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[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Goodreads doesn't really feel like a fully functional website, and it hasn't for a long time (personally)... it feels like a functional website that is the best option because of previous dominance... I can't remember the last time I was happy with a new feature / change...

And every year the site breaks down for weeks at a time...

[Soo]

Problem is sorta fixed. I was able to wiggle the dates in for the comic just now. It gave me an error message and then I was able to input the date for finished.

hahahah

***doom*** lol

[Felina]

***runs through the threads banging a pot with a wooden spoon***

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! I have officially completed all my May buddy reads and am one day ahead of schedule! I am a BR goddess. Feel free to send cards, flowers and chocolates to Utah care of ‘The Buddy Read Goddess’. USPS will know where to send everything.

Thank you for your time. Good day to you and yours.

As this is likely the last time this will ever happen, I had to make a stink.

[Nirkatze]

Felina wrote: "***runs through the threads banging a pot with a wooden spoon***

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! I have officially completed all my May buddy reads and am one day ahead of schedule! I am a BR goddess. Feel free..."

LOL I bow down to you! I still have... six audio and two eyebooks to deal with... I'm hoping I can get a swath of those done tonight and tomorrow, but will not be as fortunate as you.

Flowers and chocolates:
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In search for the above, I came across this pinterest and just started scrolling... so much I relate to...
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1405264...
One of my favorites was:
Boyfriend says, "books or me." I still remember him when buying new books sometimes.

[Felina]

Ha ha! I love it. The only thing missing in that photo is a window overlooking the ocean.

[Felina]

Oh man! The ‘I like to read but I don’t like being forced to read. There’s a difference’ is so spot on. That’s why we have so many new people in the group who say they loved reading when they were young and college killed it.

[Nirkatze]

Felina wrote: "Oh man! The ‘I like to read but I don’t like being forced to read. There’s a difference’ is so spot on. That’s why we have so many new people in the group who say they loved reading when they were ..."

Hear hear. I swear I just spent the last hour scrolling through that whole page... so nice to see a bunch of memes where I not only get the humor, I live the humor...

Especially liked a picture of a mystery section of a B&N, with all the books turned around so you couldn't see their spines... well played.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Felina wrote: "***runs through the threads banging a pot with a wooden spoon***

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! I have officially completed all my May buddy reads and am one day ahead of schedule! I am a BR goddess. Feel free..."

I bow down to your greatness. I start June being 5(!) books behind 😭

[Felina]

Yeah, I had an unusual amount of time off in May so, like I said, I do not expect this to ever happen again!

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

Felina wrote: "***runs through the threads banging a pot with a wooden spoon***

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! I have officially completed all my May buddy reads and am one day ahead of schedule! I am a BR goddess. Feel free..."

Teach us your ways, o great and wise master 🤩

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Read at work ;)

[Felina]

Ha ha. I wish I could read at work. I’d get so much more books read.

[Ann-Marie]

I am currently listening to Jade War while I am working lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Felina wrote: "Ha ha. I wish I could read at work. I’d get so much more books read."

Weren't you reading at work when you got the new position and no direction on what to do for 2-3 days?... the joke was that's how you caught up... sudden, expected, extra reading time...

[Felina]

Oh yeah, because I had no work and was staring at the wall. Normally, I can’t.

[Kasia]

Felina wrote: "Oh man! The ‘I like to read but I don’t like being forced to read. There’s a difference’ is so spot on. That’s why we have so many new people in the group who say they loved reading when they were ..."

Yes I agree :)

I heard it in a Youtube sprint the other day, that school reading is not "reading" as in reading for the joy of it, and how many ppl drop books from their life because of it.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

School reading and gaming are the double whammy... I lulled on reading for some years...

