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ये दुनिया है या आलम-ए-बदहवासी? ہم دیکھیں گ
je ne sais rien, non sono qui.
Victoria Concordia Crescit
He/him, etc
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#Arsenal #linguistics #reading #ebooks #Aotearoa #GoldenAgeMysteries #JDramas #KDramas #OLDHindiFilms

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ronsboy67, to television
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Whenever I'm really enjoying a Drama like #CDrama 'Fake It Till You Make It", I get nervous nearing the end: "Will it stick the landing?" It did & gave me the rare treat continually upping it's score its score right to the end, finishing on 10.25/10 - SMART dialog, sweet, stunning chemistry between 2 skilled leads, the bonus is for the perfectly grounded feelgood realism of the very end. It's also seen #CDrama move from 4th to 2nd in my average ratings, bumping #KDrama into 3rd

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon

Martin Edwards
Madhulika Liddle
David Crystal
Terry Pratchett
P. G. Wodehouse
Margery Aliingham
Cecilia Peartree
C. J. Cherryh
Iona Whishaw
Francis Vivian

vaseline, to television
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Which side couple has a special place in your heart? @kdrama

ronsboy67,
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@s1m0n4 @vaseline @kdrama I have found many times that STPs are fun to follow, and have often rewatched Dramas for them, rather than for the OTP. Operation Proposal is great example. A Drama with a great first couple tbut where I still enjoyed the 2nd even more was Miss Korea. A with an OUTSTANDING 2nd pair tht I hesitate to recommend is King2Hearts - I hesiste BECAUSE the SEP is so good. Those whove seen it will know what I mean

ronsboy67, to Travel
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seeking @bookstodon help - looking for on slow train travel in all suggestion gratefully received!

AnnaAnthro, to random
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Oh my - a dilemna…
City in the City series just dropped on iQiYi.
About a bank teller & a bank VP in the Shanghai finance sector. Not usually a topic I enjoy.

Director is not that great. Script is based on a novel.

But wow… the MLs are super good!

Bai Yu Fan was brilliant in Ripetown, Reset and Minning Town.

Yu He Wu is a pro - Lead in Three Body, Rebel Princess and was crafty Cao Cao in The Advisors Alliance…

Do I risk it?!
Anyone tried it out?!

ronsboy67,
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@AnnaAnthro "City in the City"? That title t made me think straight away of a VERY different China - Miéville😀

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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4/5
@thestorygraph for "Steeltown Magnolia" by Melissa F. Miller, a tense and gripping series debut that I enjoyed, even while being put off by what felt like overt product placement for Apple being made integral to the story.
@bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/49233080-a64f-4e11-b0d0-c9da5a83a10b

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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TFW you're really enjoying a mystery/thriller but end up having to dock points from your review for its insistent aPPLe promos. On the + side, it did give me an opportunity to confirm my guess that "malophobe" is the word to describe how I feel about that company😡
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ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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The end of Daylight Saving Time last night emphasised that it's definitely Autumn here, but happily it's ALWAYS Springtime at Blandings and Uncle Fred in Springtime is the perfect mood lifter for the newly dark autumn nights.
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ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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Dennis Romano's "VENICE - The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City" was a remarkable read: 600 pages to cover 1200 years of political cupidity. Very glad I read it, but in need of a palate cleanser. And of course, "palate cleanser" is spelled with THREE letters

P
G
W

So even though it's Autumn not Spring up here near the top of the world, this is my current read

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ronsboy67, to history
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It took me 23 days to read the book on the left, just a few hours to read the book on the right. Both were thoughtful and informative, especially as the 1200 year old city on the left may one day end up in an edition of the book on the right, which features many drowned sites.
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Image shows the cover of the book "ATLAS of ABANDONED PLACES A journey through the world's forgotten wonders" by Oliver Smith

AnnaAnthro, to Korean
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#Korean Streamer #Kocowa+ Continues Global Rollout With Europe & Oceania Launch.

“Europe, in particular, has adopted the #Hallyu (K-content) wave.

The continent was recently named as the genre’s fast-growing market, with 13.2 million identifying themselves as fans, according to the 2023 Overseas Global Hallyu Survey.” #kpop #kdrama

https://deadline.com/2024/04/korea-kocowa-europe-oceania-streaming-kpop-1235873696/

ronsboy67,
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@AnnaAnthro It will be interesting to see if Oceania includes #Aotearoa , or only Australia. Some low-profile/ low-buzz but excellent longer #KDramas in the past have been Kocowa-only. Having access to them without needing an eye patch and a parrot would be lovely.

aldi80s, to books
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I gave up on

Need another good alternative for the control of books.
I wanna keep doing the year reading goal and other stuff.

ronsboy67,
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@aldi80s Have you tried @thestorygraph

ChrisMayLA6, to books
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At the risk of reigniting a debate that has been had in my timeline in the past... here's a report of a University of Valencia that looked at over 20 paper examine the differential effects of reading digitally & on paper.

