LongRedCoat

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LongRedCoat,

This is how I feel too. I keep bouncing off of them, but I really want to like them.

I'm guessing it's the top down camera that's the issue with lack of immersion.

The only CRPG I didn't bounce off of was Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Not 100% sure why that one clicked, but it might be the writing.

LongRedCoat,

I listen to audiobooks or podcasts while playing so it doesn't feel like I "wasted" all that time cleaning pixels.

I work from home and it's also great for helping me focus during meetings.

LongRedCoat,

No pressure (ha!) of course.

LongRedCoat,

As someone who has one of the non electric bidets installed and was afraid of having a puckered asshole the first time I used it, it's not that cold. And it's so worth it. I can't go back and will have a bidet everywhere I live in the future.

LongRedCoat,

I think I got lucky and got one of the models with improved battery (Onyx Boox Page). I've been reading the Trigun manga on it for over a week now and it's only just getting to the point where I need to charge it finally.

But good point. Some of the older models might have worse battery life to consider. I only have a black and white model too. Color might use more battery.

LongRedCoat,

I also read some things in the languages I'm trying to learn, and this feature is essential for translating words I don't know yet.

Plus, the backlight (adjusted for warmth so as not to keep me up) lets me read in bed with the light off and I don't have to get up to turn it off when I'm done.

I was very pro only real books for a while, and still am a fan of a real book, but the quality of life features of e-readers eventually sold me. Especially because night is one of the few times I can read.

LongRedCoat,

If I had a 17 year old I'd let them watch it. But, yep, only a parent can judge for their own kids and not a stranger on the internet.

LongRedCoat,

I'm all for getting more people into Trigun, but just a heads up that it can get a bit dark and has some mature themes when it's not wacky or funny. Episode 3 of Trigun: Stampede took a lot of folks unaware, especially since the first two episodes were more light-hearted.

LongRedCoat,

Thank you kindly! Off to do some shopping!

LongRedCoat,

I just discovered a cookbook called Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables by Joshua McFadden while looking up cookbooks to get me to eat more veggies. It's in the mail, so I can't vouch for the recipes yet. Apparently it's very highly rated though and I'm excited for some tasty veggies.

LongRedCoat,

Did your cat write that?

LongRedCoat,

Welcome! Grab a butter beer and chocolate frog.

LongRedCoat,

Well, I'm back...

LongRedCoat,

Metal.

LongRedCoat,

Quitting soda. Then much later, quitting sugar altogether.

LongRedCoat,

I literally just finished The Silence of Bones by June Hur. It's about a 16 year old Damo, or female police servant, who becomes wrapped up in recent murders involving Catholics in 1800s Joseon Korea. I quite enjoyed it, in spite of the main character being a little idiot sometimes.

I just started Spice Road by Maya Ibrahim, so I don't have much of an opinion yet. I like the wiring so far, as well as the middle eastern magic vibes.

LongRedCoat,

I just got bored with Dune once it started focusing on the Fremen for some reason. I found everything before that fascinating though.

I DNF'd Shogun around 70 pages in because I couldn't handle the repetitive and redundant dialogue, the awkwardly contrived info dumps, and the innumerable mentions of the size of the protagonist's penis.

Parable of the Sower was amazing, but too real. I couldn't handle it for more than a few pages. And

The Name of the Wind stopped being interesting once the mystery of the "modern" part turned into "let me just tell you everything over the course of the series instead of drip feeding the tantalizing the information to you during the current day portion."

LongRedCoat,

I do like that the cover art pretty much tells you what kind of book it is at least. It acts like a filter by itself. And some of the titles too. The tired "A Blank of Blank and Blank" and so forth. The marketing works both ways, acting either as a lure or a repellant. Ha.

LongRedCoat,

I finally just blocked that community, since it was so spammy. That and 196. Nothing against either community. I just didn't want other stuff becoming buried under them. Now I'm seeing a lot more variety in overall posts.

LongRedCoat,

I was looking for this one in the comments. Such a batshit crazy show that went in some very weird directions, and I absolutely loved it.

LongRedCoat,

A weird mix of a murder mystery visual novel based in Joseon Korea (called Suhoshin) and FF 16, with short dips into Goat Simulator 3. Taking a short break from Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, but I'll get back to it after these.

LongRedCoat,

Underwear. I'm okay with that.

LongRedCoat,

The lack of bloatware and the cost made me a Motorola fan as well. I also love that you can just shake your phone twice to turn on the flashlight. It's a little thing that I'm spoiled by now.

what are your favorite cozy reads?

Obviously, they don't have to slide into the cozy genre. But what books do you cuddle up with during a thunderstorm, or your variable weather of choice? Personally, Becky Chambers has become one of my favorites. I also read LOTR when I need a "good guys doing the right thing just because it's the right thing to do".

LongRedCoat,

Lord of the Rings or any of Jane Austen's works. Sometimes I'll just open them up to a random page and start reading.

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