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ashpoe

sci fi nerd who also loves the classics || autistic artist || graphic novel connoisseur

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Universe Quest: Octavia Butler's Afro-Futuristic World
British & Irish Classic Literature
Japanese Crime Fiction
My Taste
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Jane Eyre
The Master and Margarita
Alienation: Final Cut
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
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The Backyard Bird Chronicles
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Sociopath: A Memoir
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Sleep Donation
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YOU CAN'T WIN, COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED
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Skandinavien
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When I Sing, Mountains Dance
42%
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
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The Dispossessed
49%
An Autobiography
44%
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
83%

ashpoe commented on LifeIsItsOwnQuest's update

LifeIsItsOwnQuest completed their yearly reading goal of 45 books!

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LifeIsItsOwnQuest's 2026 Reading Challenge

46 of 45 read
Hot Chocolate on Thursday
I, Coriander
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Time and Again
The Bookshop on the Corner (Kirrinfief, #1)
Miss Austen
The Door in the Hedge
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Sleep Donation

Sleep Donation

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  • The Holy Bible: King James Version
    Deuteronomy 10:16

    "Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.”

    Once again, giggling.

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  • LGBT manga recs

    Hey all, I'm a big manga fan and would really appreciate some manga with college age and above LGBT+ people/relationships.

    Would appreciate if it's about exploration of sexuality (whether it's sexual attraction, a kink, etc). I don't mind if it's mm, ff, trans focused, bi f/m, etc and I won't even be mad at straight recs (just would prefer LGBT+)

    I just want it to be adults and no incest or minor/adult relationship. Please and thanks

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  • Sociopath: A Memoir
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    Look, I don't want to be that person but I'm not believing some of these stories.

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  • Play It As It Lays
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  • How many POVs is too many POVs?

    How many point of view characters do you like in a book? I think my sweet spot is 1-2. When I was younger and had more time and energy, I could read epic fantasies with half a dozen or more POVs, grumbling my way through my least-favorite characters' chapters, but I rarely want to read that sort of book anymore.

    I ask because I'm reading an average-length horror novel and it started out seeming like it would have three women as its POV characters, which already felt like a bit much for the length and genre, but it's also given me a couple chapters from one woman's teenage brother's perspective, and one or two from her male friend/crush's perspective. It's too much! The book already feels like its moving too slowly without taking these little side-jaunts into what these men who aren't part of the main action think. At this rate it might as well just be third-person omniscient!

    So what is your preference? And does it changed based on genre or book length?

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  • Do children’s books count?

    I’m embarrassed to admit that I do enjoy a children’s book every now and then. And recently I did find a book that I adored when I was younger and I do want to give it a re-read, but does it really count? Since the wording is so simple, the story is so simple, and I’m just worried that if I count it in my yearly goal, that it’s like cheating. Is it?

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    Sociopath: A Memoir

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