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Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 8th, '22, 17:52
by Rubie
Ah, I need to add you people to my goodreads account (I have like 3-4 people lol). I actually love looking at other peoples just to see what all they have read and see what people count towards it and stuff.
If I counted all the manga I read, I would have hit my goal by now. lol.

Yeah, I'll take a real sticker over the one that's part of the cover .

Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 8th, '22, 21:53
by Amura
memoriam wrote:Inspired to not care what other people think :mcgrin:
Right now I'm feeling so proud of myself! :mclaugh:


If you feel like adding me, this is my account:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18355322-laura

Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 8th, '22, 22:35
by Rubie
Sent you a request =] Now I can creep. Not that I get on there a lot. Mostly when I want to update my books. Sometimes I browse and do some housekeeping on my shelves.

Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 8th, '22, 23:09
by Amura
Request accepted :mccute:

That's what I do too.
I only get on there to update my books and write my reviews.
I mean, it's not a place to chat or do anything else...

Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 8th, '22, 23:23
by Rubie
It really isn't. I once accepted a random friend request because why not. Ended up being some random person pushing a book they wrote. That is one way to get someone not to read your book. Like constantly harassed me to read it. I never replied to them because it was annoying.

Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 9th, '22, 16:02
by memoriam
Amura wrote:
memoriam wrote:Inspired to not care what other people think :mcgrin:
Right now I'm feeling so proud of myself! :mclaugh:
You should, it's an issue for me personally XD I always care what others think, and it's rarely in a positive sense :mcargh: So thank you :mccute:

Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 9th, '22, 16:16
by Amura
I would not say I don't care what other people think, cause I do, but I've learned to limit it to certain aspects of my life.
Other aspects are just private, nobody has a right to mind those business.

Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 13th, '22, 17:11
by memoriam
I understand, I guess I did say it as a mental shortcut :mclaugh: I have no such division in my mind. I need to work on it :mcheh:

I've started reading another book. It's about bipolar disorder (I was recently diagnosed with it) and my brain tried to convince me to not read it because it might be scary to know the dark parts but then I told myself "hey, it's just a book, it's not gonna bite you and it's better to know than not". So I took it and read a few pages :mcargh: I'm so proud of myself, you have no idea :mccool: :mcsquee:

Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 13th, '22, 23:09
by Akili Li
Congratulations, Mem :qh: It's always so satisfying when you can bring yourself to do something hard :qh:

I just picked up another biography, this one of Eugene Bullard. I've been on a WWI history kick lately (started by trying to figure out basic engineering which was side-tracked onto how bicycles worked and converting them into pedal power options for household appliances which was side-tracked onto early transportation options which was sidetracked from trains into canals into hot air balloons into early biplanes into WWI which I *think* was the first conflict that planes were used in? I know they also used hot air balloons which still cracks me up, but it was also the last war they used hot air balloons in (which makes much more sense) and ANYHOW.
Libraries and used bookstores are dangerous places. I only meant to go for a quick visit, 15 minutes at most.
Then they closed and kicked me out and I'd lost the whole day.
>.<
But I brought home this biographiy to read here, so I'm happy.

Re: The 2022 Reading Challenge

Posted: Feb 14th, '22, 20:13
by memoriam
Thank you! I'm even still reading it, so it's going great :mcgrin:

Wow, that's a decent rabbit whole Wikipedia style, but in a real life library. How vintage :mccool: I only do that sport online :mclaugh:
I recently noticed a library near me and I thought I might go there, get their membership card or something. I don't even know what public libraries do, lol. I did once have access to Warsaw University Library but I used it once and I hated it because it was huge and full of people who gave zero fucks about me, but my brain gave all the fucks about them, lol. I think a small library might be a better fit for me.