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submitted 1 month ago by troyunrau@lemmy.ca to c/books@lemmy.world

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She is ignoring the birding book in favour of Lord of the Rings. Nerd.

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funny story.

Two decades years ago, when I first started working in arctic exploration, we were limited to how much weight we could take with us to our exploration camps. Most of us would decided on a couple of books to bring with us. But I didn't want to bring books I wouldn't like, because then I've wasted my weight allowance. So I brought that gold-coloured LotR copy with me and read it over and over, year over year. Probably read it at least once a summer for seven consecutive years. Sometimes in environments even more desolate than Mordor. Imagine reading it here.

Later, I got a kindle and the weight problem sort of went away.

[–] rhadamanth_nemes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's an awesome story, good choice of book for that haha.