Book collector rehab (actually reading what you own accountability thread)

[Special_Guest]

@cafelatte

I remember that I can exercise freewill and end up disabling it pretty quickly

@Ayara012

I never last long on stuff like focus apps because I know all I have to do is turn it off

Yea it has an option built into the app that doesnt allow the option to be disabled. Well different levels but the strictest level doesnt allow for it, so ill toss it on for like a week and I have basic messaging access to contact family and like my email. but everything else I either cant access or its limited to just an hour a day. Its really nice actually. I recommend finding a similar app or I can even recommend mine if yall want.

[cafelatte]

@Ayara012

I feel like I remember a tumblr post at one point that was along the lines of “I can’t be my own boss bc I’m like, I know that guy, he’s a total pushover!”

Yessss thats me to a T hahaha

@Special_Guest

I recommend finding a similar app or I can even recommend mine if yall want.

Yes pls! I am curious about this app : D

[CatDQ]

@cafelatte

I’m just adding them to inflate my numbers…

I tend to use the “all time read” stats and just manually deduct any learner materials when using my profile. It lets me pin point how many of each book type I’ve read. Don’t be fooled by my higher level books and series, those are on there because I used them as test beds for to figure out what’s comfortable for me and I’ll use them as an improvement gauge further down the line when I reread/ rewatch them.

@obscureniche

Haven’t read any the past few days. Life suddenly has a lot going on. Some very sad things, some stressful, and some really exciting. My life is probably going to change drastically in the next few years. I really hope I’ll be able to keep reading even then.

Hope you’re ok and things settle down a little for you. It’s difficult when life happens at times but we’re here for you. I hope everything works out to plan and the good things increase. Good luck

@Rhynn

Also finished the second volume of よつばと！ today. There are definitely bits I’m reading but not understanding, but overall I’m getting a good idea of what’s going on so I’m going to keep going, and I’ll re-read them at some point in the future.

This is how I like to gauge my progress, by rereading something further down the line and seeing the improvement I’ve made. It’s a real motivation booster.

@cafelatte

I finished my first novel in Japanese!!! Wooooo!

おめでとう！ It’s an awesome feeling, well done
Reading digitally does help the transition from easier books to more difficult books since it makes it quicker to look things ip and gain better understanding. Good luck with your next choice too.

@cafelatte

I’m still confused about whether its a novel or a light novel

I always thought Light novels have pictures in them whereas novels are just text. Though I think the lines are blurred when it comes to deciding which is which.

@nminer

I’ve been playing a lot of Switch (in Japanese at least!) recently,

Nice what have you been playing? I recently picked up FF7 remake to play in Japanese (since the English version has Japanese text if you change the switch language to Japanese and there are a stack of other games that do too). I find even simpler games take me a while to get to grips with in Japanese though.

@cafelatte

This is going to sound like the laziest thing ever, but sometimes getting set up and cuddled up with my book can be a deterrent to reading.

I can’t use that excuse my bed literally sits right next to the bookcase pf all my Japanese books and I have a booklight set up at the right level and angle to read so it’s one press and ding, reading set up is all go but I tend to read only occasionally in bed

[cafelatte]

@CatDQ

おめでとう！ It’s an awesome feeling, well done
Reading digitally does help the transition from easier books to more difficult books since it makes it quicker to look things ip and gain better understanding.

Thanks! Yeah its much easier because I can highlight on my phone and click translate and it gives me the reading when I don’t know the kanji. Yay for technology.

@CatDQ

I can’t use that excuse my bed literally sits right next to the bookcase pf all my Japanese books and I have a booklight set up at the right level and angle to read so it’s one press and ding, reading set up is all go but I tend to read only occasionally in bed

Yeah but then you also have to sit in a comfortable position… pro of phone reading is I can lie on my side

[Ayara012]

@CatDQ

I always thought Light novels have pictures in them whereas novels are just text. Though I think the lines are blurred when it comes to deciding which is which.

I’ve also heard people compare it to them being a YA equivalent. I think it’s generally a pretty amorphous category, tbh.

@CatDQ

I recently picked up FF7 remake to play in Japanese

I keep meaning to do this, either with XV or VII (maybe not XVI because I think the setting would have some harder vocabulary involved). I actually started both of them just a tiny bit a while back but then stopped…I remember listening to Barrett’s speech in the elevator and being like cuz I got very little of it. Still, I think they’d be fun if I could just keep at it.

@cafelatte

pro of phone reading is I can lie on my side

I mean, you can lie on your side with book reading if you’re not a coward.
Your arm might fall asleep in approximately two minutes, but still.

[Noxsora]

There was a tofugu artical that using kindle to read Japanese books was painful
If you logged in with a non-Japanese amazon account you couldn’t log out and loggin as ‘japanese’ you need a seperate kindle eventho the hardware is the same! And you need a Japanese credit card tied to the account

[Ayara012]

Oh yeah, quick update - I only got a little reading done yesterday (finished my 魔男のイチ volume 2, started a little bit into ヨナ volume three) and I didn’t get to any today…but that was because I was taking one of bunpro’s mock N2 tests instead!

I was very surprised by how well I did, so I immediately went searching in the forums to see if their difficulty is accurate or a bit off, and it seems that the consensus is that they’re easier than the real deal. So I’m going to take my results with a chunk of salt and keep trying to get more reading and reviewing in before July.

[CatDQ]

@cafelatte

Yeah but then you also have to sit in a comfortable position… pro of phone reading is I can lie on my side

Very true I usually find a way to prop myself up without hurting my dhoulders or I just flip from one side to the other with each page turn

@Ayara012

I’ve also heard people compare it to them being a YA equivalent. I think it’s generally a pretty amorphous category, tbh.

Yeah but a few of my bunko light novels are most definitely not for YA audiences (liked the book covers so didn’t know this til they arrived)

@Ayara012

I remember listening to Barrett’s speech in the elevator and being like cuz I got very little of it. Still, I think they’d be fun if I could just keep at it.

I know Game Gengo did parts of a play through for it which may help understanding level but it is one that I struggle with a lot though my level is still kinda low (natively lv 24 is about my limit atm and even that is a stretch at times)