GiantPacificOctopus

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[–] GiantPacificOctopus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m working my way through some of the more “pop” books. Sarah j maas, “beach reads”.

Honestly they’re all super easy and I finish them in 1-2 days. But I’m shocked at how “THE BEST BOOKS EVER” of this day and age are so downright terrible compared to the best books of like pre-2000s.

Has anyone else noticed that shift?

[–] GiantPacificOctopus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hell yeah! The expanse is such a long series, congratulations

[–] GiantPacificOctopus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can’t give too much advice on sourcing (besides to make friends with the restaurant staff, concert people, or even DND folks near you), but I can speak to the hallucinogen experience for depression.

I micro (sometimes more of a macro) dose 2-4x per year, usually in the summer. I haven’t found it to change my depression at all, outside of the day I trip. That day is an 8 hour giggle fest. Other than that… the subsequent days are the same as before.

I’m sure you’ll have a good time regardless, I’d err on the side of a half or quarter dose vs a true microdose, but definitely don’t expect a magic bullet

[–] GiantPacificOctopus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This might be basic, but a cold shower before bed is seriously helpful. Heck even a cold shower if you’re too hot to sleep at 3am. Wet skin + a fan and I’ll be cold even at 90F

[–] GiantPacificOctopus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sometime around midnight is literally one of my all time favorite songs

The ori series are some of my favorites. I just finished will o wisps last night and now I feel lost and unsure what to try next… I’ll look at the ones you posted here!

Amazing, thank you!

[–] GiantPacificOctopus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Excuse my newness - how does one go about federating Kbin with lemmy? I like both, and I’ve figured out federating within lemmy, but getting kbin looped in is stumping me

[–] GiantPacificOctopus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you like Brandon Sanderson, have you tried the red rising series? They felt really similar to me

I’m depressed enough knowing what I know about JK Rowling and Orson Scott Card…

[–] GiantPacificOctopus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m putting east on my TBR list! Thank you for sharing!

[–] GiantPacificOctopus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Oh man. “All time” is hard because I’ve been through so many phases of my life. I count a favorite as any book I’ve bought, since I’m usually such a library person.

Tween/teen:

  • The belgariad
  • Harry Potter
  • Anything by tamora Pierce (Alana, the circle)
  • Enders game
  • Name of the wind (still waiting for doors of stone, damn you Patrick)
  • Wrinkle in time
  • The giver

college:

  • Hyperion
  • Dune
  • Mists of Avalon

Now:

  • The housekeeper and the professor
  • The house on the cerulean sea
  • Stories of your life and others
  • Shit Cassandra saw
  • The last graduate series
  • A Court of Thorns and Roses series (it’s a guilty pleasure and I’m ashamed to post it in the same thread as these classics but I’m addicted right now)
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