I’ve gotten so lazy lately about only listening to audiobooks lol I’ve been making myself read a new physical book I have and I’m so irritated that I don’t feel like I get anything done with my day. What have I become? I love sitting down with a book but I’m having to retrain myself that that’s okay and not a waste of time. Audiobooks have let me read while also being so productive that it’s messed up how I think.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

I mostly read either physical books or audiobooks but sometimes I'll do ebooks. I used to pretty much only get physical books from the library but in the past few years a lot of my books I've gotten for free from a friend who loves thrifting and passed them on or that I've found in little free libraries. I have started buying more books these days though.

Sure! Here's my profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7991450-danielle Are you on Goodreads as well?

Oh. O: I prefer physical graphic novels and usually listen to audiobooks of novels if I'm not entirely into the narrator's voice. My library has a lot of nice graphic novels that are only on hoopla though. Hoopla is real nice though. I should go to goodwill or second hand stores more often... Some old books are hard to find.

I guess I am. XD I haven't really used it much. https://www.goodreads.com/kentkatana

Originally Posted by Suona

I’ve gotten so lazy lately about only listening to audiobooks lol I’ve been making myself read a new physical book I have and I’m so irritated that I don’t feel like I get anything done with my day. What have I become? I love sitting down with a book but I’m having to retrain myself that that’s okay and not a waste of time. Audiobooks have let me read while also being so productive that it’s messed up how I think.

I totally understand that! It's happened to me with graphic novels I own and when I try to work on art... Feel like I'm being unproductive and wasting time. orz

Originally Posted by Kent

My library has a real nice amount. * u* They tend to buy most things I request them to buy too! It's been so nice!

Maybe I'll actually keep track of what I finish reading this year...

Oh! I recommend the audiobook for The Great Passage by Shion Miura! It's been fun so far.

I thought I responded to this earlier, but now I see I haven't. I think maybe I dreamed that

You are very lucky then! We are lucky to have a library at all in my little town, and even the one we do have is a little one room not much bigger then an average livingroom (its an old house that they converted) so they don't have a huge selection and about half is dedicated to children. I'm grateful for that though, a place to encourage kids to read more. Its a dying art.

Originally Posted by Suona

I’ve gotten so lazy lately about only listening to audiobooks lol I’ve been making myself read a new physical book I have and I’m so irritated that I don’t feel like I get anything done with my day. What have I become? I love sitting down with a book but I’m having to retrain myself that that’s okay and not a waste of time. Audiobooks have let me read while also being so productive that it’s messed up how I think.

I feel this way way waaaaaaay to hard

The romance book I'm reading just went for a turn and I'm finding it a little bit hard to believe but not as bad as that other book I read recently and hated it so I'm going to keep reading. It'll certainly have a happy ending which I need ATM.

Happy Endings are nice hahaha.

I think my first venture of the year is going to be a book about Lucille Ball, from the point of view of Jesse Oppenheimer the writer of I Love Lucy.

That sounds interesting! I just picked up "Lonely Castle in the Mirror". I hope it will be good!

ooooh the title has me interested :O


I'm already halfway through "I love Lucy, the untold story". She's one of my favorite people, we even named a dog after her once (A little red Dachshund). Its sort and I'm so absorbed, it'll be done by tomorrow I'm sure

Originally Posted by Cora

I thought I responded to this earlier, but now I see I haven't. I think maybe I dreamed that

You are very lucky then! We are lucky to have a library at all in my little town, and even the one we do have is a little one room not much bigger then an average livingroom (its an old house that they converted) so they don't have a huge selection and about half is dedicated to children. I'm grateful for that though, a place to encourage kids to read more. Its a dying art.

Yeah, I'm really lucky to live in a city with a nice library system. ; w; I'd love to visit more small town libraries. o:

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

That sounds interesting! I just picked up "Lonely Castle in the Mirror". I hope it will be good!

Oh! I've been meaning to read that! Have it checked out from the library and everything. XD I watched the anime film based off of it last year and it was pretty good. A few unanswered questions though. I'm so interested to see what more the book has.

@ Kent: I didn't know there was an anime movie based off of it. What is the title of it? I recently picked up a Crunchyroll subscription and I wonder if it's on there...

It has the same title. Nah, it's a gkids film so I'd say, if you can, borrow it from the library? Or rent it on a streaming app. X3

Ahh, good to know. I'll have to look it up!

