• 3 months ago
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    I just posted a video to Instagram of Iz reading effortlessly. She's only 4. I'm really proud! <3
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    Good reads sent me an email to show me my kindle reading stats of the year. I only read 20 books! But then I looked closer and entire boxsets are classed as one book. I've actually read over 100 books this year.
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    Been reading a lot lately, got a position at work that sometimes is slow enough that I can read 120-180 pages a day and since I read old pulp paperbacks that's sometimes close to an entire book in one day on the job.

    Currently reading :
    Dubliners by James Joyce
    All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven
    I Flew for the Fuhrer by Heinz Knoke
    Octopussy by Ian Fleming

    Finished Recently :
    The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming
    Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
    Assignment Tokyo by Edward S. Aarons
    Son of Man by Robert Silverberg
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
    Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart
    Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Iron Horse Gunsmoke by Donald Bayne Hobart
    Manshape by John Brunner
    Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
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      Editing … I read every day and have done since I was around 5. I must have 2000 books on my kindle ready and waiting, I buy entire series that are on sale for 99p when I see them, and I get a lot of free books from Facebook ads, like the entry to a series so they think you'll buy the rest, but I rarely do.
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      Editing … I wish I could read as much. I like reading but for some reason I never read as much as I'd like to. I should plan it out more maybe.
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      Editing … I've been an on and off reader over the years. But lately been building a library of paperbacks via secondhand shops. Anything that catches my eye or I've vaguely heard of and I'll pick it up. I can't do the e-reader thing. Too many options I end up in paralysis and I think I like the physical representation of progression. I'm constantly checking to see how far along I am and I have separate shelves for finished titles. I get satisfaction out of being able to look at a shelf and see what I've completed.
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      Editing … I used to have physical books, I donated a car full to a charity once.
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      Editing … I feel like a big hurdle for me with reading was the commitment. And a way around that has been buying really cheap thrift store books. That way if I start reading something and don't like it after a chapter or two I'll ditch it for something else. And also doing very little research on my purchases, picking things up by cover or title alone. And then I don't know about where you are but around me have little community bookshelves made out of old newspaper stands or whatever in town. Where you can drop a book or pick one up for free so after I get a couple rejects I wasn't into I'll go drop them in the mini library for someone else to enjoy.
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      Editing … sounds like a good approach. It's kinda what I do with games now. Not the no research part but the "I'll just get rid of it because it was cheap and I don't like it enough to spend my time on" Also with thrift store stuff. If I see something interesting for cheap I take it home and if I don't like it after a while I just bring it back to the thrift store and I feel no guilt at all. It's like trying out something before you fully commit to owning it.
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      Editing … Why anybody buys anything new is beyond me. Especially stuff like furniture. Not to get grim but there's people dying every day with houses full of furniture that just goes to landfills.
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      Editing … I ain't sleeping in a haunted bed
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    • Klemoib
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      Editing … mattresses may be different (I'd still sleep on a clean used mattress though) but yes furniture is SO expensive if you want good furniture. But rich people just get rid of their nice stuff if they are tired of the look. I got a humongous L couch for free and a free tv and table. All are in great condition. I bet you could furnish your entire house for free with really nice stuff if you have a little patience. Most of the stuff I got 2nd hand is of much higher quality then I could afford new. Then I think I'd be limited to ikea furniture.... And I know I hate their couches.
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      Editing … Yea, I'm mostly talking non-porous furniture made of wood, metal, plastic, or glass. Couches are alright with a little TLC. When I was in Denver there was a place you could take an old mattress and they actually disassembled them for recycling and was a profitable business. Thought that was wild.
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  • 3 years ago
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    Hey, because I talk to you guys about reading books I get ads pop up on Facebook. I just got these 8 books for 99p: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BRTRCR7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    And also these 8 books for 99p:https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FFVG3DR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    They've got really good ratings too. That's my next fortnight covered.

    So tell me again how targeted ads is bad.....
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  • 3 years ago
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    I was just browsing away as you do when I saw an ad for a Bravo 2 zero vs zombies trilogy of books, I thought that sounds great! I clicked the link to amazon and I already own it apparently. This is what happens when you earn a ton of money, you buy shit and forget about it.

    Anyway, I'm starting this tonight: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08BJ7NY8V?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf
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  • 5 years ago
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    Once I'm finished with the expanded star wars universe I'm going to need something new. Anybody read any Star Trek books?
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  • 5 years ago
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    I just got a few hundred books by Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, Robert Ludlum, Frederick Forsyth, Lee Child, John Grisham, Matthew Reilly and James Patterson.
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  • 5 years ago
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    I googled best action thriller authors because why not, and something called Jack Reacher series was top of the google list. Who knows Jack Reacher? How good are these books? I need something new and exciting.
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      Editing … I didn't know it was a book but apparently there's a Tom Cruise movie about it.
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  • 5 years ago
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    I think I've spammed this place up bad enough today so I'm going to give you losers a break and go read some Star Wars.

    I'll be back tomorrow after I've watched Solo at cinema.
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