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Do you have a reading goal?
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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 22nd, '22, 08:50    


Akili Li

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Trying to catch up with this....

By "DMR" are you sure you don't mean "DRM"?
A.k.a., "Digital Rights Management"?

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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 23rd, '22, 18:31    


Amura

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You are completely right, did I write it wrong?
I might, it's always a bit confusing when the acronym is in English because the order of the words is different.

So nice to see you again, btw, Li Li :qh:

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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 23rd, '22, 22:25    


Rubie

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Googling DRM pulled up the right result this time.

I had to explain to mom about ebooks borrowed from the library and how they only have so many digital copies. She couldn't figure out why I couldn't just borrow the ebook right away because it's just "on the internet" lmao. I had to explain it like how a program she uses has so many licenses for users.

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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Sep 17th, '22, 15:41    


Sanssouci

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I finally finished The Last Wizard by Tanya Huff. I didn't like it at all. It was book #2 of 2. I thought the first one was just ok, just barely good enough for me to read the second. I thought the second was also just ok while I was reading it. I thought the ending would be very predictable but still happy and satisfying and would maybe make it worth it. But the author went a different way, and the ending ended up feeling really rushed and vague to me. So now I really regret wasting time on those two books.

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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Sep 19th, '22, 15:17    


Rubie

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Not sure if I said this, but I had started and finished House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas. It was more steamier than the first book. It got to the point where I was skipping those parts of the book because I really liked the plot, not the sex scenes. I literally complained out loud whenever, yet again, another sex scene happened because it was every other chapter for a bit there.
And with that I hit my small goal of 6 books read for this year. Wasn't actually expecting to hit it this early on in the year since I picked 6 for one book every two months. Let's see how many more I will read for the year.

I am now reading Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan. It's in first person, but I actually really love it because she does such a good job writing the character. I have found myself actually feeling what the character feels as I am reading it.

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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Sep 19th, '22, 22:25    


Amura

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I think I've already completed this challenge? Not sure, I don't know where I have written my challenge, but I'm quite sure I've read books of the categories I intended to read - and that's good enough for me.

For example I've finally read the first of the Harry Potter series; which I would count as a book that was in my to-read list for way too long.
Twenty years ago I said I would read it when the hype died away, and I think this is a good moment to be true to my word :mccool:

In the same spirit I have just started reading Lord of the Flies.

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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Sep 19th, '22, 22:43    


Rubie

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I should try categories next year so I can read more than one not-fantasy book. I tried to read Slaves for Peanuts because I saw it was available to borrow as an ebook from my library. I think I got 10 pages into before I had to stop. It's a non-fiction and thought it would be an interesting read AND it wouldn't be a book assigned by a teacher (since that's the only other times I've read a non-fiction) and I thought I would like it more since I picked it out myself.

Ooh. I remember reading Lord of the Flies in high school. I think my teacher liked me because I actually asked questions about the book and parts I didn't understand when no one else ever did lol. I remember getting death glares from some people because clearly no one else had read the assigned reading one day and she ended up quizzing us looool

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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Sep 20th, '22, 08:20    


Amura

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Categories worked really well for me this year.
I mean, I do have a read-number-of-books challenge on GoodReads, so it made sense making something different here.
And I think it's more purposeful. It's not just an empty number, it forces me to make a less emotional choice of book every once in a while.

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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Sep 20th, '22, 15:06    


Rubie

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Maybe I'll do that next year, but do it with genres. The past few years it was me trying to make myself read books I keep buying and never reading until years later.

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 Post subject: Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge
Posted: Sep 26th, '22, 01:47    


Sanssouci

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I started reading The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies. I pulled a muscle in my back, so I have been taking it easy, so I have been reading more the past few days.

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