#this keeps me sane

[bubu0h]

How I Manage my personal AO3 e-library Archive

Download everything I want/hope to read in EPUB format. I try to anyways... if I notice I got too many tabs open on my browser, time to download If multi-chapter remember first to press 'Entire Work' and then 'Download'

2. I use Book Story (Android App) to manage the mess that is my downloads folder - this app is a great book database manager AND scroll reader with Big letters as well - The app has this fantastic feature that allows me put the books into 'Reading' 'Already Read' 'Planing' 'Dropped' categories; I move the books around and it helps me keep a visual tab on them - , plus if you like scroll reading this one is fantastic at that as well.

Periodically I update the BACKUP of the folder(s) were the copies of books live. KEEP A BACKUP OF YOUR BACKUP , if you mess around and don't got no backup is really painful and irreversible.

On my computer I then make a copy of my messy ass downloads folder from my phone into my computer. While looking at the visual information the app provides me I delete books that I 'Dropped' and I move 'Already Read' books into my computer E-Library Data Base (I use Calibre) that's my main book hub where I will quickly notice what books need covers and I take my time working to finding an image I like for the book , so I can recognize them books by just looking at the covers I am terrible at remembering book titles

If you are curious this is what Calibre looks like - this is just AO3

3. To read EPUB books I use Libera FD Is frankly the best reader I have tried because I prefer page turning. If you like scroll reading Book Story is much better option for scroll reading.

Libera FD can customize pretty much EVERYTHING and is very very feature rich ( it can be overwhelming) HUMONGOUS FONT SIZE , you can download any font you want to use, replace words if I want to , it has OLED dark mode for reading at 3 am, you can configure it so it reads to you (using TTS) , several reading modes including auto scroll and speed reading mode, and so much more; the dev(s) are still updating and adding functions to it is kind of amazing I am probably not using it to its full potential You can sort books by 'Genre' which is how the app recognize the tags from the website.

Here some visuals of Libera FD (I wrote in the ALT of pics, click on it)

Book Story is a neat app , less overwhelming and the UI is a lot more intuitive. It looks like this for me , you can configure the essentials to your preference. Is a fairly new app be patient with it (sometimes just give two minutes to cook) , it is still being updated. The dev is very active if you got suggestion or present bugs.

4. How to provide enrichment to glorious magnificent authors , that share their passion with us for free. When you open any ao3 .epub on either of these apps the links are underlined. I tap on the link it leads back to the original posted website page at the beginning of every book you get from A03.

Tap the link, keep it open in your browser and star reading.

Open a note taking app.

I usually take notes about my silly musings as I read, copy quotes and whatever else I want to leave in the comment section of the chapter I am on. Cut and paste and that's it. I load the next chapter in the website and then continue reading the next chapter on the reading app (I comment on all the chapters if I have something to comment, sometime I don't have anything to say so I don't . Figure it makes authors happy and i find it very fun. Sometimes they answer back it feels nice) remember to leave kudos and comments specially if you are rereading.

I use Quillpad (android app) the most important feature of any note taking app you choose, in this case in particular, is that it saves your notes automatically (I used some apps that didn't it was devastating losing all my notes like that. I though that as long as I didn't close the app it was fine turns out not - some you have to manually save - and sometimes it would timeout and gone , all my notes gone. With Quillpad I haven't lost notes)

I haven't taken the time to figure out if Librera has a feature for annotation that could be useful for commentary note taking

I think that's all I can think of sharing on this topic. I am open to questions and adding things to this post with visual aid and whatever I can do to help , do let me know.

Keeping a copy of books safe and easy to find KEEP BACKUPS OF YOUR BACKUPS

-Updated Nov. 11 , 2024.

[getoismygf]

its that time again where i fall into my annual esc hole and rediscover old videos and every year i rediscover the switch song show in 2019 and like….

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABT THIS THAT WAS THE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMANITY

FIRST CONCHITA SLAYING HEROES

THEN PRETTY BOY MÅNS AND FUEGO(!)

THEN CYPRUS QUEEN ELENI FOUREIRA GOING OFF TO THE SILLY VERKA SERDUCHKA SONG??

VERKA FUCKING SERDUCHKA SINGING THE CHICKEN SONG??? H E L L O??

AND THEN THEY JUST SING HALLELUJAH??????ALL TOGETHER???????? WITH ESC WINNER FROM 1979?????

HELLOO??? DO U HEAR ME??? TRY EXPLAINING THIS WITHOUT SOUNDING HIGH. IT FEELS LIKE THOSE FILLER EPISODES IN TV SHOWS WHERE THE BEST CHARACTERS OF THE SHOW HAVE CAMEOS AND STUFF IDK THIS TICKLES MY BRAIN IN A VERY DISTINCT WAY

thank u for listening to my ted talk, this entire thing plays in my brain approximately three times a day and i needed to let this out somewhere. heres the link in case u wanna watch the thing and finally see the light

[sparrowlucero]

speaking of how to train your dragon and creature design, the shift from the really naturalistic art direction and character animation for the first movie's toothless- the face getting flatter, the eyes bigger and closer together, getting rid of the little realistic details like the dust collecting between the scales, the pink splotching where the scales end at the nostrils, the muted markings, the animation making a shift from largely realistic animal behavior to much more anthropomorphic- is such a huge downgrade to me, made worse because it's subtle in such a way that you will sound insane if you mention it

(huge L for the "the audience's capacity to find a creature cute and empathetic and expressive is directly proportional to how much it looks like a human baby" principle of character design because the first one is so so much cuter)

[morebird]

Enough waiting. I crave blood.

[toboldlymuppet]

newfound fave lil creachers

[to00fu]

[mangozic]

michael shelley I would die for you

[confirmeddead]

Armand really picked the worst guy to turn into a vampire and run away from.

He’s an investigative journalist and you’re a chronically online iPad kid. The moment you log in to play Minecraft, Daniel has his Gen Z assistant notifying him.

[starduststorm-art]

Because you're what's left, I suppose.

[sneakyxthexclown]

Me too, hon, me too 😌

Daydreaming about all the make out scenes we'll get once Stolitz are together again 😏

[birdiepfft]

inner child

orion pax ver.

[tsukinoshinjiu]

He loves her even more now. (Inspired by this twitter post)

[moonyflesh]

a collection of my favorite Steven Grant moments because i related to him more than i think is deemed healthy.

[kiivg]

.wardens are frequently secretly fond of each other.

[galacticghoste]

@head---ache BUBBLES🫧

[misqnon]

b99 joke