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inkskinned · 1 year

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sometimes we just need someone to pay enough attention.

for the longest time i had been trying to read The Lord of The Rings. everyone had sung the praises for it, over and over. i'd seen clips of the movie and it seemed like it could be fun, but actually reading it was fucking horrible.

my parents had the omnibus - all the books squished into one big tome - and in the 4th grade i started sort of an annual tradition: i would start trying to read TLR and get frustrated after about a month and put it back down. at first i figured i was just too young for it, and that it would eventually make sense.

but every time i came back to it, i would find myself having the exact same experience: it was confusing, weird, and dry as a fucking bone. i couldn't figure it out. how had everyone else on earth read this book and enjoyed it? how had they made movies out of this thing? it was, like, barely coherent. i would see it on "classics" list and on every fantasy/sci-fi list and everyone said i should read it; but i figured that it was like my opinion of great expectations - just because it's a classic doesn't mean i'm going to like experiencing it.

at 20, i began the process of forcing myself through it. if i had to treat the experience like a self-inflicted textbook, i would - but i was going to read it.

my mom came across me taking notes at our kitchen table. i was on the last few pages of the first book in the omnibus, and i was dreading moving on to the next. she smiled down at me. only you would take notes on creative writing. then she sat down and her brow wrinkled. wait. why are you taking notes on this?

i said the thing i always said - it's boring, and i forget what's happening in it because it's so weird, and dense. and strange.

she nodded a little, and started to stand up. and then sat back down and said - wait, will you show me the book?

i was happy to hand it over, annoyed with the fact i'd barely made a dent in the monster of a thing. she pulled it to herself, pushing her glasses up so she could read the tiny writing. for a moment, she was silent, and then she let out a cackle. she wouldn't stop laughing. oh my god. i cannot wait to tell your father.

i was immediately defensive. okay, maybe i'm stupid but i've been trying to read this since the 4th grade and -

she shook her head. raquel, this is the Silmarillion. you've been reading the Silmarillion, not the lord of the rings.

anyway, it turns out that the hobbit and lord of the rings series are all super good and i understand why they're recommended reading. but good lord (of the rings), i wish somebody had just asked - wait. this kind of thing is right up your alley. you love fantasy. it sounds like something might be wrong. why do you think it's so boring?

#thanks for reminding me this happened #writeblr #warm up #i don't think this story translates well to the page #IRONIC!!!! :)#but yeah man i read the Silmarillion before i read the hobbit #the omnibus didn't explain what it was and i figured - you start at the beginning and then you read from the beginning #that's how books work #how was i supposed to know #EDIT IN THE TAGS: hi i think i worded this in a confusing way #the omnibus had ALL the stories in it - the silm #the hobbit #and all of LOTR #they just put the silm in the front so i thought logically it was the first book #that's how an omnibus usually works after all - the first book in the series is the first book in the tome #to be fair i GUESS the silm takes place “before” the hobbit????

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basicallyanotherwitchesthing · 11 months

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Montague Summers (editor) - The Supernatural Omnibus - Panther - 1967

#witches #supernaturals #occult #vintage #the supernatural omnibus #panther books #montague summers #1967 #coffin series #coffin

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ashvalentine16 · 8 months

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Elfen Lied omnibus manga 1, Volumes 1-3

#elfen lied #nyu #diclonius #2002 manga #2019 dark horse comics #omnibus manga series

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tragedyposting · 5 days

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Every day that the Circle of Magic series remains out of print is a day wasted for the world. Scholastic when I catch you…

#anyone here work at scholastic #y’all could make a killing on a limited printing collector’s edition omnibus #all of Tamora Pierce’s fans would buy it #we are all desperately roaming the earth combing secondhand stores for the same handful of copies #bad enough you won’t contract any more books in the series #rebecca rambles

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guideaus · 5 months

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seriously, why did viz change this

#personal #real #THEY TOOK THE WHEEL AWAY?!?!#its almost like when a series gets an omnibus and they jam 3 covers onto one cover but thats not the case here

