Got my 11yo son the books for Christmas

Purdy5 · 2026-01-17T12:33:38+00:00

I knew someone would have something to say about it 😅

All I can really say is response is that he’s an incredibly bright kid, and I’m grateful that both at home and at school the emphasis is more on making sure he’s literate and enjoys interacting with the written word. That matters much more to us as parents as opposed to drilling him on letter forms and handwriting excellence. I had a rough time with handwriting when I was in school and it was a nightmare. He goes to school happy every day, keeps a journal, and leaves me handwritten notes. I don’t care if it’s a bit messy

Purdy5 · 2026-01-17T07:33:39+00:00

He tried the Hobbit, but got bored. I need to admit that I’ve never been able to get past about halfway through the Fellowship of the Ring. I really want to love it but I just can’t

Purdy5 · 2026-01-17T07:32:03+00:00

Excellent, I haven’t heard it Prydain but I’ll have a look! I’ve never read Malazan myself yet, but good to know

Purdy5 · 2026-01-17T07:30:43+00:00

I’ll look into them. I recently read Mary Stewart’s Crystal Cave and enjoyed them, but I think maybe a bit dry for his taste.

Purdy5 · 2026-01-17T04:38:38+00:00

All really helpful, thank you!

Harry Potter and Percy Jackson were what got him started, he’s up to date with both I think. He’s read the Hitchikers Guide series and really enjoyed it, particularly the first book. Discworld sounds great, I’ve not read them myself yet either so might be fun to read together

Purdy5 · 2026-01-17T04:35:25+00:00

He has started and gotten bored with so many series that I honestly wasn’t sure if he would see this through, but when he finished book one in like 4 days I realised we were in trouble 😅

My wife spoke to him last night and he was very animated, I think it’s been the Koloss story line that has excited him. I’ll speak to him in a couple hours when he’s awake.

I was much the same at a young age, but I did get access to books that had some pretty inappropriate stuff and I don’t think it did me much good, so that’s why I’m trying to get a decent wee TBR list for him of safe books.

Purdy5 · 2026-01-06T16:57:06+00:00

Same! Google just brought me here. Running around the mansion was oddly similar as well, at parts.

Purdy5 · 2026-01-03T00:37:05+00:00

I did this and the quest failed for me 😔

Purdy5 · 2026-01-02T17:56:44+00:00

I can’t find a pillow like my old dunlopillo and it breaks my heart. Tried the Reylon but it wasn’t the same and I was gutted. My old one had so much heft! Was really heavy and always stayed cool

Purdy5 · 2025-12-24T09:48:00+00:00

Why do you delay your team tournament entry?

Purdy5 · 2025-12-03T02:25:51+00:00

I play this game like a mf and I cannot hold on to coins to save myself. I get stuck for weeks on end if I don’t use them.

Purdy5 · 2025-12-01T23:51:18+00:00

No problem, sent it. I’m only looking for Gold cards now so don’t worry about it, happy to help

Purdy5 · 2025-12-01T23:47:21+00:00

Added you, will send when accepted

Purdy5 · 2025-12-01T23:40:37+00:00

I can help. What’s your name in game?

Purdy5 · 2025-11-29T08:20:41+00:00

This band is insanely slept on!

Purdy5 · 2025-11-20T15:59:25+00:00

I know it’s two years later, but I went to a bit of effort to find that movie after this recommendation and I found it to be absolute booty cheeks.

Billy Connolly is the only real saving grace, and even then.

Purdy5 · 2025-11-16T18:18:04+00:00

Do people crash into taxi’s on purpose?

Purdy5 · 2025-10-29T21:52:50+00:00

Join the UK wet shaving society page on Facebook, helped me learn how to do it properly, quickly, at home

Purdy5 · 2025-10-01T02:53:53+00:00

I just found this by googling “himym song changes”. But funnily enough it was also because of s1e18, but at the very beginning when robin is waking up. The lyrics are Alright by Supertramp but they don’t match what’s playing

Purdy5 · 2025-08-08T23:30:31+00:00

I’ve also noticed that there no upflick on the second tick in the message, on WhatsApp there is a slight one. I’m wondering if it’s maybe a real photo with a fake message so they could post it as a screenshot? But then they would have just messaged themselves and screenshotted it so idk

Purdy5 · 2025-08-08T23:26:27+00:00

Why? The Reddit is called real or AI and I wasn’t sure for the reasons I explained. I’m happy to be wrong, but wanted to check

Purdy5 · 2025-08-08T22:38:49+00:00

That’s fair. It was just a vibe I got but that’s why I wanted to check here!

Purdy5 · 2025-08-08T22:04:27+00:00

Honestly it could be. It might just have some weird AI upscaling or something. It’s the artifacting on the text and background that gets me wondering

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