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Just unlinked my Kindle account because it duplicated entries in my Reading Challenge. Annoying!
Feb 21, 2025 08:12AM Add a comment

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Joy is starting Learn Ukrainian with Beginner Stories: Interlinear Ukrainian to English
so the first story is a kind of funny weird one about a grave-tending werewolf and the second appears to be about the Devil; I'm sensing a THEME,

If you're coming to this book right off the duolingo course, it's probably too hard. These are well above the cat sat on the mat level, I would probably call them Intermediate.
Jan 04, 2023 11:46AM Add a comment
Learn Ukrainian with Beginner Stories: Interlinear Ukrainian to English

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Please ignore my Currently Reading shelf. Apparently integrating my Kindle with Goodreads means that if I read the first few pages of a book that I'm *considering* reading next and then turn wifi on, it tells Goodreads I'm reading the books, which means that Goodreads is overloaded with a list of books I've decided for whatever reason NOT to read RIGHT NOW. *sigh*
Nov 03, 2021 06:30AM Add a comment

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Joy is on page 218 of 448 of Vita Nostra (Метаморфозы, #1)
I'm reading the English translation. Much different fantasy than I'm used to but it has drawn me in!
Sep 17, 2019 06:16AM Add a comment
Vita Nostra (Метаморфозы, #1)

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Joy is 88% done with The River Twice (Edge to Center #1)
This book is bananapants in the best way
Feb 11, 2019 02:56PM Add a comment
The River Twice (Edge to Center #1)

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Going through some recommendations and checking off some books I already know I read. Dates are sometimes only approximate within 4-5 years.
May 09, 2018 07:13AM Add a comment

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Joy is reading Starship's Mage: Omnibus (Starship's Mage, #1)
Some homages to other SF authors/series in here. An arms dealer named Victor Rotha, for example...! Heinlein station in an armed libertarian u/dystopia....
Jan 04, 2018 09:45AM Add a comment
Starship's Mage: Omnibus (Starship's Mage, #1)

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Joy is on page 50 of 350 of A Shadow of Gulls (Lugh Mac Romain, #1)
I have waited, like, 20 years to read this and it is paying off beautifully. STILL HOLDS UP!!!!!
Oct 09, 2017 06:52AM Add a comment
A Shadow of Gulls (Lugh Mac Romain, #1)

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I just moved approx 1 million books from "currently reading" to "did not finish" because, oh boy, I can't lie to myself any longer, books have been there years. NOT all bad books, may pick many of them up again, but not today, so...
Mar 01, 2017 06:31AM Add a comment

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Goodreads is...pessimistic, rolling out my 2016 books before 2016 is over. Don't they know I have 3 weeks left to read, some of it vacation?
Dec 13, 2016 08:05AM 5 comments

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I just received what I will call a "generous" amount of money in the Apple ebook settlement. Any suggestions of what I should buy first?
Jun 23, 2016 02:08PM Add a comment

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Joy is on page 372 of 432 of Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)
Now that's what I call a twist...several of 'em.
May 16, 2016 07:01AM Add a comment
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)

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Joy is on page 140 of 432 of Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)
Slow but rewarding. I think this is a book about the impact of flying cars on political philosophy, among other things.
May 13, 2016 08:17AM Add a comment
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)

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Joy is on page 30 of 432 of Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)
This came highly recommended. Really interesting so far.
May 11, 2016 08:52AM Add a comment
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)

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Joy is 72% done with The Red: First Light (The Red, #1)
really really good so far. Cyborged soldiers, villainous defense contractors, and a mysterious, meddling AI.
Mar 01, 2016 07:32AM Add a comment
The Red: First Light (The Red, #1)

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Joy is on page 65 of 1088 of Infinite Jest
There are two things that stick out in my mind: the tennis prodigy who can't communicate without doing Lord knows what, and the guy who has his dinner tray strapped to his neck so he can watch the books' TV-analogue. There is way too much about drug addiction.
Feb 23, 2016 06:33AM Add a comment
Infinite Jest

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Joy is on page 65 of 1088 of Infinite Jest
This book is very, very, very, very, very weird.
Feb 22, 2016 11:29AM Add a comment
Infinite Jest

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Just finished re-reading Bujold's entire Vorkosigan series. *whew*
Nov 19, 2015 12:28PM Add a comment

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Been spending the last few weeks rereading Susan Howatch's Van Zale Series. Still wonderful 30 years after the first read. Maybe on to reread her St. Benet's Series soon.
Oct 09, 2015 10:15AM Add a comment

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