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Finished John Dies at the End by David Wong. It was okay all in all - imaginative, but not very well-written.
Started Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. I've been working my way through Murakami in publishing order for the last few years, reading one every few months, and it's time for this one. I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far.
People here have such impressive reads! I’ve read some three pages over the last week, for no real reason other than “life can be busy”. With such a low bar, I hope to read more next week!
I randomly started Deathworlders, suggested by another user, and I’m enjoying it more than I expected. It’s a light read, and a bit disjoint (as you’d expect from a serialization), but fun and with some good solid scenes. I plan on reading a bit more of it before dropping out.
Some weeks you read more than others, and that's ok. I finished my Percy Jackson audiobook and am finally reading the pages of my physical book today :)
I've been in a bit of a reading slump these past few days due to you know... gestures around broadly so I am still on my books I was before. I am still enjoying the Percy Jackson book, it feels like a nice escape from everything.
For whatever it's worth, I've both noticed and appreciated your efforts lately.
And just what I've seen of it via posts and announcements has already been enough to sort of vicariously exhaust me, so I can only imagine...
I'm trying my best to be optimistic but tbh if no real change occurs or solutions are actually proposed soon, I might have to shutdown for my own well being here as well. I'm really hopeful it won't come to that. I am attempting to sign up with Cloudflare's CSAM image scanning service as well as looking into ways to disable photo uploads since this instance really isn't even image focused either. If worse comes to worse, we could migrate to firefish I guess. I'm quietly waiting but very impatiently. I'm just rattled emotionally over what happened. I appreciate the support from the community a lot.
statement of virtual support<
While I love this instance, I would totally understand if you shut it down to preserve yourself. I think this little space is great, and I thank you for setting it up and being very on top of problems creeping up. I hope solutions will be found.
Aw I appreciate it. I can say as of right now we aren’t going anywhere :)