hey y’all just wanted to get a convo post out this week

big question is do y’all count rereads in your yearly challenge count?

tell me about your reads + any good news you want to share (personal news or not)

"It hauls itself onto the bank, a waterlogged water bird, its feathers in need of drying before it can fly out to its roost. As the rain subsides and the ground is pungent with relief, its fellow darters are already standing along the river's edge. Their widespread wings are banners, slowly steaming in the sun."

how gorgeous is this passage 😭 the documentary playing in my head right now is better than any tv series i've ever watched. everything is so alive, from the birds to the water to the ground itself.

serial reader is a free app on ios and android that sends you chunks of classic books to read every day! as someone who is trying to read more classics (trying being the key word here lmao) this seems like it would be a good option to try out! has anyone used this before? how has your experience been?

eta: i've downloaded it on my ipad and the UI is pretty clean! so far i've subscribed to one book (the metamorphosis by franz kafka) and it looks each serial you get is 10 minutes of reading! you also know ahead of time how many issues one book is (9 for metamorphosis). to take notes and highlight you have to upgrade, which is $2.99, it seems to be just a one time purchase which i really appreciate! if you upgrade, you can add your own ebooks too. i'm gonna try it out without upgrading for a bit just to see how it goes and then i'll update if i do decide to upgrade 🙂‍↕️

edit number 2, electric boogaloo: i said fuck it and upgraded bc it's 2.99 and i need to be able to highlight

In light of the recent newsletter, I’m curious to know where everyone stands in the streak length percentage? In my case my streak is m on 60+, closer to 70, days, so that files me within the 6 percent!