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Originally Posted by hidden.platypus
@Katsunami
I like your approach to reading. Any reason why you did/do that? As in set the goal, and then record your progress for each month etc.
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It's a bit off topic, but here goes.
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I have a lot of hobbies. reading, chess, go, movies, the Hammond organ, computers and photography. I have noticed that sometimes one or more of those hobbies fall by the wayside for a year or more because I get sidetracked for one reason or another.
First, I didn't want that to happen with my reading, as it always has and probably will be my primary hobby.
Second, I am a re-reader. I re-re-re-re-re-read the books I really like, I live in a small apartment without the room to keep buying books, so I have been re-reading my own paper library for 10 years, until I got my e-reader in 2012. (I did get an e-reader at the end of 2007, but there were not enough books available, and Calibre as we know it today didn't exist, so I sold it.)
To make sure I'd keep reading, and more importantly, not re-read Lord of the Rings for the 87th time, I set myself some challenges. That's easy: just pick some goals, and try to attain them. After finishing one or more books, I update the challenge thread and my progress, to see if I'm still on track (which I'm not, because I'm much more busy than I expected when I set the goal).
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Also can you recommend any good books about ninjas that are not by Lustbader. I don't know if you've read Cloud of Sparrows but I suspect given your nom de guerre you'd enjoy it.
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I don't. The ones by Lustbader where the only 'real' ninja books I read after having them recommended to me.
If you are into fantasy a bit and don't shy away from novels categorized as Young Adult, you could read the Otori series, by Lian Hearn, starting with "Across the Nightingale Floor." These series are based on a fictional rendition of 16th/17th century Japan, including samurai ('Nobles'), Ninja's ('The Tribe'), two warlords fighting a Sekigahara-like battle... If you know anything about 16th/17th century Japan, you'll recognize a lot of elements.