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Book 5 of the Dune series really horny, bonkers in parts but still very enjoyable and thought provoking. There is no way I can say anything meaningful about this books is a few sentences. Check out our discussion about it on the Mind Duck Books Podcast ep. 67: https://bit.ly/3JgDcs3

This is my favourite of the Dune series so far (with the exception of the first book) - really enjoyed the power play, trying to figure out the end goal, and the ever shifting alliances!

And here‘s my #bookspin #doublespin #booksponbingo for April 😁

This has been my #roll100 for June, and yes I took my time reading it. And I enjoyed it so much more than rushing through it in one months time. I already miss visiting Rakis, Duncan and this feeling of coming home to a good series I got whenever I was reading it.

@PuddleJumper

All the work of the previous books in the series comes together on this fifth book. Nearly all the characters are memorable and real. The plot is complex, as many Dune novels have been, bit at least this time you get a major payoff. Well worth reading the previous four books to get to.

“Concealed behind #strong barriers the heart becomes ice.” #QuotsyApr21

Halfway through this #Audiobook!

Sad 😔 the Dune movie scheduled for December 2020 was pushed forward to October of NEXT year 2021.

“Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent mutual regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it.” #reason #QuotsySept19

“I remember friends from wars all but we forgot.
All of them distilled into each wound we caught.
Those wounds are all painful places where we fought.
Battles never left behind, ones we never sought.
What is it that we spent and what was it we bought?” #Remember #QuotsyNov18

“Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?” #Innovation #QuotsyAug18

"Taraza was the perpetual devil's advocate and this had become a dominant force in the entire Sisterhood, a natural consequence of her elevation to Mother Superior. Opposition developed easily in that environment.

As the Sufis said: Rot at the core always spreads outward.

What they did not say was that some rots were noble and valuable."

#Rotten #QuotsyJune18

#AprilTBR plans are finishing library e-loans, plus Heretics of Dune & then Chapterhouse Dune. Maybe Hunters of Dune, but I'll probably stop with the original books for now. BH & KJA weren't quite able to capture Frank Herbert's magic. After that? 🤷‍♀️I'm a mood reader but I do have a #TBR list for challenges I'm doing this year. One of those books should help cure my inevitable #epicreread #bookhangover once I finish Dune. #ReadingResolutions

“The surest way to keep a #secret is to make someone think they already know the answer.” #QuotsyFeb18

"I remember friends from wars all but we forgot.
All of them distilled into each wound we caught.
Those wounds are all painful places where we fought.
Battles #never left behind, ones we never sought.
What is it that we spent and what was it we bought?" #QuotsyJan18

Like all of the series so far, a very smart book. So many subjects and so much thought provoking material. I don't know why I'm always surprised it takes me longer to get through these.

Also, the closest thing to a cliffhanger I've experienced in the series. Kinda cool.

God - Emperor, Leto Atreides II ❤ WOW. What a character! He is all knowing, incredibly pragmatic and intelligent. And not afraid to make hard decisions so that the human kind can evolve to a better place, even if it means he has to torture it for eons.
#flawedcharacter #octphotochallenge #day5