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: 2023 Reading Outcome In 2023 I had a goal of reading every day, and a goal of 36 books (which I expected to exceed). And …

: Finished reading: Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries by Watt M. Kim πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 11 by Ryoko Kui πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis πŸ“š

: Finished reading: The Dog Sitter Detective by Antony Johnston πŸ“š A great read if you enjoy a bit of …

: Finished reading: Deus Ex Mechanic by Ryann Fletcher πŸ“š

: Finished reading: β€œYou Just Need to Lose Weight” by Aubrey Gordon πŸ“š

: Finished reading: The Undead Mr. Tenpenny by Tammie Painter πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 10 by Ryoko Kui πŸ“š

: Finished reading: A Coup of Tea by Casey Blair πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 4 by Tomohito Oda πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Komi Can’t Communicate by Tomohito Oda πŸ“š

: Finished reading: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 2 by Tomohito Oda πŸ“š

: Finished reading: The House Witch 3 by Delemhach πŸ“š

: Finished reading: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older πŸ“š

: Finished reading: The Dinner Lady Detectives by Hannah Hendy πŸ“š

: Finished reading: The Art of Clean Code by Christian Mayer πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide (to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons) by …

: Finished reading: Battleship Leviathan by Craig Martelle πŸ“š

: Finished reading: The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik πŸ“š #Reading #Books

: Finished reading: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik πŸ“š#Reading #Books

: Finished reading: Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 9 by Ryoko Kui πŸ“š#books #reading

: Finished reading: Into the Wild: Wolf Girl 1 by Anh Do πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Wyngraf by Amanda Cook πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders πŸ“š An interesting take on …

: Finished reading: The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi πŸ“š

: Finished reading: Spells & Shelves by Elle Adams πŸ“š

: #Reading Finished reading: The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard πŸ“š

: #reading Finished reading: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Vol. 12 by coolkyousinnjya πŸ“šA good …

: #reading Finished reading: The House Witch 2 by Delemhach πŸ“š An excellent second book. Looking …

: #reading Finished reading: The House Witch by Delemhach πŸ“šoh yeah. That’s the good stuff. Fun, …

: #reading Finished reading: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik πŸ“šAn excellent book. The concept isn’t …

: Finished reading: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Vol. 11 by Coolkyousinnjya πŸ“š

: It’s half way through January and I just finished my fifth book for the year. Granted one was mostly …

: Finished reading: Christmas, Pursued by a Bear by Ryann Fletcher πŸ“šA bit of quick, simple were-bear …

: Finished reading: My Aunt Is a Monster by Reimena Yee πŸ“š A nice quick read, suitable for youngsters. …

: Finished reading: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree πŸ“šsecond read of this in 12 months. Still a …

: Finished reading: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky πŸ“šAn interesting blend of fantasy and sci-fi …

: Finished reading: The Fatal Flying Affair by T. E. Kinsey πŸ“š Another fine addition to the adventures …

: Goals for this year are simple. Read more books. Watch less YouTube.

: Finished reading: Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce πŸ“šJust finished what must be at least the sixth read of …

: Day trip down to Busso today to see family. Five hours of driving is also good for catching up on …

: 15 ish years ago I had a positive outlook on the world. It seemed things were generally getting …

: Finished reading: What Devilry is This? by Sam Cheever πŸ“š A quick, uncomplicated read. Light on …

: If you enjoy a Norwegian troll film then β€œTroll” on Netflix is worth a shot

: According to my podcast app (Pocket Casts) I’ve listened to 39 days and 11 hours of podcast this …

: There’s something oddly pleasing about this squishy Tetris. youtu.be/rm44SV8xU…

: After a day of trying Mastodon, it’s certainly capable of providing a pretty similar experience to …

: Currently reading: On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt πŸ“š Written by a professor and boy can you tell …

: My second shot at pickling stuff. Less vinegar and more sugar this time. It will be interesting to …

: Well. I’ve moved the blog over to Micro.blog from Blot.im. I’ve been thinking about this …

: An update on my iPad situation I recently upgraded my 10.5" iPad Pro to a 12.9" 2020 iPad Pro. It’s been an …

: Working from home because of the Covid-19 pandemic This is the middle of my 4th week of working from home as part of the social distancing process that …

: Some progress on my code project Today is the last day of a long weekend (for Australia Day), and I made some good progress on my …

: Finally, a Personal Coding Project Again It’s a been a long while but I’ve finally thought of a personal coding project that I …

: A new laptop (kind of) I recently decided to buy a second hand 3rd generation Lenovo X1 from ebay as an experimental …

: Work Update I don’t think I’ve every really mentioned my work in this blog. That isn’t for any …

: A long overdue update Today I decided that it was time to do something with my blog, even though I haven’t posted on …

: 2016 Catch Up So it looks like I’ve not posted anything on the site for close to two years now. Obviously I …

: My 2014 Reading Challenge Results Back in February this year I wrote a post about my goals for the 2014 Goodreads Reading Challenge. …

: Moustachioed Pig Tonight I wrote my first haiku for a looooong time (probably not since I was in school). I’ve …

: 2014 Reading Challenge Last year I started to really make good on an on-again-off-again goal of the past several years, in …

: Changes To The Site I’ve recently moved my website from being hosted by Squarespace to a more minimal setup hosted …

: eBooks - I'm Still Reading Them Back in early 2012 I wrote a post about how I had noticed that I was reading more books since I had …

: I Seem To Be Reading More Books What follows are some thoughts about a realisation that I first had several months back, and which I …

: Christmas 2011 (or The Fattening) So christmas 2011 has come and gone. I spent it in Busselton with my parents, Shane and Amanda. I …

: Making A Connection A while back I realised that, for me, a computer is primarily just a conduit to the Internet. Almost …

: Food and Drink and Money, Oh My! This will be the third consecutive weekend in a row that I’ve written an entry for this blog …

: Unicode and Fine Tipped Pens Update time! Work Work was a little unusual this week. I’ve been given the go ahead to work on …

: Catch Up (once again) and What's Been Going On Recently So I am once again, playing catch up for the last two or three weeks since I last wrote something …

: General Catchup Again it’s been a while since I wrote anything for this journal/blog or whatever the hell it …

: More gaming, more reading and some experimentation This week was a little bit different from how I would normally spend a typical week. For one …

: What I've Been Up To (Besides Not Posting) So it’s obviously been a while since I posted anything to this blog, despite my intentions to …

: Starting A Blog Why Blog? So, once again, I’m going to try and give this blogging thing a go. Not so much …

: Finding Some Thinking Space Lately I’ve read several articles/posts that have talked about the fact that in order to be …

: Progress? Not so much So the plan was to try and write a bit more. It would be fair to say that I haven’t really …

: I Want To Write More So here am, thinking, as I tend to do from time to time, that I want to write more. Once again the …