Originally Posted by Kent

I totally understand that! It's happened to me with graphic novels I own and when I try to work on art... Feel like I'm being unproductive and wasting time. orz

Originally Posted by Cora

I feel this way way waaaaaaay to hard

It hurts my soul a little. Like how am I seriously ruining the things I love for myself? Technology is melting my brain. I need to go out and touch some damn grass. Lol Not to mention the societal pressure to always be productive no matter what. Like your value is gauged off your productivity. We’ve been trained to have to do so much at once that just mellowing out with one task feels like a crime.

Originally Posted by Kent

Yeah, I'm really lucky to live in a city with a nice library system. ; w; I'd love to visit more small town libraries. o:

Maybe some day I'll take pictures of the library for y'all and you can see how small our library really is haha.

Originally Posted by Suona

It hurts my soul a little. Like how am I seriously ruining the things I love for myself? Technology is melting my brain. I need to go out and touch some damn grass. Lol Not to mention the societal pressure to always be productive no matter what. Like your value is gauged off your productivity. We’ve been trained to have to do so much at once that just mellowing out with one task feels like a crime.

I hate that we have grown to live in a world like this. Where simply doing things that take care of our own needs is considered the biggest taboo.

It sounds like the library in the town where my dad lives before they built a new one. It was literally the size of a doctor's examination room. The library here is actually very nice. They have tons of cool stuff beyond books including like a creator's lab or whatever they call it where you can do wood cutting and 3D printing, a flight simulator, etc. I'm not even sure what all they have I haven't gotten to check that area out yet.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

It sounds like the library in the town where my dad lives before they built a new one. It was literally the size of a doctor's examination room. The library here is actually very nice. They have tons of cool stuff beyond books including like a creator's lab or whatever they call it where you can do wood cutting and 3D printing, a flight simulator, etc. I'm not even sure what all they have I haven't gotten to check that area out yet.

Ours is probably just a tad bit bigger then that, but definitely not by much hahahaha.


But that sounds wicked cool! Holy Bananas :O

We have a 3D Printer at my work, its pretty cool ^_^

My sister has one! It's sooo cool! She actually 3D printed me a Hogwarts Legacy Demiguise statue for Christmas that lights up and everything. It's freaking awesome.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

My sister has one! It's sooo cool! She actually 3D printed me a Hogwarts Legacy Demiguise statue for Christmas that lights up and everything. It's freaking awesome.

OMG that is so super cool! I'm not allowed to do anything fun on the work one but I still think they are super awesome *TotallyANerd*

This isn't my picture but this is what it looks like:

Originally Posted by Suona

It hurts my soul a little. Like how am I seriously ruining the things I love for myself? Technology is melting my brain. I need to go out and touch some damn grass. Lol Not to mention the societal pressure to always be productive no matter what. Like your value is gauged off your productivity. We’ve been trained to have to do so much at once that just mellowing out with one task feels like a crime.

Sure makes me sad. I don't know how to convince myself that it would do me some good!

Originally Posted by Cora

Maybe some day I'll take pictures of the library for y'all and you can see how small our library really is haha.

I hate that we have grown to live in a world like this. Where simply doing things that take care of our own needs is considered the biggest taboo.

I'd love to see pics! o: I should share pics of the tiny library I work in too. o: Probably the smallest in my system currently, and one of the oldest buildings. It's like four somewhat large rooms worth of space?

So many things about societal norms that are just messed up. orz I think we're learning that the world needs more change though..? With anti-racism and self-care and inclusivity and such..? It's a fairly slow process though..

Wow! That looks so cool, zig! O: The quality looks so good!

Originally Posted by Kent

Sure makes me sad. I don't know how to convince myself that it would do me some good!

I'd love to see pics! o: I should share pics of the tiny library I work in too. o: Probably the smallest in my system currently, and one of the oldest buildings. It's like four somewhat large rooms worth of space?

So many things about societal norms that are just messed up. orz I think we're learning that the world needs more change though..? With anti-racism and self-care and inclusivity and such..? It's a fairly slow process though..

Wow! That looks so cool, zig! O: The quality looks so good!

I could go on a long discussion about anti-racism in modern society and particularly media but I'll try and keep it brief here. I think we are good in the aspect that we are starting to recognize the need for change but I think we've gone about it in a very aggressive and pushy way that its causing those that were Racist or bias in the opposite direction. It needs to have a very natural and gentle approach. It can be big, but it needs to feel natural in a way that makes people say "Ok I'm cool with this, this feels ok" rather then so aggressive that people are like "I'm not ok with this AT ALL". People hate change, and they particularly hate change in things they love so. Its causing the divide to be more pronounced.

