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Knoll0114
joined 1 year ago
Woah you were busy
I've read both but Animal Farm was for school so naturally I didn't like it. 1984 was great not just as an interesting read but to understand all of the cultural (and culture war) references to it.
Blasphemy but you can always Google if you just wanna know one thing but can't finish. I did to the WoT and don't regret it.
I second Boox as a decent option (though less polished.) Allowed me to get rid of my dumbass Kindle and Kobo dual set up because if there was a book that was exclusively on the Kindle store I can now just get it in the app rather than owning a whole other ereader. The only thing I don't like about it is it is not as good as either Kobo or Kindle for dictionary lookups. This is especially important to me because I read in foreign languages and need it to be able to either give me a definition or translate it no matter how it's conjugated. I have found the Kindle app for Android though works pretty well for that purpose so there is an ok solution.
Ooh some Aussie settings too. Very interesting.
I finished:
- The Harlem Renaissance by Cary D. Wintz
- L'Âge des low-tech by Philippe Bihouix
- High Rise by J.G. Ballard
- Elle et son chat by Makoto Shinkai
- Judaism: A Very Short Introduction
- Berlin Stories by Robert Walser
Bookwyrm and The Storygraph provide good alternatives!
I would love to see a resurgence in drawn/painted cover art but I'm guessing it's too expensive (lowers profit margin) for the big publishers these days.
I did create c/nonfiction but it's not got a lot going on at the moment. I agree about reviews, for me I post on my own blog and then link it in my Goodreads/Storygraph/Bookwyrm.
Old favourites sometimes help me get back in. It doesn't take as much mental effort as something new and you already know you like it.
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Do you have the ability to request new books in your library so that that way you could get things you are into? There's also always shadow libraries.