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Dungeon Eternium (Divine Dungeon Book 5)

Author: Dakota Krout

Format: Audio (fullcast)

Length: 10 Hours, 7 Minutes

Genres: Fantasy, Lit-RPG

Dates Read: January 1, 2025 - January 7, 2025

Review: As the last book in the series, I found this the weakest one. For all of the buildup, not just in the beginning of the book but over the whole series, I felt like the climax and conclusion went by too fast. I feel like the end could have been stretched out a bit compared to all of the additional events that proceeded the last few chapters.

Overall, I really enjoyed this series and I'm so glad that I found and finished it. This is a series I would add to my shelf if they ever made print copies.

I give this book 3.75 stars but the series overall a solid 4.5.

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ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

Authors: Penn Holderness & Kim Holderness

Format: Audio

Length: 8 Hours, 49 Minutes

Genres: Non Fiction, Psychology, Self-Help

Dates Read: November 19, 2024 - January 1, 2025

Review: For my first ADHD book, I felt less alone with my struggles. I had a few good laughs listening to Penn and Kim talk about their mishaps at home due to Penn's ASHS. I found a lot of me in their stories but I don't feel like I learned much. It felt like it was more for them to their their ADHD based problems and share basic coping mechanisms. But the coping mechanisms didn't feel like they were more than superficial. I don't think I learned anything beyond an expansion of what I already knew.

I think this book would be better suited for those who have loved ones with ADHD.

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Found this at the start of a coding class. I think I know their feeling on the election lol.

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As a lesbian white woman, I'm going to say one thing and one thing only about last night:

Straight white women should consider keeping their legs closed for the next 4 years.

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Came back after months of quiet because...

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I can and I did 😏

may have found the funniest possible thing ever in this essay on medieval sex laws im reading hold on

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THIS BITCH GOT HITCHED!

🌈

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That fact that none of these need to say what song they are is amazing.

Today in niche genres of joke that I can never get enough of and will probably still be secretly thinking about four years later

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And people think we run Hollywood....

Many people do not understand why Bradley Cooper wearing a prosthetic nose as Leonard Bernstein is so upsetting to many of his Jewish fans.

Point one: the prosthetic is horribly disproportionate and doesn't look like his nose at all.

Point two goes far deeper. Imagine growing up with caricatures, cartoons and endless jokes about part of your ethnicity. Also knowing that it was used as a reason to "other" you during WW2.

Imagine this imagery traumatising your Holocaust surviving grandmother to the point that when I was about six years old she took me in her arms and almost pleaded that I would end up with a smaller nose than the rest of my family (I didn't.)

This has been a reality for many Jews who are already hurting from the continuing rise of antisemitism around the world.

Now imagine seeing a huge ridiculous fake joke of a nose on the face of the actor who stars as the lead in a story of a legendary Jewish artist; Leonard Bernstein who's Jewishness was a source of pride.

Perhaps now you can understand it sits wrong with Jews who still feel the pain of their ethnic features being mocked for centuries on end.

In recent years it has been made clear that using the characteristics of ethnic minorities on stage or on screen was not allowed anymore. Why is this different for Jews?

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Because I'm only seeing other Jews posting about this, non-Jews I need you to be aware that for the past month or two there has been a wave of bomb threats and swattings at synagogues all across the US. They usually do it when services are being livestreamed. I haven't seen a single non-Jew talking about this. High holidays are coming up in a few weeks, which is when most attacks happen against our communities. We're worried, and we need people to know what's happening to us.

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I know it’s not hard to point out reactionaries hypocrisy when it comes to like safe spaces or hug boxes or whatever but genuinely how much of an echo chamber do you have to exist in for you to think this is a reasonable thing to say

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I know I'm barely here anymore so if anyone wants to join me in other places, I have an account on StoryGraph (great alt to Good Reads) under the username aimkin and once it's open or I get into the beta or an invite, I will be joining Bluesky, the upcoming twatter (not a typo lol) replacement.

Deleted my account off the bird app when they announced they'd be putting 2FA behind a paywall.

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AND NOW MURPHY HAS A BABY!!!

@memeuplift

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Once again I have come to ask if anyone is interested in joining a hockey sim league. It's a lot of fun, I'm in it, and we have a great discord community. Hit me up in PM if you're interested. =)

PS I also eventually get points for recruiting people so I'm whoring myself out lol

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I made a tumblr just for my daily journaling so as not to bug anyone who doesn't care. Feel free to follow along as I inconsistently transcribe my hand written journal filled with stream on consciousness in the moment (hopefully) thoughts.

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If anyone is interested in being in an online hockey sim league let me know! The playoffs are in full swing so it's just a few weeks before the new season starts.