@Zig! I love him! he is adorable ^-^

Originally Posted by Cora

I hate that we have grown to live in a world like this. Where simply doing things that take care of our own needs is considered the biggest taboo.

Seriously same. And I hate that people also judge other people’s forms of enjoyment. I like to play videogames, and I feel like my roommates judge me so much for it. Like what’re you guys doing with your time? Sitting in your rooms staring at different screens, be it their phones, laptops, or TV. A video game engages both the mind and your hands. I also listen to audiobooks at the same time. I think I’m actually accomplishing a lot more than them, and yet it’s considered a waste of time. One just sits around talking on her phone all the time that she’s home, and I talk with my friends on the headset sometimes when I play. How is me talking with my friend while I play a video game still somehow less than someone just sitting around doing nothing but talking on the phone? Make it make sense. Like why is that such a taboo?!

I’m also injured and can’t go do physical things, whereas they’ll sometimes surf or hike, so I think a lot of judgement comes from that too. Like just let me enjoy my simple little thing that isn’t hurting or disturbing anyone. I just want my books, my videogames, and my dog.

Sorrrrryy, rant over.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

My sister has one! It's sooo cool! She actually 3D printed me a Hogwarts Legacy Demiguise statue for Christmas that lights up and everything. It's freaking awesome.

That’s so cool! “Mine now, Demiguise.”

Originally Posted by Kent

Sure makes me sad. I don't know how to convince myself that it would do me some good!

If you figure it out, let me know, because I could really use the mindset too lol

Originally Posted by Cora

I could go on a long discussion about anti-racism in modern society and particularly media but I'll try and keep it brief here. I think we are good in the aspect that we are starting to recognize the need for change but I think we've gone about it in a very aggressive and pushy way that its causing those that were Racist or bias in the opposite direction. It needs to have a very natural and gentle approach. It can be big, but it needs to feel natural in a way that makes people say "Ok I'm cool with this, this feels ok" rather then so aggressive that people are like "I'm not ok with this AT ALL". People hate change, and they particularly hate change in things they love so. Its causing the divide to be more pronounced.

I like to see more media (books and movies and tv shows) with lgbtq and/or poc protagonists. I think that's a more natural way of doing it. I think it's funny when governments or companies are trying to push everyone to read a certain book or do required DEI training. It only works on those who actually want to do these things.

Originally Posted by Suona

Seriously same. And I hate that people also judge other people’s forms of enjoyment. I like to play videogames, and I feel like my roommates judge me so much for it. Like what’re you guys doing with your time? Sitting in your rooms staring at different screens, be it their phones, laptops, or TV. A video game engages both the mind and your hands. I also listen to audiobooks at the same time. I think I’m actually accomplishing a lot more than them, and yet it’s considered a waste of time. One just sits around talking on her phone all the time that she’s home, and I talk with my friends on the headset sometimes when I play. How is me talking with my friend while I play a video game still somehow less than someone just sitting around doing nothing but talking on the phone? Make it make sense. Like why is that such a taboo?!

I’m also injured and can’t go do physical things, whereas they’ll sometimes surf or hike, so I think a lot of judgement comes from that too. Like just let me enjoy my simple little thing that isn’t hurting or disturbing anyone. I just want my books, my videogames, and my dog.

Sorrrrryy, rant over.

If you figure it out, let me know, because I could really use the mindset too lol

I think it's the stigma that if you're focusing on video games, hobbies, etc. all the time, you aren't making any time for family or friends... The main thing I like to do in my free time is watch anime at the same time as my sister while we text each with real time reactions. XD I guess that's how social practices have become these days, dividing your attention between several things. But it seems people put more priority on being social with others, giving them your full attention, than enjoying a task on your own?

That reminds me, I really need to put aside some time for some minor exercise at least, like walking or stretching...

Would be nice to figure out an answer..

When I was in high school my grandparents would complain that I was reading too much. I was like WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND complains that THEIR KID IS READING TOO MUCH?! I was like...I'm not doing drugs, I'm not wandering the streets getting in trouble, what the heck is the problem here???

lol They just wanted more of your attention. XP

Who knows...

I just finished my third book of the year, The great Alone. It was a very long audiobook, about 15.5 hours, but it was good.