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Have you read The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954)?

yes

no

I didn't finish it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onFeb 12

whatireading

TBT when I read it

💬 0 🔁 1 ❤️ 1 · Lord of the Rings (musical) - Wikipedia · So I've always loved the Lord of the Rings movies, but now that I'm (finally) rea

I'm still mad about not being able to see that musical. Although now it's particularly my own damn fault because it apparently played in Chicago back in '24 right before my world fell apart.

#Lotr #Tbt #Yes technically it's Friday now but I haven't been to sleep yet so it's still Thursday for me

incognitopolls

When was the last time you voluntarily read a NONfiction book?

I'm currently reading a nonfiction book by my own choice)

Within the last week

Within the last month

1–3 months ago

4–6 months ago

7 months–1 year ago

1–3 years ago

3–5 years ago

5+ years ago

I've never VOLUNTARILY read a nonfiction book

I don't know/other

Voting ended onSep 20, 2025

Physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks all count. Textbooks and other assigned/required reading do not. (Unless you're reading a textbook purely for fun.)

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tachyon-at-rest

Like Scotty I'm genuinely enthusiastic about reading technical specs, equipment manuals, and scientific papers.

#currently reading #Last Child in the Woods #Richard Louv

wonderstruck

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#The Last Child in the Woods #Richard Louv #I can already tell this one's gonna take forever to get through #Non-fiction always takes me forever #But then I also gotta keep being like “are you sure you're not just romanticizing the past my dude?”#what i'm reading

"...the three poisons of ignorance, greed, and hatred are not just internal to the person; they are also embodied in social, political, and economic structures. And once so embodied, they take on an existence of their own, independent of their existence in the hearts of humans."

-Paul F. Knitter, Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian

#what i'm reading #Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian #Paul F. Knitter #I FINALLY finished it #re-read #Non-fiction always takes me forever #I literally started it last September if not sooner and it's not even 300 pages #in my defense though I did read a whole other book in the middle of it (which also took me forever even though it was much shorter)#And also the past year has just been hell #(the past couple of years tbh)#It's a great book though. Highly recommend #Anyway this quote really spoke to me about how even genuinely kind and well-intentioned people often participate in oppression #Either without realizing it or because they see no alternative #Even though that's not exactly what he was talking about in this section

Thich Nhat Hanh :

Me:

#What I'm reading #thich nhat hanh #How to Live When a Loved One Dies #Seems to me being alive is the source of all suffering so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

All these years resenting my birth, of wishing for the nothingness of having never been in conceived, and

#I must learn this power #I know I know the “power” is Enlightenment #Which uh #Seems pretty out of reach atm #But like #God I'd like to internalize that #buddhism #what i'm reading #thich nhat hanh #How to Live When a Loved One Dies #As usual non-fiction be taking me forever #It's less than 200 pages with plenty of blank space and I literally started it in like November #But it my defense #1. Every few pages I end up crying and then tend to avoid it for a while #2. I am also still re-reading Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian #Although tbh idk if that end one makes it better or worse considering I started that book in like...September? August? July? Idk #3. The past few months have been really really hard.#I would say the worst of my life except then the universe would take that as a challenge #Also the page pictured is page 92 (in case my image description sucks and it's easier for you to find a screen-readable copy that way?)#(Or just if you want if to be able to find it easier in the book or whatever)#I do highly recommend this book btw #I wish I had it right after my dad died #But I didn't want to buy it when he was alive because that felt like betting on his death #And when I ordered it after it took ages to arrive #Like other items from the same order showed up in 3 days. This one took like 2 weeks.#thriftbooks #Grief #Loss #Death

Re-reading Paul Knitter's Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian and I just came across this quote which in retrospect maybe should have been obvious/common sense but which hit me like a smack in the face. Or maybe like a load of bricks:

"if a belief makes for bad psychology, it probably makes for bad theology."

And now I'm just sitting here like

#I...#I just...#Yeah...#That explains a lot #What I'm reading #Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian #Paul F Knitter #Paul Knitter #Buddhism #Christianity #Theology #Re-read

"As long as we reject ourselves and continue to harm our own body and mind, there's no point in talking about loving and accepting others."

Thich Nhat Hanh

#Ouch #No Mud No Lotus #thich nhat hanh #What I'm reading #Still #Nonfiction always takes me forever #Buddhism

"The best way to help others lessen their fear, craving, and violence is to show them there is another way. If love has degenerated into hate, it's possible for you to turn the garbage of that hate into a kind of compost to nourish the flower of love to bloom again."

Thich Nhat Hanh

#What I'm reading #thich nhat hanh #No Mud No Lotus #Quote #Buddhism #love over hate

Reading this passage written by a Vietnamese monk when my dad who was who was a US soldier in Vietnam is suffering so much is... it's really fucking me up.

I read this page days ago and just can't stop thinking about it.

#what i'm reading #No Mud No Lotus #thich nhat hanh #Buddhism #family #personal #(but ok to reblog)#Please nobody make jokes about “inside of you” this is not the place for that. Thanks

Thich Nhat Hanh: "With mindfulness we are no longer afraid of pain."

Me: clearly I am doing it Wrong.

#thich nhat hanh #No Mud No Lotus #What I'm reading #Suffering #Mindfulness #Buddhism #Pain

wonderstruck

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#Children of Blood and Bone #Tomi Adeyemi #What I'm reading #I read it before but just recently got the sequel and don't really remember it that well #So re-read

That moment when you're reading a fun little sci-fi book to escape everything you don't want to think about and you get hit with the line that feels like it's telling you to snap the hell out of it:

#Am I going to listen? No ima keep reading #But it definitely made me stop for a second #The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet #Becky Chambers #What I'm reading #I did not come here to be called out like this #Wayfarers #Wayfarers spoiler sort of

wonderstruck

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#Yeah sure I'll do this again #Any Way the Wind Blows #Rainbow Rowell #I'm a nerd #What I'm reading

Romy, honey, if the computer can translate that message for you, it should also be able to identify it for you and provide instructional materials. You suspect the message sounds cold an awkward due to the automatic translation? (Those of us in the audience know that's probably not why, but stay with me here.) You got all the time in the world, girl. You're plenty smart. Study the language. Make your own informed decision on the message's meaning.

But also, North America being consolidated into a "Republic" (but they have a King?) that exclusively (because if it weren't exclusive they would've sent the message in a language she knew or could at least recognize, right?) uses an language that doesn't use the Latin alphabet? Highly unlikely. Unless, y'know, aliens. But in that case, how did the computer decipher the message at all?

#Dispatches from the loneliest girl in the universe #June 4 #(I am behind)#(Well I was. I'm caught up now.)#Substack #Tumblr book club #Lauren James #Epistolary novel #What I'm reading

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I will be incorporating "gone dozy" into my everyday vocabulary.

Yeah, about those damned colonists...

#Silver #Edward Chupack #Long John Silver #What I'm reading

opheliefav

I already miss reading the aurora cycle and its squad 312

#Aurora Cycle #Book hangover #I have a massive tbr pile but have no idea what to read next

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