I didn't read as much in high school as before... shifted to gaming... then in college, the main recreational reading I did was 6 wheel of time books... then I picked up Shannara and Dresden Files after college... then I got a Kindle and read Bosch and Jack Reacher... then I "got serious" about reading again in 2013, and here we are :D

[Felina]

I was big into reading after college and then when I had my son I read like 3 books a year. I’ve never read as much in my life as I do now. I love it

[Nirkatze]

Wow, captchas really hate me... and I hate them SO MUCH RIGHT NOW BACK... trying to get my reviews in before I have to change the month and day... and now each time I click to post, I have to go through TWENTY CAPTCHAS EACH and I swear I AM NOT DOING THEM WRONG why does it HATE ME!!!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

They're the worst... you kinda have to start guessing what the answer is, not what the truth is... half the time CAPTCHAs ignore when only a few pixels are in a square of a motorcycle or streetlight... it's annoying...

[Saar The Book owl]

I get more reading done at work than at home. If it's really calm or when working weekends or late shifts, I can read for hours.

[Marie]

From what I heard, this CAPTCHA actually doesn't really care that much about you marking all squares but tracks your actions to see if it feels natural, similar to the one you only confirm.

[Felina]

Hold on, Goodreads reviews make you do a CAPTCHA? Since when?

[Diana Stormblessed]

Nirkatze wrote: "Wow, captchas really hate me... and I hate them SO MUCH RIGHT NOW BACK... trying to get my reviews in before I have to change the month and day... and now each time I click to post, I have to go th..."

Maybe you’re a robot? It would explain your reading pace. 😅

[Felina]

HA HA

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Goodreads starts asking you to do CAPTCHAs after you do 20-30 review in a day… the more days in a row you do this the more strict/annoying it gets… the more you continue once CAPTCHAs start, the more they make you do in a row for a single review… it’s annoying when you fall 300-500 behind like me every other year… Nirkatze has it worse reading so many short stories on top of everything else…

[Felina]

Oh man.

[Nirkatze]

It'd be better if I wasn't trying to do all 64 books in May in one hour... I gave up after it the captcha wouldn't take my answers no matter what I did.... Just tested it with one review this morning though and it's back to normal. Too late for convenient dates, so I'll just have to live with it...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I miss getting more reading done at work than at home... once upon a time, I had a 9pm to 5:30am job, and I could listen to about 6hrs of audio per day at work, pretty consistently, sometimes even more, and that's before you start multiplying it by listening speed... I'd pretty much start a long book on the way to work and finish it on the way home, or read a book before and after lunch... and then read something else at home... I only listened at 2x speeds back then, tho, max... these days I'd be getting even more reading done...

These days, I get 2-3hrs of audio listening/day, if I'm lucky... more like 1.5-2hrs... 3-5hrs on Sundays...

[Nirkatze]

I knew there was a reason why I overtook you in the page numbers...

[Saar The Book owl]

Have you changes jobs, Iain? Or is it more busy?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

In 2018, they got rid of 9pm to 6am shifts, and moved everybody to 4am to noon or 3pm to 11pm shifts... split responsiblities... etc etc etc...

So the times when I can listen to audiobooks changed... and also, safety regulations increased as people had accidents and caused injuries... I'm kinda lucky I can listen as much as I do... there have been short periods where I basically couldn't listen at all, before they loosened the rules again...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

As an addendum, I'm listening to books on earbuds at work, and others are mostly blaring music or maybe listening to podcasts... and it's hard to make rules for one person vs blanket rules for everyone... so when people blast music so loud they don't hear themselves making mistakes, rules change... it is what it is... I've been resistant to switch from corded to wireless earbuds... would be much easier to be sneaky with wireless earbuds, but I worried about losing and keeping charged as much as I listen each day... maybe I'll finally make the switch... it's getting harder to find/replace devices that still have a connector, with the death of the ipod...

[Saar The Book owl]

It seems that it has changed a lot, but I can understand why. Nevertheless, if you don't have a bit of distraction, it can get a bit boring or so.
I also still use corded earbuds for the same reason as you. Still reluctant to change, though.

[Felina]

My Raycons last a solid 12 hours. Highly recommend.

