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vernerthere

Slowly oscillating between science materials and gay fantasy novels. Books enter TBR only once safely in my clutches.

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Devil May Cry 5 -Visions of V- 1
Paradise Lost
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1
Trigun Deluxe Edition
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The Divine Comedy

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  • Devil May Cry, Vol. 1
    vernerthere
    Aug 21, 2026
    Devil May Cry, Vol. 1
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    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0
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    For a video game tie-in novel, I'm impressed! I adore Goikeda's characterization of a teenaged Dante. This is something of a character study that contains significant parts of his backstory that are still relevant to the games today. Required reading for fans of the lore that I rarely see recommended.

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    Thoughts Be Bloody

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  • The Divine Comedy
    Thoughts from 1% (Inferno, Canto I)

    Oh he's like, genuinely smitten with Virgil. Good for him. Living his delusions.

    The poetry has been beautiful so far, though I can already tell that this is going to be a very slow and tricky read. My version includes an illustration by Doré every few pages, so those have been a treat.

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  • The God Delusion
    vernerthere
    Aug 12, 2026
    The God Delusion
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    I'm grateful to this book for heightening my awareness of just how insanely special it is that we are here and conscious, even with all our physiological flaws.

    The cathartic surprise of this rebuttal of God was in its anticipation of fallacies that many believers and atheists alike consider valid. Dawkins walks you through a comprehensive deconstruction of these fallacies with blunt language that quickly makes you realize how silly they are.

    The God Delusion is a fantastic introduction to a nontheistic worldview, so long as the reader can tolerate Dawkins' curtness.

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    Thoughts from 91% (page 420): End

    The ability humans have to push the limits of our understanding is insane. What a time to be alive.

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    Thoughts from 89% (page 410)

    Many-worlds theory mentioned 🗣️

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    The God Delusion

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    Thoughts from 80% (page 372): Childhood, Abuse and the Escape From Religion

    Hmm, really don't like Dawkins' stance that the actions taken against pedophiles in the 21st century are due to "hysteria".

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  • Large physical TBR's

    So I don't have a very large TBR, and not a lot of physical books in general. I own exactly 100 books, which makes calculating a percentage easy. I currently have 19 books on my TBR, 4 of which I've started. I always see book content creators have these huge TBR's of 200-400 books and it kind of makes me wonder "Is that normal?" Because I don't know anyone in my personal life who has so many unread books. And of course these people have a channel dedicated to books and often make money off of reading. So it might be a bit of an unrealistic comparison.

    So I want to know: If you aren't a content creator and reading isn't a source of money in some other way for you either, how large is your TBR? Why is it not smaller or bigger? Do you think having such a large TBR (>200 books) is wasteful?

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