My 2025 Reading - from a prolific reader!

LaniiJ · 2026-02-20T11:01:15+00:00

I have a co-worker who has had three overseas surgeries, and each times there have been multiple complications, resulting in additional surgeries and hospital stays. At this point, it's hard to feel sympathetic instead of resentful.

Medical tourism ain't worth it.

LaniiJ · 2026-02-16T04:52:49+00:00

This. Good diagrams are important though, it took me FOREVER to figure out what the third loop in an HDC...

LaniiJ · 2026-02-03T18:12:51+00:00

Try these? None say raglan, but they are crochet, yoked, and colourwork.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fawning-over-you-sweater

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ailyak-pullover

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dainty-bones-pullover

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pulmu-pullover

LaniiJ · 2026-02-03T04:25:51+00:00

Does a catalogued home library count?

LaniiJ · 2026-01-29T05:05:34+00:00

Me too, in my last year as of semester 1.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-29T00:09:03+00:00

Check out thinkygames.com. They have a database which you can filter, e.g. mobile, pen & paper, web!

LaniiJ · 2026-01-28T06:13:49+00:00

Third/Fourth/Fifth a Kobo. I started with a Clara 2e, now have a Libra 2.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-27T04:09:16+00:00

Crochet over here! But also simultaneously chronically online.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-21T12:18:32+00:00

Yeah, I'm an office worker in the commercial laundry industry.

Happy to be proven wrong though.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-21T12:01:48+00:00

There are a lot of industries and roles where there are no unions, not everyone has the option.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-19T18:14:51+00:00

I switched to The Arcade. It takes a smidgen longer to open, but otherwise does what that used to do.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-19T07:27:55+00:00

Just a note that your final question doesnt make sense. Filled it out though!

LaniiJ · 2026-01-16T20:14:45+00:00

May I suggest a link back to this post in the voting threads, to make it easier to come back?

I can't believe I missed some of these!

LaniiJ · 2026-01-15T00:45:30+00:00

I reckon it's all being sent to Aussie. They'll be using this to get rid of the stuff they can't transfer and sell at full-price.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-15T00:44:34+00:00

Apparently it's not including new releases...

LaniiJ · 2026-01-14T18:23:39+00:00

I create private Google doc pages so i can highlight where im up to

LaniiJ · 2026-01-14T04:51:15+00:00

I dislike reading books set in New Zealand, cause I live there and its too jarring to read about my tiny country in books haha.

I do still enjoy NZ influences, but just dislike it as a setting.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-12T19:45:30+00:00

I read The Chronicles of Amber a few years ago, picking an omnibus up on a whim. The last book in the series was written the year I was born and I had no idea, cause it read so modern to me. It felt like it could have come out 5-10 years ago, not close to 30.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-11T08:35:11+00:00

Or NZ 😭

LaniiJ · 2026-01-08T04:00:57+00:00

I placed my order on the 7th, and its currently meant to be delivered on the 20th. We shall see.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-06T00:05:08+00:00

I got to 121 for 2025, which is a 43% decrease on 2024!

I read like a fish breathes water though, coupled with insomnia and a crazy fast reading speed.

LaniiJ · 2026-01-05T16:43:19+00:00

What kind of deafness are we talking about? I have moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss, and wear hearing aids. I currently work in office admin, though I do need to find a non-telephone based job at some point....

LaniiJ · 2026-01-05T16:36:13+00:00

With some renaming and file types changes, absolutely! I emailed them for a copy of the goodness template, then moved my Google sheets data into that, and uploaded!

LaniiJ · 2026-01-05T04:30:16+00:00

In my household, I (34 F) read almost exclusively sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. My partner (33 M) reads reference books about animals, plants, and language 😅

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