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inkykeiji · 7 months

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good morning i spent $90 on tokrev volumes yesterday because i was on the hunt for this singular gorgeous image <333

i dragged my boyfriend to the bookstore on an obsessive, borderline deranged mission to find and subsequently own (in some capacity) this photo. and now i do!! plus two more omnibus’ i didn’t need (except i really did need them, because they’re so beautiful and i’m so glad to have them on my bookshelf now *。ヾ(｡>ｖ<｡)ﾉﾞ*。)

#i’m literally never ever ever ever ever EVER going to be over this singular image #and it’s like the tiniest lil illustration and i don’t even CARE #i love him so much so so so much it’s actually kind of INSANE #there are a few i kinda want in jp as well just bcoz those editions are so gorgeous too but #i don’t mind the omnibus versions????? they save a bit of space haha #u know which one i DO need in jp?????????? VOLUME 24 #AND U ALL KNOW WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY #oh jesus <3 #he’s so sexy i could cry i could CRY #we don’t even have the physical english version of 24 yet do we #well anyway <3 v happy with my purchases #will probably end up collecting all of them #which will be the first manga series i actually own like FULLY #i only have a few bnha volumes #only the ones that are important for dabi #but other than that obv i don’t care much to own EVERY volume #hope ur having a good tuesday my friends!!!!#i’m so sleepy and i woke up with a wicked headache BUT #bfs mom is making us these like dark chocolate nut clusters and i’m v excited about them #clari chatters

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ultrameganicolaokay · 1 year

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The Batman Adventures Omnibus by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Ty Templeton, Kelley Puckett and more. Cover by Templeton. Out in September.

"Debuting in 1992, Batman: The Animated Series achieved a near-impossible feat by integrating the dark and mature themes of the Tim Burton Batman films into a kid-friendly cartoon show. This massive omnibus collects the entire comics run of the animated Dark Knight from The Batman Adventures #1-36, The Batman Adventures Annual #1-2, The Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1, a story from Batman Black & White #1, The Batman Adventures: Mad Love #1, and for the first time ever, the never-before-reprinted comic book adaptation of the animated feature film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm!"

#the batman adventures omnibus #the batman adventures #btas #batman the animated series #batman #dc comics #paul dini #bruce timm #ty templeton #kelley puckett #dc omnibus #comics #collected edition #books

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deepwoundsandfadedscars · 7 months

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#while organizing a while ago I found a couple books from a series that my sister had recommended to me #and I realized I never read those last two books so I picked up my kindle and started rereading the first omnibus #it's been like 10 years since my sister recommended it to me but because of my first reading being because of her #i felt my eyes watering up like four times just in the first chapter #and it's nowhere near a sad chapter!!#but it was rough trying to get through #and now I feel like I have a taste of how difficult it is going to be reading the new Murderbot Diaries book next month #i hate this #kee speaks

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archersgoon · 3 months

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tawny man finished. started cheering wildly when patience showed up. other than that i think i will need to reflect awhile before i have anything coherent to say

#sidenote every time some fucking. 14yo gets married and starts having kids (or trying to) straight away i get /so/ stressed out. i know the #maternal mortality rates there are badddd #anyway. going to have to take a while to ponder the best way to get through rain wild chronicles at a reasonable pace because i am going to #have to read it via omnibus ebook and last time i did that with a large fantasy series it made me very stupid and very poorly very quickly

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mewvore · 1 year

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oh shit yeah, how many rider series have you gotten through? any other tokusatsu?

555s, W, fourze, OOOs, Drive, Gaim, Build, Ex Aid, Zero One, Saber, Revice, rewatching Kuuga in a bit.

Ive watched some super sentai here and there. Jungle Fury (gekiranger) and Donbroters I've completed start to finish. I'm gonna go back and watch Flashman and Dynaman when I get the chance.

#I have the complete omnibus of the kamen rider 1 manga series #I was gonna read it then watch the movie shin kamen rider #I think me and a friend got like 5 episodes into the original series and that shit was WILD #kids in the 70s had it good

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jeezypetes · 6 months

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