72-hour trainreads challenge

[rmc28]

Hello everyone. This weekend I am going to be on trains for about 12 hours over three days, and I would like to spend more of it reading and less of it doomscrolling. To join in the challenge, set a realistic goal or two in the comments and I'll make a check-in post in about 72 hours to see how we all do.

Comments

[rmc28]

My goals

• finish The House of Always if in the mood (and brace for it being part 4 of 5)
• if in a non-fiction mood, start The Procrastination Equation, as recommended by colleague at work
• if not, start Beartown
• fall back on the remaining Pern books if all else fails

[shanaqui]

Good luck! I like the fact that you have fallbacks/options in mind. ♥

[autumndaze]

I'm going to finish at least one book and 10 fanfics.

[fred_mouse]

Nice. It has never occurred to me to put fic on one of these lists!

[autumndaze]

Yeah I've never really been actively reading as much fanfic as I'd like to, but I've been getting more into it over the last few years, especially since I got back into reading more novels last October. A friend on here posted a fanfic tracker and I've been using it to keep track of stuff and really digging it.

[fred_mouse]

I'd be interested in hearing more about this fanfic tracker ....

[autumndaze]

It's just a personal one! Here's an outline, which you post in an entry at the end of the month:

Fic count:
Word count:

Notable fics:

And then you make little summaries for the notable ones, explaining why you liked them (or whatever you want).

[fred_mouse]

Interesting! I'm shockingly bad at remembering to update such things -- at best I might remember to go back through the AO3 and work out what I bookmarked.

[autumndaze]

Yeah so am I lol Basically I added a new tab to my Excel book reading tracker and just keep the spreadsheet open in the background on my computer, and update it as I read. It's still difficult, but it works.

[rmc28]

I love it! Any particular fandom?

[autumndaze]

At the moment, "The Owl House". But depending on how fast I get through this tag, that might change. I've got a whole folder of tags to browse when I have time.

[shanaqui]

Sounds like a plan! Being nosey, any idea what book?

[autumndaze]

Iron Widow! I just finished it a couple hours ago!

[rmc28]

I love that book very much.

[autumndaze]

Same! I really enjoyed it!

[fred_mouse]

I'd like to make enough progress on The Petticoat Parade (one chapter down) or Why you should give a f*ck about farming (just the intro so far) that I can finish one on the train to work on monday morning.

[rmc28]

Good luck!

[shanaqui]

Good luck! The Petticoat Parade sounds interesting...

[fred_mouse]

It is specifically about prostitution in my home town in the early parts of the 20th century, and so far has had so many interesting details. I've almost never read a historical book where I can visualise all the places being talked about (not the ones from the town inland so much, because it has been a couple of decades since I've visited there).

[shanaqui]

My goals:

• Keep up with my daily chapters of The Wood for the Trees (Richard Fortey) - ~75 pages
• Finish rereading Dreadful Company (Vivian Shaw) - ~300 pages
• Read Bitter (Akwaeke Emezi) - ~270 pages
• Read 100 pages of Hidden Hands (Mary Wellesley)
• Stretch goal: reread Ancillary Mercy (Ann Leckie) - 328 pages

This might be a bit too ambitious, with also needing to study and wanting to play FFXIV, plus some anxiety stuff going on. We'll see!

[kalloway]

I'm working, so I think my goal will be to spend a little bit of time on a video game demo (Bad North), maybe a VHS tape from the crate (random pick), and maybe some actual reading if I can round up the brain power (unknown).