he's a little bit older.
   
   I think The Hobbit is 19 chapters, and as a general rule of thumb I try to do a chapter a week, so whatever I read next day assume I'll be starting it before the end of the year. I'm kind of giving bullfinch's mythology the side eye, apparently it's a really good mythology book.
   • Santa Noodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:44:31 JST Santa Noodle ☦️

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     @sj_zero I've never made it through the Lord of The Rings movies despite reading through the books a few times. I like the version I made in my head while reading, even though I do appreciate the movies.
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   • New Janny in Town (mk2boogaloo@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:44:47 JST New Janny in Town

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     • Santa Noodle ☦️
     @BowsacNoodle @sj_zero what the fuck? Someone get this guy a moviewatch group.