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May. 16th, 2023 05:09 pmOnce again my good intentions to regularly update my Dreamwidth have fallen by the wayside. Alas!
I still really want to make this a more dedicated book review repository, but perhaps what I shall do instead is commit to reviewing my favourite book of the month every month. And then I give myself a sticker for it. (My sticker rewards system is that I can redeem the right to open a new bottle of ink every 250 stickers I earn.)
Also, I have decided to start a Neocities space and I want to put a personal blog on it, and DW is probably the least fussy option available that allows me to incorporate the tagging system I want.
Since I last updated, my ability to read has roared to life with a vengeance, sort of at the expense of all other hobbies. I'm delighted, though, and I've already surpassed my first Goodreads goal for the year. I've shifted it from 40 books to 52 and I'm a few books away from hitting that too before the halfway mark of the year, which is exciting! I have been struggling with the consistent desire to read and to read more widely for some years now. I've already read three new-to-me books/authors that are exceptionally congruent with the things I like, and I love that I have the focus to actually focus on them now.
Okay, so! I have to finish reviews for:
Piranesi ate me whole in April. I wrote four fics over the course of the month in a fever haze, two of which are still in the editing stage because I had to take time off to prep for a weekend overseas trip last weekend, but I'm looking forwards to finishing and posting them. The other two are a crossover with Autobiography of Red and a crossover with Diana Wynne Jones' Deep Secret.
If I also manage to average about one fic per month for the entire year, I shall be very pleased.
I still really want to make this a more dedicated book review repository, but perhaps what I shall do instead is commit to reviewing my favourite book of the month every month. And then I give myself a sticker for it. (My sticker rewards system is that I can redeem the right to open a new bottle of ink every 250 stickers I earn.)
Also, I have decided to start a Neocities space and I want to put a personal blog on it, and DW is probably the least fussy option available that allows me to incorporate the tagging system I want.
Since I last updated, my ability to read has roared to life with a vengeance, sort of at the expense of all other hobbies. I'm delighted, though, and I've already surpassed my first Goodreads goal for the year. I've shifted it from 40 books to 52 and I'm a few books away from hitting that too before the halfway mark of the year, which is exciting! I have been struggling with the consistent desire to read and to read more widely for some years now. I've already read three new-to-me books/authors that are exceptionally congruent with the things I like, and I love that I have the focus to actually focus on them now.
Okay, so! I have to finish reviews for:
- February: Spirits Abroad (expanded edition)
- March: Autobiography of Red
- April: Piranesi -- actually this one is done; I have a review up on Tumblr! But I'll do it in order
- May: The Stone Boatmen
Piranesi ate me whole in April. I wrote four fics over the course of the month in a fever haze, two of which are still in the editing stage because I had to take time off to prep for a weekend overseas trip last weekend, but I'm looking forwards to finishing and posting them. The other two are a crossover with Autobiography of Red and a crossover with Diana Wynne Jones' Deep Secret.
If I also manage to average about one fic per month for the entire year, I shall be very pleased.
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