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I blew through an entire thriller series since Wednesday (self.chat)

submitted 1 year ago by MikeyMongol to c/chat

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13 novels, 2 novellas, 1 short story in the John Decker thriller series, and I blew through all of them in three days. Those things are like popcorn. In a year I probably won't remember them, but they are a fun way to spend a commute or kill an evening.

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[–] gabe 6 points 1 year ago

Sometimes you just gotta turn your brain off. I love "high brow" literature as much as the next guy but there really is a special kind of comfy feeling that reading an easy to digest book just for the sake of reading brings

[–] Kaladin 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did that with the Dresden files, though not to the same extent. The things are just candy.

[–] Eq0 2 points 1 year ago

I do the same with the laundry files. I think of it as a palate cleanser to fit after books that are “a bit much”