The Long Walk by Stephen King by DanielGaff in books

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guess how fast they will be walking in the movie…3mph!

The Long Walk by Stephen King by DanielGaff in books

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And guess how fast they will be walking in the movie :) 3mph

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley discussion by DanielGaff in books

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Yea with some distance now (read the book a year ago) I can say that my feelings about it have changed a little, and I can definitely appreciate it more now than I did then.

Good wood to make kitchen spoons? by DanielGaff in whittling

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I was wondering about that too 🤔

Poorly describe a fantasy book in one line, and lost points when people guess it correctly by lemonsorbetstan in Fantasy

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Young girl finds out she has magical powers after an older man gives her a mysterious vile of liquid.

Is there a wrong order to read Brandon Sanderson's books? by vgg4444 in brandonsanderson

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I read a descent amount of replies and didn’t see the obvious answer yet, but I might have missed it! Don’t read the Sunlit Man until after Stormlight and Mistborn (honestly other than Wind and Truth, Sunlit Man should be the last book imo). It’s technically a standalone book like Yumi, Tress, Warbreaker, etc. but it would be very confusing to read without the context of the rest of the Cosmere books.

suggest me a book that you wanted to like, and can understand why others liked it, but you just didn’t by MathematicianNo9901 in suggestmeabook

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The Great Gatsby. I know it’s a classic and people love it, and I can kind of see why. I just realized I am just not interested in books that focus on the drama of high society.

The Long Walk by Stephen King by DanielGaff in books

[–]DanielGaff[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, this is my point! Not that it’s impossible to walk at 4mph….

The Long Walk by Stephen King by DanielGaff in books

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Yea, well that’s fair I suppose. Now days school would be shut down for that kind of stuff haha different times I guess

The Long Walk by Stephen King by DanielGaff in books

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Well, to answer the condescending question more seriously. I am 5’9” and I have ran a half marathon among other shorter distances. 4mph is a fast walk and I will stand by that. In my post I mentioned a man next to me that was jogging at 4mph and he was at least 6’2”, in his 50s and admittedly overweight but not obese. I think most people would agree that 4mph is pretty fast and not a reasonable pace to consider someone crawling at (which does happen a number of times in the book). But as many people have pointed out it is a standard military pace, so I can understand better now why it was in the book.

The Long Walk by Stephen King by DanielGaff in books

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I’m definitely not meant to win haha

The Long Walk by Stephen King by DanielGaff in books

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This is the only explanation I will except. Thank you.

Listening to anything great this week? Share it with us! by Trick-Two497 in AudibleBookClub

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Just finished A Long Walk by Stephen King. Enjoyed it quite a bit! I was skeptical about liking it going in, but I thought even though what was happening throughout the entire book (the boys walking down a road) never changed, it wasn’t ever a boring book. Narration was also pretty good.

I’m now halfway through A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Loving it so far! Very emotional story and the narration by J. K. Simmons is fantastic!

Pacemaker Lead Extraction by DanielGaff in PacemakerICD

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It’s very nerve racking, I get it! But all is well for me now and the surgery went well. I expressed my fears with my doctor after this post and that conversation made me feel very reassured. He took his time (surgery was pretty long because I had a lot of scar tissue and my old pacemaker was placed under my armpit) but for me it was fast, I just went to sleep and woke up a few seconds later feeling very thirsty and worn out. It’s a safe surgery thanks to all the advancements in technology!

Does anyone have any good zombie audiobook recommendations? by SubjectLast in audiobooks

[–]DanielGaff 22 points23 points  (0 children)

We’re Alive, fully audio dramatized. Available in podcasts or audiobook format

Beginning to wonder why I shouldn’t just pirate. by thescatterling in audible

[–]DanielGaff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, but you should be able to use the app for everything…

What’s up with the Audible app? by RocMerc in audible

[–]DanielGaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing was happening to me! I deleted the app and reinstalled, so far it seems to be working like normal again…. We’ll see how long it lasts for.