04-01-2021, 03:06 PM | #136 | |
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So in total, 19 books added to my TBR, and only 11 read. With a couple of other adjustments, I ended March with 846 books on my TBR. Definitely moving in the wrong direction! But I can't say that any of the books I got were books I shouldn't have got. I expect April will be less generous. Although I have already bought three books that were on my wishlist, and dropped to £0.99 in this month's Amazon offers. A very enjoyable reading month. At least my TBR pile is getting to be of higher quality, if not a lot shorter |
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04-01-2021, 03:12 PM | #137 |
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Going through "My Books" at Kobo to add books to my TBR has been instructive. Sorted from oldest to newest, I'm only on page 2 of the list, and have already had 4 "sorry, we no longer have that book". These are books I bought and paid for, but which Kobo now says "no, go away". How glad I am that I downloaded and de-drmed all of them.
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04-01-2021, 03:24 PM | #138 |
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*My wife continues to buy 1-2 books a week from our local independent bookstore and will do until they are able to fully open again post-covid. I expect this to skew my PTBR list all year long, but its for a good cause. |
04-01-2021, 03:57 PM | #139 | |
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04-01-2021, 04:10 PM | #140 |
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Yes, it has, although most of the 500+ were SF, as are several of the longest remaining. Maybe the old pulp pay-by-the-word ethos has become part of SF writers' DNA
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04-02-2021, 02:08 PM | #141 | |
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04-02-2021, 02:09 PM | #142 |
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I'm still in a mystery mood, leftover from March, so I'm guessing April will also have a lot of mysteries in it. Fortunately there's so many good books out there.
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04-02-2021, 03:58 PM | #143 | |
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Your Sheet is great, so much detail. More than I've ever wanted or needed to track and I've been accused of tracking too much. (No such thing of course. ) Spoiler:
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04-03-2021, 04:14 PM | #144 |
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Thank you, I am still learning with all of it! I will check out your formula recommendations to make things easier. I'm in the process of still shifting stuff around. Appreciate the compliment on it, it's enjoyable to work on but sort of all over the place right now.
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04-13-2021, 10:40 AM | #145 |
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Audible finally sucked me back in with a good deal when I had some extra money around; the 99.00 for premium plus yearly membership and the 12 credits at once. I used two credits for the 2 for 1 sale and received 4 books, but not interested in others in the sale enough. Bought a few audio favorites I'd like as keepers to re-listen to off and on over the years in the future, and some random. Couldn't resist spending most of the credits, but have some left over, and can listen to a lot of the originals that are short, that I missed from previous membership and looked forward to each month with the plus catalog.
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04-13-2021, 11:50 AM | #146 |
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My main goal was small compared to previous years but as of now I am 7 books behind. Health problems of my own, other family issues including Mom's heart condition finally getting the better of her near the end of February and trying to settle her affairs just left me too drained for anything remotely resembling leisure time. When I was able to make the effort just last week, my faithful Kobo Aura H20 suffered from battery and SD card failure, leaving me with just a very old tablet on which to try and read. Needless to say, it is not going so good. The thing barely functions, takes nearly forever to charge, and is giving me eyestrain even worse than when I was using it regularly back 5 or 6 years ago. No idea when I'll catch up, that said I am not ready to call quits on this year's challenge.
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04-13-2021, 12:34 PM | #147 |
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I’m sorry your’re in such a rough patch, Byrdie, and about your mom’s death.
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04-13-2021, 02:21 PM | #148 |
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Thanks. Right now I'm hanging in there and hoping for better days.
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04-14-2021, 10:09 AM | #149 |
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I'm very sorry to hear about your loss and all you're going through.
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04-18-2021, 04:30 AM | #150 |
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My revised goal StoryGraph goal of 200 books is looking safe now that I'm about to finish book 102 with April barely half done. If I can have a month for each of the 4 non-English books on my TBR, this sprint start will have been worthwhile.
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