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I like how my Goodreads app summarizes my yearly reading.
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Although they jumped the gun on their annual count this time around.
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As I’d read another 3 books by January first.
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Does size matter?
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Not really, though they always highlight it.
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And look Brian!
One other people have shelved your book.
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River's world..... 
I haven’t read nearly as much this past year as I usually do. So many other things to occupy my time. Also, it’s getting harder to find books that I really like.
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I’m sure, out of that many books, there had to be a few clinkers you just couldn’t take. Is there a special shitcan section for all those hard lessons in literary taste you just couldn’t stand for one more page?
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When you mark it as read? You leave a starred review, 1-5.
I’ve left my share of twos.
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And now the government AND the book publishing industrial complex both know how much you’ve read.
Goodreads can pry my reading list from my cold, dead hands…
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If the government knows I’m well read? All the better.
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Hey…be safe my friend I.C.E headed to your state soon.
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Lewiston and Portland, I heard.
Both cities have a Somalian population, of hard working, fully integrated, business owners.
Can’t have that.
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I think one of the great accomplishments of my life was mastering the art of DNF.
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I finish 95% of what I start.
It’s got to be pretty bad for me to drop a book.
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You can also drop a book because it is gorey or gruesome. I would rather read something fluffy and fun than dark and brooding. Sometimes evil is scarier in reality but with novels, I don’t chose to read about true cases of certain crimes. I know it is out there but I prefer the mysteries with stolen monies, art work, but not murder, gruesome. On the other hand, I enjoy when there is a twist that you don’t see coming. If I don’t care for a novel, I usually give it a 2 or a 3 but I don’t say anything nasty as it appears strange or vindicative. I just keep it to myself. Most writers like honest reviews but not personal vendettas as it seems there is something else at play.
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I’m a lazy reviewer and read too much to write them. I just drop my stars and call it a day.
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Me, too! I read so much that it takes someone exceptional to make me want to write a review. Like Jason Summers, a self published Australian author or an unusual book or sometimes a new author, to encourage them, along. Totally agree. I do get lazy with reviews often.
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I don’t read books much anymore, but one of the great things about being on WordPress is following people who do. I see a bunch of recommendations, and if something strikes my fancy I’ll take the plunge!
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I’ve always been an avid reader. Can’t imagine life without a book in my hand.
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Nice, thanks for sharing your list. Mostly I only rate books if I read them on Kindle, since the app makes it easy.
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I’m an old school reader. Never digital, it’s a tactile pleasure for me. 😊
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Mariana Trench, eh? My pages might stretch to Lake Michigan.
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Maybe I should get Goodreads, I didn’t read as much last year, only 7 books total. I have Where the Crawdads Sing, and now I know why it’s shelved so much, lol.
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Everyone loved that book and raved about it. Me? Not so much…
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Thanks, River. I’d rather be at the bottom of a list that not on any list at all. (Unless it’s a list that the Trump Administration has put together. I don’t want to be on any of those…)
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Happy to help.
It really was a fun read.
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That is a LOT of books–I’m impressed.
Did you have a favorite?
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The next one.
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