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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Mar 29th, '22, 20:35    
Amura

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Oh! McMaster Bujold!
I read some of the books in the Miles Vorkosigan series, and they were really enjoable.
Her style is very easy to read, and those space operas are light and entertaining.

I remember specially Shards of Honor. That "love" story was really a thing.
- I fell in love with you the moment I saw you for the first time.
- I was puking the first time you saw me ¬¬
- Yes, but you did puke with such a dignity!

Or something like that xD



With Terry Pratchett most times Time does not make any sense. So timelines do not have to 8D
I think the only subseries in which there is a certain arch in the characters is the one of the Guards, but that's pretty much it.



Well, I do use GoodReads so for all book reviews and such it's my usual reference.
I don't think there is any beginners guide, but I don't think it's needed either.
I mean, it's just a social media. But with books instead of photos of your breakfast xD

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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Mar 31st, '22, 01:06    
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.... I never really understood the social media stuff either though, so that doesn't help....


Yes! Shards of Honor was her very first book ever, too, and that level of polished prose and deep understanding of characters and grasp of plotlines is so darn impressive for a first book

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I want to buy or trade for these knuffels:
Earth Gen 18, Light Gen 19, Fire Gen 21, Air/Light/Water Gen 22, Light Gen 23, Earth/Light Gen 25, Darkness Gen 26.
Please PM me if you can help!

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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Apr 3rd, '22, 12:18    
Amura

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If I remember it correctly she released three books of the same series almost at the same time, but each of them was set in a different moment? Before Miles was born, Miles first adventures, and then Miles mature adventures, or something like that.

I think Vorkosigan's timeline is more complicated than Discworld anyway.
Because you would expect it to make sense, and events in one book may explain events in later one.

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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Apr 5th, '22, 10:50    
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I tried Goodreads but now I'm posting my reading logs and reviews on my blog instead. I could use Goodreads to track to-be-reads but... I'm still looking for something to track those on. I'm going to try Storygraph.

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Stroctoperry wrote:Because KofK trumps homework, for some reason.
Death Candy wrote:I just realized that "take out" means food, dating, and murder. And if you were a female praying mantis you'd have all three.
Akili Li wrote:People talk about bravery in these super dramatic terms like it only applies to soldiers going to war, but for all that I think true courage is found in the hard every day moments of social interaction and standing up for what you believe in even when it's not life-or-death, when it's instead a matter of approval-or-ostracization among people whose opinions you care about. That's harder, to my mind. That's an ongoing, you have to live with it forever thing, instead of one single moment that's the exception instead of the rule.
AsheSkyler wrote:Bless the modern era's availability of so much art and creativity. [...]our ability to connect and share such wonderful things makes it a good time to be alive. :qh:


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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Apr 5th, '22, 13:30    
Amura

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Storygraph is much cuter, but for some reason it felt less practical
At least for me.
But I've heard quite a lot of people left GR and moved into SG.

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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Apr 8th, '22, 15:29    
Amura

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Event time!

What do you think, is he pet worth it?
I think we need 41 eggs per day to get the full set, so 35 a day would almost do it... if one remembers to collect them of course.
I have bad memory so I'm not really sure I'm ready to pay an FC...

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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Apr 9th, '22, 07:55    
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The pet is a cute one to collect, even putting aside event currency, but the value of an :fc: has increased so much of late that I don't know how to judge whether it's worth it. I suppose it depends on how much someone wants the event items.

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Stroctoperry wrote:Because KofK trumps homework, for some reason.
Death Candy wrote:I just realized that "take out" means food, dating, and murder. And if you were a female praying mantis you'd have all three.
Akili Li wrote:People talk about bravery in these super dramatic terms like it only applies to soldiers going to war, but for all that I think true courage is found in the hard every day moments of social interaction and standing up for what you believe in even when it's not life-or-death, when it's instead a matter of approval-or-ostracization among people whose opinions you care about. That's harder, to my mind. That's an ongoing, you have to live with it forever thing, instead of one single moment that's the exception instead of the rule.
AsheSkyler wrote:Bless the modern era's availability of so much art and creativity. [...]our ability to connect and share such wonderful things makes it a good time to be alive. :qh:


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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Apr 9th, '22, 09:07    
Amura

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The pet is cute, and if you collect room items and you like pets for your knuffels I think it's really worth it - it's very unique!

But I am not into knuffel rooms, so for me it's only worth if it helps me get the avatar items.
And after a whole day testing I don't think I'll need help, I'm hopeful I'll be able to collect all the eggs for the event.

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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Apr 9th, '22, 10:47    
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Amura wrote: And after a whole day testing I don't think I'll need help, I'm hopeful I'll be able to collect all the eggs for the event.
That's good then, you can save that FC for MT/TT items :qsml:

I don't think I'll need to get the pet either. I'll be able to collect eggs by browsing around a good deal. And clicking through page after page of the foreign language hangouts when I need to collect eggs quickly.

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Stroctoperry wrote:Because KofK trumps homework, for some reason.
Death Candy wrote:I just realized that "take out" means food, dating, and murder. And if you were a female praying mantis you'd have all three.
Akili Li wrote:People talk about bravery in these super dramatic terms like it only applies to soldiers going to war, but for all that I think true courage is found in the hard every day moments of social interaction and standing up for what you believe in even when it's not life-or-death, when it's instead a matter of approval-or-ostracization among people whose opinions you care about. That's harder, to my mind. That's an ongoing, you have to live with it forever thing, instead of one single moment that's the exception instead of the rule.
AsheSkyler wrote:Bless the modern era's availability of so much art and creativity. [...]our ability to connect and share such wonderful things makes it a good time to be alive. :qh:


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 Post subject: Re: Casual conversation
Posted: Apr 9th, '22, 18:05    
Amura

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I just refresh the main page.
It's easy and it lets me see if someone has posted in one of those threads in which I am a regular.


And, yeah, saving up FCs is always good.
I've got a nice amount currently though, cause I just sold a bunch of old items.
I may spend some of them in item which are listed in the marketplace, I'm just thinking carefully about it but I'm almost decided.

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