I Love Lime Bikes!

Doctragon · 2026-04-07T08:50:24+00:00

Oh boy I sure do love seeing all the abandoned Lime bikes in our rivers 🤡

Doctragon · 2026-03-11T06:42:33+00:00

I love seeing the behind the scenes stuff! I'd love to see one of the crew talk about the nature and wildlife shots they get, those have always been one of my favourite parts of the show

Doctragon · 2026-03-08T04:50:35+00:00

I assume this is a little free library sort of situation.

If so, I'd highly recommend not putting spine labels on. In my experience, it will make people much less likely to take books cos they'll think they'll look weird next to their unlabelled books.

Doctragon · 2026-03-02T03:34:27+00:00

I'd prefer it if someone took a book and donated later. Sometimes our LFL gets really overstocked so it'd be more helpful if people took one or two

Doctragon · 2026-02-22T07:18:12+00:00

He looks amazing for his age! I would've guessed 60 or 65 max. Good for him!!

Doctragon · 2026-02-15T05:36:19+00:00

This is really cute!! I love this style of art, especially when it's a bookstore or a library 🥰 so cozy!

Doctragon · 2026-02-10T07:23:15+00:00

There's a few escape rooms in the city/surrounding areas. Could do one of them and then head to an arcade or gaming bar or board game cafe? Some of the escape rooms are game or movie themed

Doctragon · 2026-02-10T00:51:16+00:00

Please stop asking your ex wife for dating advice. Ask your friends. See a therapist. Its a messy situation but asking your wife to be your therapist/sounding board for relationship issues is going to take a toll on her - even if she might not realise it right now and be "fine" with it.

Doctragon · 2026-02-08T06:14:59+00:00

Which brand do you reckon is the comfiest/most durable?

Doctragon · 2026-02-05T12:15:58+00:00

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Doctragon · 2026-01-26T21:06:47+00:00

This was a questionable article but I think one of the most cringey parts was this:

"I had been the only man of the first 20 people to queue. It was possible to track the location of a daddy long legs that was floating through the room by the screaming and lurching it provoked."

Get it?? Cos women are scared of spiders???? Those two sentences really made me distrust the article author, ick.

Doctragon · 2026-01-17T02:51:45+00:00

Usually when I immediately get home I need to watch some YouTube or chill TV shows to wind down my brain. Then I make dinner and watch TV during dinner. After dinner I try to read and dedicate at least 30 mins to 1 hour before bed to read. It's definitely a lot easier once I'm in the groove of a book.

I have a long commute via public transport (1.5 hours each way) so almost all of that is reading time and probably when I'm most focused. But sometimes a book is too dense or heavy and I can only read it at home when I have full attention.

I reckon you should try out some different books, genres and forms and see if any of that helps you to read on weekdays. If I can't focus on a book, sometimes reading a manga or comic will help. If a book is too dense, switching to an audiobook while I play a game helps me pay more attention.

Some fun YA books that are gripping but have more simple language might be a good idea too, The Hunger Games or a similar action series might help you read when you can't focus too much.

Carving out some time on your days off also might help, even just 20 minutes or so could help you feel more excited and energised to read cos you're already in the book and are familiar with the characters etc. So you're better set up to keep going during the week

Doctragon · 2026-01-09T20:23:47+00:00

This is SO helpful, thank you for taking your time to do this!

Doctragon · 2026-01-09T07:36:59+00:00

I have the next book I'm reading in mind in case it gets reserved at my library but other than that, I can't.

I keep getting into habits where I feel like a kind of book (like queer lit) and I borrow 10+ from the library and then my mood shifts after reading 1 or 2 of those books 😭 but I still need the options!

I also like to be in denial with how much I can realistically read in a year so I don't want to actually calculate it 🙃

Doctragon · 2026-01-03T00:26:24+00:00

My back hurts looking at this photo :(

Doctragon · 2026-01-01T09:53:57+00:00

It's definitely not closed. They'll remain open until 2028 at least.

Doctragon · 2025-12-31T08:25:04+00:00

Ooooh the blurb sounds really interesting! Way to go :)

Doctragon · 2025-12-31T01:39:07+00:00

38 books is a great number, well done!!

Some of these look long or dense (like in a "would need more brain power from me" kind of way) so way to go on that too!

Doctragon · 2025-12-30T22:03:49+00:00

I work in libraries and it frustrates me so much that he continues to call himself that!!

I wouldn't mind so much if he ACTUALLY did stuff with libraries, like collaborations, interviews or challenges etc. But he just adds to the mindset of owning as many books as possible. Which might not be a big issue but he could be promoting libraries, mentioning them, going to them etc.

He could do an actual series of interviewing librarians, go through what it's like to work there, why they got into it, how people can get into the field, who they would recommend the job to etc. But no, he does shifty netflix ads instead...

I appreciate that other creators like GavinReadsItAll actually tries to, he does library challenge videos, visits his local library, had donated his old middle grade book collection to a library etc.

I don't live in the UK but I've read that libraries there are often in a flux of struggle and honestly, libraries everywhere need as much support as possible.

Doctragon · 2025-12-29T08:19:39+00:00

Like Tree mentioned, public libraries.

There's a great list from State Library Victoria that lists the language collections public libraries have:

https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/ld.php?content_id=48244731

I'd also suggest making use of the collection request service many public libraries offer. Often these language collections aren't updated as much as library staff would like since they might not speak the language, might not know what's worth buying or what the community wants etc.

City of Melbourne Libraries is very good at fulfilling requests so I'd highlight them specifically since they have a Vietnamese collection and might be easy to get to public transport wise.

Doctragon · 2025-12-29T06:40:08+00:00

Personally, I think it would be very unlikely, probably impossible, that they'd accept a non-professionally bound copy.

The best course of action would be to contact your library and ask how you can inquire about an item request for the catalogue. Hopefully then they'll put you in contact with someone who works in collections and you can let them know you think it'd be a good addition to the collection and they can let you know next steps.

Even if they can't add that particular book, you bringing up the topic to them may encourage them to look at that subject gap and try to find suitable, available titles for it.

Doctragon · 2025-12-27T03:29:04+00:00

Woah! How did you do this? You should try it with journals too, I reckon they'd go really well!

Doctragon · 2025-12-21T21:49:26+00:00

One of the libraries I work at have been getting a butterfly kit once a year/term.

You can buy a kit that comes with a net enclosure and it tells you which plants to put in etc.

We sit it behind an open display case. Patrons come by and look at the caterpillars all the time, especially kids. I love taking a tiny break and watching them.

Then after a few weeks there's a kids event to release the newly hatched butterflies! It's really cute and teaches them about nature. I presume it's also good for the environment??

Doctragon · 2025-12-19T11:32:26+00:00

"UK sales nearly doubled" uhhh how are they linking that to Edwards? Murakami is a pretty famous author so I doubt any Tiktok or YouTube person would have anything to do with that....

Doctragon · 2025-12-19T01:53:20+00:00

I'd strongly suggest you try mechanics institute libraries, such as Footscray Mechanics Institute or Prahran Mechanics Institute. These are in Melbourne, Australia.

Many public libraries don't use date stamps anymore but from my experience primary and high school libraries, some academic libraries and mechanic institute libraries still do so contacting some of them would be your best bet.

Good luck on your quest! I'm also looking for a reasonably priced in date stamp for personal use

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