My husbands job banned listening to anything. I’d quit. I listen to podcasts at work to concentrate. If I just had to listen to the A/C or coworkers jibber jabber, I’d die. I work from home so I get listen to whatever I want. However, I listen to podcasts at 3x speed and I find it difficult to listen to anything that fast without and ear bud. Listening fast over a speaker just doesn’t work and I don’t know why.

[Tonari no Emily]

Honestly the cheap ones you can get on amazon are pretty solid. The charge lasts for a long time especially if you use one earbud at a time. You can at least start with those and maybe upgrade if you wanted.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Felina wrote: "My Raycons last a solid 12 hours. Highly recommend.

My husbands job banned listening to anything. I’d quit. I listen to podcasts at work to concentrate. If I just had to listen to the A/C or cowo..."

I’d quit, too. I can’t concentrate without background most. Usually I’d listen to music at work. I couldn’t be productive in silence.

My Amazon cheap ear buds last days without charging. I can probably get a good 20 hours of listening time out of them. I love them and they cost me $13.

[Marie]

I bought wireless earbuds and I am never going back. I mostly listen doing chores so having to always have pocket to carry phone was annoying. Idk last time I run out of charge. They are the cheap Xiaomi ones, cost like 20 euro.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Marie wrote: "I bought wireless earbuds and I am never going back. I mostly listen doing chores so having to always have pocket to carry phone was annoying. Idk last time I run out of charge. They are the cheap ..."

Mine are on me 24/7 lol. I pop them in if I’m doing anything. I’m seriously obsessed. Probably doesn’t help my social awkwardness since I’m even less approachable with ear buds in all the time 😅

[Felina]

Yeah, I always have mine with me. I am always listening to something.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Feel free to give me some links to exact earbuds/options, and I'll go shopping in the next few weeks... I've been internding to get an IPhone SE 2022/2025 at some point (I hear the 2025 is the next cheap SE model, as opposed to the numerical model that costs 1k+ these days)... I wasn't happy with my Android phone I got a few years ago, and leave it at home most of the time... how I ended up on the ipod...

[Diana Stormblessed]

I think these are the ones that I have. They are constantly doing coupons and sales for them so the price fluctuates a lot. https://a.co/d/9519gAV

[Yanique, Thread Master]

The suspense is over! Here are our June selections!
Enjoy!

