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And now I just wrote 395 words of my mass effect w slight crossover element (you never knew you needed the Normandy with totk!rauru as garrus) scenario that I've been playing in my head for the past 2 weeks.

I'm not a writer. I've never even produced a remotely finished fanfic although I wrote some ideas/scenarios. I hated writing papers in school and always struggled to meet the page count. For some unknown fucking reason I decided to do nanowrimo - not legit just the general idea. I saw the post about writing 200 words per day makes you half as productive as Terry Pratchett. So I got a wild hair and decided to do 200 words. Now obviously it's only day 1 lmao but I wrote 361 words so I'm already ahead.

I have no idea what I'm writing I decided to just sit down and type no matter what garbage comes out. It's pretty much nothing but I kind of like it lol. I haven't decided if I'm going to try to keep writing continuously each day or just whatever comes to mind at the time.

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I'm not a writer. I've never even produced a remotely finished fanfic although I wrote some ideas/scenarios. I hated writing papers in school and always struggled to meet the page count. For some unknown fucking reason I decided to do nanowrimo - not legit just the general idea. I saw the post about writing 200 words per day makes you half as productive as Terry Pratchett. So I got a wild hair and decided to do 200 words. Now obviously it's only day 1 lmao but I wrote 361 words so I'm already ahead.

I have no idea what I'm writing I decided to just sit down and type no matter what garbage comes out. It's pretty much nothing but I kind of like it lol. I haven't decided if I'm going to try to keep writing continuously each day or just whatever comes to mind at the time.

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Just got an iphone (🙄 I fucking hate ios) but it was foooo freeeee and I'm trying to modify it to have some functionality. Just gonna list some bullshit

Bullshit keyboard

Can't pick exactly where to put cursor by touch

Photos - utter fucking bullshit literally no effort in allowing you to keep pictures organized

Can't pick where to put apps/widgets on home screen

The fucking rigamarole of trying to save a file. It should literally be so simple

That's all I have off the top of my head but jesus I fucking hate this bullshit

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How many books did you read this year? 19!!!!! ( that's a lot considering I've been languishing for the past......... Decade? We're talking one book or at most a few in a series per year, and almost always something I had read before)

Maze runner series (maze runner in 2022), Babel, Vita nostra, Fire and blood, To sleep in a sea of stars, Project hail Mary, Semiosis, HP 4-7 (don't @ me), Fahrenheit 451, His dark materials, Lilith's brood (I have 1 book but I guess technically there are 3 novels in it so I could up my # to 21)

Did you reread anything? What? Yes. Those which must not be named 4-7, fahrenheit 451 and his dark materials

What were your top five books of the year? Project hail Mary (favorite by far), Babel, and I'm gonna say his dark materials even though it was a reread

Did you discover any new authors that you love this year? I wouldn't say love but I'm going to look into Octavia Butler more. Also he's not a new discovery but my appreciation for Andy weir grew immensely (I LOVED the Martian)

What genre did you read the most of? Science fiction I guess

Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to? Yes a lot

Did you meet any of your reading goals? Pretty much my only goal was to read. So yes

Did you get into any new genres? Not really

Any books that disappointed you? I wanted to like vita nostra more (hence the blog name 😂) but I didn't really feel satisfied with the ending

What were your least favorite books of the year? Nothing I really didn't like but vita nostra I guess

What books do you want to finish before the year is over? No more! It's now new years eve eve and I just finished Lilith's brood so I'm done

Did any books surprise you with how good they were? Babel by rf kuang. It wasn't what I expected but it was really good and it made me cry a lot

How many books did you buy? A lot. I wanted to make sure I always had another book I wanted to read after I finished one so I wouldn't stall

Did you use your library? No, I would like to but I never got around to it

What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations? Right now I'm waiting for alecto the ninth and it's not out yet so......

Did you participate in or watch any booklr, booktube, or book twitter drama? Absolutely not lol

What’s the longest book you read? That's gotta be fire and blood

What’s the fastest time it took you to read a book? One day

Did you DNF anything? Why? I guess I started dragonflight and didn't get very far but I didn't have anything this year that I decided I wasn't going to finish. I'm still planning on reading it at some point

What reading goals do you have for next year? If I can read a book a month that will be a success for me! (That was low key my goal for this year but I didn't want to pressure mysef) I need to go shopping lol

end-of-year book ask

How many books did you read this year?

Did you reread anything? What?

What were your top five books of the year?

Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

What genre did you read the most of?

Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

What was your average Goodreads rating? Does it seem accurate?

Did you meet any of your reading goals? Which ones?

Did you get into any new genres?

What was your favorite new release of the year?

What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

Any books that disappointed you?

What were your least favorite books of the year?

What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

Did you read any books that were nominated for or won awards this year (Booker, Women’s Prize, National Book Award, Pulitzer, Hugo, etc.)? What did you think of them?

What is the most over-hyped book you read this year?

Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

How many books did you buy?

Did you use your library?

What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

Did you participate in or watch any booklr, booktube, or book twitter drama?

What’s the longest book you read?

What’s the fastest time it took you to read a book?

Did you DNF anything? Why?

What reading goals do you have for next year?

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😃 I'm going to go through this later

I actually read a lot this year 😃

end-of-year book ask

How many books did you read this year?

Did you reread anything? What?

What were your top five books of the year?

Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

What genre did you read the most of?

Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

What was your average Goodreads rating? Does it seem accurate?

Did you meet any of your reading goals? Which ones?

Did you get into any new genres?

What was your favorite new release of the year?

What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

Any books that disappointed you?

What were your least favorite books of the year?

What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

Did you read any books that were nominated for or won awards this year (Booker, Women’s Prize, National Book Award, Pulitzer, Hugo, etc.)? What did you think of them?

What is the most over-hyped book you read this year?

Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

How many books did you buy?

Did you use your library?

What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

Did you participate in or watch any booklr, booktube, or book twitter drama?

What’s the longest book you read?

What’s the fastest time it took you to read a book?

Did you DNF anything? Why?

What reading goals do you have for next year?

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Finished maze runner series

Finished babel

Finished vita nostra

Finished fire and blood (quite long, took almost a month)

Now reading to sleep in a sea of stars

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So I finished vita nostra... My assessment is simply: what the fuck. Lol

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I did a 4x1k and after the first one I went downstairs to check my dinner (slow cooking) and when I went back upstairs I felt amazing. I was like holy shit I am so strong so swole I am sinew and strength I am levitating up these stairs my body is so healthy

And after the second one I was like

JELLY LEGSSSSSSSS

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In addition to my non-resolution to exercise I have a non-resolution to read more. I used to read nonstop when I was in grade school and I have read almost nothing in years. I have piles of books I bought and never read. This year I already read the whole maze runner series (yes they are pretty quick reads but still 5 books) and a larger book, babel by rf kuang and about to finish vita nostra.

It definitely helps to have a new book picked out before I finish one so I don't stall. Also my husband is watching this terrible Spanish soap opera which is on every night so I am getting a built in time period to read every night

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so I was on the rowing team in college and it's been almost 10 years since I was in a boat and almost that long since I did any regular physical activity. I got a concept2 a long time ago used it like 10 times and had to sell it for car repairs. I got another one recently and I've actually been using it. I still have some of the training plans/logs/whatever from college and I've been doing some workouts.

I have been pretty surprised with myself completing what I tell myself I will do instead of quitting part way through like I did before. I am extremely lazy and always give myself outs with everything - work, chores, errands. If it's not absolutely necessary I will put it off and laze about instead. I automatically give myself outs with exercising but now it has been easy for me to do it anyway. I didn't really make a new years resolution but I'm trying to make this a habit.