There's the idealistic part of me that wants to buy a cheap fixer-upper to turn into my off-grid dream home and there's the realistic part of me that's like "you can't even change the battery in a smoke detector without throwing a temper tantrum."
What are your thoughts on DNF (Did Not Finish)-ing books? Do you feel guilty about it? Do you worry you missed out on something? Or are you confident in dropping a book and reaching for the next one?
At what point are you most likely to DNF, if ever? What sorts of things cause you to DNF?
@shauna@skaeth@bookstodon I understand completely. I read almost all of Seth Harwood's books, mostly crime novels but not all. Then I hit one that was way too violent for me and I stopped and never went back. He's a good author and a good narrator, but hey, it's crime...
Loved Scott Sigler's Galactic Football League series (SF), and I think he's got a new one out now. Pretty violent, but made sense in the context. Tried to read other works of his -- SF horror. Couldn't.
@skaeth@shauna@bookstodon Yeah. Heck of it is, I like Seth and I like Scott, and sort-of know them from when we were all on Podiobooks. If you like Their Sort Of Thing, I'd recommend either.
So I feel kinda bad, like letting down a friend. But those particular things of theirs just weren't for me.
@imyke Best mac of all time? Apple iMac G3/400 DV Special Edition (Slot Loading)! Why? It got my husband off of Packard Bell PCs FINALLY and we were able to fully become a Mac household. AND it came with "A Bugs Life"! What more could you want?
In my rush to get AI Inside out the door yesterday, I buried the fact that there is a video version of episode 0 for those who prefer moving pictures along with dulcet tones:
Here's a handy guide to check yourself against; which way do you display/store/shelve your #Books?
I have so many that I fit a number of different categories depending on which part of he house you're in.... I doubt I'm alone in my pluralist shelving habits
Words For Granted - specifically an etymology podcast
And... Looked through my 300 or so subscriptions, couldn't find others by title. I recall @grammargirl Mignon Fogarty's podcast was often good for that, but I can't recall the title. Others cover word usage piecemeal sometimes, so no help there.
Betting Ms Fogarty would have better suggestions for podcasts about changes in word usage, nu?
@grammargirl@bookstodon I read the LinkedIn article over, and I respect his views. But a million years ago someone pointed out dictionaries don't contain definitions (they're not definitive...), they contain usages. As with most things I "know," I got it from one source and don't recall what the source was. 🙂
Curate is fine with me. Reveal, well... Used to watch a lot of home remodeling shows, so, needs must when the Devil drives.