The research confirms my experience (my own & in the reading of my erstwhile students) that reading digitally is less likely to lead to long-term educational (knowledge) benefits...

@bookstodon

https://www.upmpaper.com/knowledge-inspiration/blog-stories/articles/2024/makes-you-learn/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=PaperBecauseItsReal2024&utm_term=&utm_content=Image

ronsboy67,
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@adritheonly @ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon The professor enjoys reigniting this debate, and proselytising for print, if the number of times he has done so in the past is any guide.

WagesOf, to random
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So you're starting a new series and it has a prequel. Is it assumed that the prequel should be read after the first couple of books, or do you go for it first?

ronsboy67,
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@WagesOf It dependson length. When I started CJ Cherryh's Foreigner series, I read the 2 VERY short prequel novellas first, and was pleased I did. If a prequel is full-length, I more likely to start with first published.

ronsboy67, to books
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4.75/5 @thestorygraph for "The Book Forger" by Joseph Hone. Dr Hone has delivered a near-flawless template of how to write academic history brought to life for laypeople. A truly gripping story, one that was hard to put down.
@bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5a903c51-853b-42f6-8a66-ab5b403d74ce

leapingwoman, to books
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@bookstodon 22 of the Funniest Novels Since ‘Catch-22’ Because we could all use a laugh. Gift link.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/books/funny-novels-humor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck0.KmuI.eh8Ym-bSCOp6&smid=url-share

ronsboy67,
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@leapingwoman @bookstodon The Uncommon Reader
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fae0d123-346f-4bb8-9e8a-6ada38bc19d0

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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anyone who's read Deborah Crombie's Kindcaid and James series: I loved the first 7, but 8 & 9 both went VERY heavy on the past timeline device AND blended it with the present via various forms of psychic/paranormal woo-woo. I'm very much not a fan of either, so both together is just is ugh. Are subsequent books in the series similar? @bookstodon

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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No wonder people complain that English orthography is bizarre! 🤣 @bookstodon

ronsboy67, to aotearoa
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4.5/5
@thestorygraph for The Seven by
Chris Hammer

ronsboy67,
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@skua @thestorygraph @bookstodon Your'e absolutely right, of course

ronsboy67, to television
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An interesting difference between and fandom. Every.Single.Time I jwatch a K-actor's Insta live, there are ALWAYS commenters saying stuff like "Speak English" - no "please", and no acknowledgement that the celeb has the absolute right to use their L1.
I've been watching a actor's Insta live for the last 10 minutes, and it's all Japanese. I don't speak or read Japanese but I love that J actors aren't hassled by entitled fans demanding they speak English

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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2/5 @thestorygraph for A Finer End, book 7 in the Kincaid & James series by Deborah Crombie. My 61st book of 2024, it dragged my average down to under 4.1/5 , thanks to my zero tolerance for mysticism & mumbo-jumbo in mysteries. I skmmed through it 90 minutes, only reading to keep up with developments in Gemma & Duncan's lives. I hope the series leaves the woo-woo behind now. @bookstodon

ronsboy67,
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@tashasounart @bookstodon
I have enjoyed the development of the lead characters. Not just romantically, but as individuals with their own issues. Books 3-5 were the strongest for me so far,
I'm hoping the character growth continues, as it's something that I enjoy when done well, detective characters who age in more or less real time. It's a big part of the reason why Allingham's Campion is my favourite of the Golden Age sleuths, the way hs grew as a person and changed as he aged.

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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A Finer End, book 7 in the Kincaid & James series by Deborah Crombieset in Glastonbury & apart from all the tedious mystic mumbo-jumbo, the eons-old fixation on a tiny hill reminded me a Kiwi acquaintance in the UK who, when a colleague said he was going mountain climbing on the weekend, asked "Have you imported some?" 😆 @bookstodon

pussreboots, to bookstodon
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Five stars: What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman (2023) is a survey of our current understanding of owls. The audiobook is read by the author.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2024/comments_03/what_an_owl_knows.html

@bookstodon #nonfiction #audioBook

ronsboy67,
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@pussreboots @bookstodon This could be interesting, thanks. I've long been fascinated by the fact that the owl is revered as a symbol of wisdom in the West and contemned as an icon of stupidity in Indic languages

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