As I fully expected, my reading time has taken a big hit so, out of the six titles I managed this month, four were audio books. With my time not being much freer going forward … and my eyeing up a couple of large books, it’ll no doubt be much the same going forward.
I seem to be making up for the good books I found at the start of the year as well … the last two or three months I keep finding some real stinkers. Hopefully everyone else is having a better time of things.
Books Finished: 2
Total Pages: 1,058
Audio Books Finished: 4
Total Time Spent Listening: 40hrs 53mins
Average Rating: 3.16 out of 5
Non-Review Posts: 3
Physical/E-Book Finished:
Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North
Audio Books Finished:
Swords & Spectres 
Mogsy was mentioning that she’s had a summer slump in terms of ratings, so it’s not just me and it’s not just you. Something seems to be going around
Is the lack of free time due to work?
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Yea, we have far less staff so I’m doing a lot more. Getting home feeling like I’ve been hit by a truck. My body is getting used to it now so I’m hoping page count will be on the up.
Ah, well at least I seem to be in fine slump company
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Yeah, the company is pretty good around these here parts 😉
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I only have really good ratings for oldies (Dune) or retellings of old myths – and manga! 😉
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I really struggled with Dune back in the day. Gave up very early on 🙈
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Heh, I feel Dune is worth reading, though certainly not without its faults. Are you intending to give it another chance?
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I’m not likely to try it again. Nothing reached out and grabbed me, sadly.
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And here I hoped for a heated discussion 😉 I see where you’re coming from, though: I think Dune makes much more impact when read early at the beginning of one’s SF adventure; then it’s fresh and new and utterly original, as it was at the time of writing. There wouldn’t be Expanse without Dune 😉
Anyway, if you’d be interested, here’s the link to my review: https://reenchantmentoftheworld.blog/2021/07/13/frank-herbert-dune-1965/
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Well, in that case, I’ll just silently thank it and keep enjoying the Expanse 😝
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