Jun 1, 2024 The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Jun 1, 2024 Insomnia by Stephen King
Jun 1, 2024 The Threat / The Solution / The Pretender / The Suspicion (Animorphs #21-24) + The Hork-Bajir Chronicles (#22.5) by KA Applegate
Jun 1, 2024 The Magician's Guild (Black Magician #1) by Trudi Canavan
Jun 3, 2024 Coming Up Roses (Beaufort Scales #6) by Kim M. Watt
Jun 3, 2024 The Darkest Road (Fionavar Tapestry #3) by Guy Gavriel Kay
Jun 3, 2024 The Oracle's Queen (Nightrunner: Tamir Triad #3) by Lynn Flewelling
Jun 3, 2024 Turbo Twenty Three (Stephanie Plum #23-26) by Janet Evanovich
Jun 3, 2024 Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels #8-10) by Ilona Andrews
Jun 4, 2024 A Court of Frost and Starlight (ACOTAR #3.5) by Sarah J. Maas
Jun 5, 2024 Sabriel (Old Kingdom #1) by Garth Nix
Jun 5, 2024 Discount Armageddon (InCryptid #1) by Seanan McGuire
Jun 5, 2024 Age of Swords (Legends of the First Empire #2) by Michael J. Sullivan
Jun 6, 2024 Soul of the Deep (Of Mermaids and the Orisa #2) by Natasha Bowen
Jun 7, 2024 Orphan X (Orphan X #1) by Gregg Hurwitz
Jun 7, 2024 Nyxia (Nyxia Triad #1) by Scott Reintgen
Jun 8, 2024 The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past #2) by Liu Cixin
Jun 9, 2024 Disquiet Gods (The Sun Eater #6) by Christopher Ruocchio
Jun 10, 2024 Seven Faceless Saints (Seven Faceless Saints #1) by M.K. Lobb
Jun 10, 2024 The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things #1) by John Connolly
Jun 10, 2024 Spirits of Vengeance (Mortal Techniques #3) by Rob J Hayes
Jun 10, 2024 Brothers in Arms (Vorkosigan Saga #7) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Jun 10, 2024 Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6) by Frank Herbert
Jun 10, 2024 The Sparrow (The Sparrow #1) by Mary Doria Russell
Jun 11, 2024 Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys #3) by Seanan McGuire
Jun 11, 2024 Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse
Jun 12, 2024 Inheritor (Foreigner #3) by C.J. Cherryh
Jun 14, 2024 Empire in Black and Gold (Shadows of the Apt #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Jun 15, 2024 Forged (Alex Verus #11) by Benedict Jacka
Jun 15, 2024 Initiate's Trial (Wars of Light and Shadow Series #9) by Janny Wurts
Jun 15, 2024 Labyrinth's Heart by M.A. Carrick
Jun 15, 2024 The Hidden Oracle (Trials of Apollo #1) by Rick Riordan
Jun 16, 2024 Field of Dishonor (Honor Harrington #4) by David Weber
Jun 17, 2024 Killing Time (Time Police #5) by Jodi Taylor
Jun 17, 2024 The Fall of Neverdark (Echoes Saga #4) by Philip C. Quaintrell
Jun 17, 2024 The Stolen Heir (Folk of the Air: Oak #1) by Holly Black
Jun 18, 2024 Running Close to the Wind (The Chants & the Wide World) by Alexandra Rowland
Jun 19, 2024 Ravenor Rogue (Warhammer 40k: Inquisition #6) by Dan Abnett
Jun 19, 2024 A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke
Jun 20, 2024 Provenance (Imperial Radch Universe #1) by Ann Leckie
Jun 21, 2024 His Majesty‘s Dragon (Temeraire #1) by Naomi Novik
Jun 22, 2024 Moving Pictures (Discworld #10) by Terry Pratchett
Jun 23, 2024 Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War #4) by John Scalzi
Jun 24, 2024 Salt and Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Jun 25, 2024 Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson #14) by Patricia Briggs
Jun 26, 2024 Chindi (Academy #3) by Jack McDevitt
Jun 26, 2024 She Who Became the Sun (Radiant Emperor #1) by Shelley Parker-Chan
Jun 27, 2024 Charmcaster (Spellslinger #3) by Sebastien de Castell
Jun 28, 2024 For the First Time, Again (Take Them to the Stars #3) by Sylvain Neuvel
Jun 28, 2024 Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel #4) by T. Kingfisher
Jun 29, 2024 Bondsfungi (Weirkey Chronicles #5) by Sarah Lin
Jun 30, 2024 The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue #1) by Christopher Buehlman

[Ann-Marie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Feel free to give me some links to exact earbuds/options, and I'll go shopping in the next few weeks... I've been internding to get an IPhone SE 2022/2025 at some point (I hear the 2025 is the next..."

I have several pair of wireless headphones and my favorite is no longer available but this is the new version of those: https://www.amazon.com/Soundcore-Canc...

[Diana Stormblessed]

Very random but: Guys I’m so excited. I’m signing up for a 5k on Wednesday. I just ran it on my treadmill to confirm I could do it. This will be my 2nd ever 5k race, first in almost 20 years. I’m not a natural runner so this is a big deal for me. I’ll be trying to finish up Labyrinth’s Heart as I run 🙂

[Felina]

Good deal!!

[Kirsten]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Very random but: Guys I’m so excited. I’m signing up for a 5k on Wednesday. I just ran it on my treadmill to confirm I could do it. This will be my 2nd ever 5k race, first in almost 20 years. I’m n..."

Good luck!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Good luck

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

https://www.tiktok.com/@cartervailmus...

[Narilka]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Very random but: Guys I’m so excited. I’m signing up for a 5k on Wednesday. I just ran it on my treadmill to confirm I could do it. This will be my 2nd ever 5k race, first in almost 20 years. I’m n..."

Good luck!