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HydroLung

Just a guy who really likes reading about science, technology, and the future.

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Sci-Fi Charcuterie
SciFi Starter Pack Vol I
Operation Epic Scope
My Taste
Project Hail Mary
Dune (Dune, #1)
The Road
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Mountain in the Sea
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  • Secrets of the Octopus
    HydroLung
    Oct 18, 2025
    3.5
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    Octopus are so cool. The writing was pretty straight-forward but informative and the pictures were beautiful.

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  • Gods of Jade and Shadow
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    My favorite part of this book was the Mayan mythology, it felt like a really fresh way to include old myths that wasn’t the usual Greek/Roman/Norse myths. Does anyone have any recommendations for other books where Mayan, Aztec or other native Mexican mythology is a central part of the story?

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    My favorite part of this book was the Mayan mythology, it felt like a really fresh way to include old myths that wasn’t the usual Greek/Roman/Norse myths. Does anyone have any recommendations for other books where Mayan, Aztec or other native Mexican mythology is a central part of the story?

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  • The Mountain in the Sea
    Tandu_Kraken
    Oct 12, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 5.0
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    Amazing book. Highly recommended. The ideas are well thought out. If there was a weakness it is probably the characters, who reminded me of the cardboard cutout characters the populated 1950s idea driven sci-fi. I was pleasantly surprised by the resolution, which I had thought to be much bleaker.

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  • Gods of Jade and Shadow
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    "At the foot of the bed there lay a beautiful black chest, which he never opened." I know I shouldn't but I really really want to open it

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  • Bookmarks!!

    Whenever you read a book... Do u have some favourite bookmarks to use? (If so, id love to see a photo if some nice ones!) Or maybe you just grab a random piece of paper thats right next to you to use it? Maybe you're just remembering the page you last read? Or maybe you do the puppy metod and just fold the edge of the paper?

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  • Gods of Jade and Shadow
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    Oct 11, 2025
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0
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  • A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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  • Reading without having strong mental visualization skills

    I was talking to my girlfriend about our abilities to picture things in our heads while reading and came to the realization that I do not have a strong ability to create mental images. I really struggle to visualize most things based on text descriptions and often look up artists renditions to put a picture in my mind. Despite this, I really love reading and have gotten back into reading in a big way this last year!

    Is anyone else still a big fan of reading even when you can’t visualize things in your brain super well? What do you guys do to help you picture what’s being described?

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  • Reading without having strong mental visualization skills

    I was talking to my girlfriend about our abilities to picture things in our heads while reading and came to the realization that I do not have a strong ability to create mental images. I really struggle to visualize most things based on text descriptions and often look up artists renditions to put a picture in my mind. Despite this, I really love reading and have gotten back into reading in a big way this last year!

    Is anyone else still a big fan of reading even when you can’t visualize things in your brain super well? What do you guys do to help you picture what’s being described?

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  • This is How You Lose the Time War
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    feeling the need to reread this.....

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  • Gods of Jade and Shadow
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    The whole “Gods walking amongst us disguised as hot men” thing is really reminding me of Percy Jackson

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