Books in August
8I SWORE I would stop buying e-books after my Gladys Mitchell splurge, but damn it, Amazon has the first two books in Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun bundled for $2.99 today. And that’s a good deal. I actually own the series in hard copies except for The Shadow of the Torturer, but it’s been sitting in my wish list anyway.
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Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock Kindle Edition
by Pete Fornatale
$1.99 at Amazon till midnight PT
https://smile.amazon.com/Back-Garden-Woodstock-Pete-Fornatale-ebook/dp/B002DBIO84/ref=sr_1_3?crid=NK89YSY0XS2K&keywords=back+to+the+garden&qid=1564720296&s=digital-text&sprefix=Back+to+the+g%2Cdigital-text%2C232&sr=1-3
Currently reading “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah and I cannot put it down!!
The Great Alone: A Novel https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312577230/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_QPcvDbGJ38W6T
We’re all gonna die.
The government can’t contain it. The military can’t fight it. This is A Time To Die.
A Time To Die (Turning Point Book 1), 5 stars 27 reviews, 557 pages, 99 cents.
https://www.amazon.com/Time-Die-Turning-Point-Book-ebook/dp/B0787VQ8RJ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1565993298&sr=8-3
@Barney
you have so far gotten me to spend a fair amount of $ anticipating my death. Hope it’s entertaining.
@Barney @f00l um, where are the books where the protagonists cuddle with fuzzy unicorns? Sign me up, plz, tyty
@f00l @UncleVinny OK. No more death.
@Barney @UncleVinny
Hey!
Unlike @UncleVinny, I want more ways in which we are all gonna die! Please don’t stop! My remark was intended as appreciative, not critical!
Esp can you find a long, involved series in which we all done in by exposure to serial-killing-fairy-lighted-sparkly-fuzzy-cuddly-cute unicorns from the Dark Side?
@Barney @f00l @UncleVinny We could all split the difference and read The Last Unicorn.
@Barney @f00l @mossygreen @UncleVinny Nope, I’m gonna queue up the Unicorn Western 9 book series on my Kindle and forget about the end of the world. Wait- I think the end of the world was in there too.
Rise of the Dead (Book 1 of 3), 323 pages, 4 1/2 stars (146 reviews), 99 cents.
We’re all gonna die! This time we a zombie problem.
https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Dead-ROTD-Book-1-ebook-dp-B01CRGCZIE/dp/B01CRGCZIE/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1564787879
Late notice, but some interesting stuff in kindle deals today.
https://smile.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=n%3A7533915011&lo=list&qid=1564977673&ref=sr_pg_1
I’m very tempted by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s first Mycroft Holmes book for $1.99, which I’ve been meaning to read since before it came out but somehow forgot about until he joined the writing staff of Veronica Mars, but my local library has it and perhaps my money is better spent on weird stuff that’s harder to find.
https://smile.amazon.com/Mycroft-Holmes-Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar-ebook/dp/B00S3OY57E/ref=sr_1_23?qid=1564929126&s=digital-text&smid=A2I7XF9DBAIE0U&sr=1-23
Amz: Steelheart (Reckoners Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson - Buy the Kindle version for $2, add the Audible version for $4*.
Six bucks for both versions is pretty fair if you like Brandon “the man of a thousand book serials” Sanderson. I don’t recall reading anything from him besides the first Legion book (didn’t dig it), but I know there are several rabid fans out there who love them some Brandon.
*On the Kindle Store product page, click the “Add Audible book to your purchase for just $3.99” checkbox before buying the Kindle book
@ruouttaurmind
Sanderson is the guy chosen by author Robert Jordon to finished the Wheel Of Time series after Robert Jordon’s decline and death.
That series is good but had gotten completely out of hand “sprawling” by the time of Jordon’s death.
Sanderson had Jordon’s notes. He prob did as good a job pulling the story together for the completion as anyone could have.
We’re not gonna die, at least today. The future is in our children.
Amazon/Audible has 50 classic children’s stories for 82 cents.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W49HC6D/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=50+classic+childrens+stories+audible&qid=1565315287&s=gateway&sr=8-3
I’m not sure if this has been posted before, but I decided that it wouldn’t hurt to post it again.
And I didn’t decrapify the URL.
@Barney Here ya go Barn, let me help, @sammydog showed me what to do:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W49HC6D/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=50+classic+children’s+stories+for+82+cents.&qid=1565317984&s=audible&sr=1-1-fkmr0
@therealjrn Uh, thanks a lot.
@Barney Always glad to help!
I got an email with a book for $1. It sounds good anyway- A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell. I picked up all four books of the trilogy.
https://www.amazon.com/Those-Faces-Dublin-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B01LB4O01I/ref=pd_sim_351_3/143-5290461-5932340?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01LB4O01I&pd_rd_r=15e4bb08-9b9f-463e-8694-352eae478466&pd_rd_w=ktc2R&pd_rd_wg=inazl&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=R805PB6HSQBJ5P45MFK3&psc=1&refRID=R805PB6HSQBJ5P45MFK3
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-daily-find/_/N-1p60
https://smile.amazon.com/Electric-Kool-Aid-Acid-Test-ebook/dp/B0046A9M7M/
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by [Wolfe, Tom]
$2.99 today
BN and Amazon
We’re all gonna die.
People are randomly and savagely attacking one another all along the East Coast from Maine to Florida. Some speculate it may be related to strange lights that have appeared in the sky above the outbreaks. Before any solid conclusions can be drawn, however, the brutality spreads, sweeping across the country until it hits Houston, then proceeds on to the West Coast. Robert, a handful of classmates, and a few others manage to survive the first wave and find themselves in the midst of civilization’s blackest hour, surrounded by pandemonium, bloodshed, and masses of people who have been stripped of their humanity. Hours later, as those strange lights continue to dominate the sky, the vicious horde undergoes a new transformation.
The Light: Houston, Texas
New book, only 11 reviews (4 1/2 stars), 538 pages, 99 cents. I’ve got a feeling this is going to turn into a series of books.
https://www.amazon.com/Light-Houston-Joe-M-Solomon-ebook/dp/B07PNHSCFG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1565452052&sr=8-1
@Barney Oh! I can’t hardly wait for The Light: Die Harder!
We’re all gonna die. Oops, maybe we all did.
Without warning, the world comes to an end. The sky looms frigid white. The electric grid falters. Airplanes everywhere crash to the ground.
Within moments, the sky comes down in a crushing sheet of light, and everything and everyone are gone—except for Hannah and Amanda Given. Saved from destruction by three fearsome and powerful beings, the Given sisters suddenly find themselves elsewhere: a strange new Earth where restaurants move through the air like flying saucers and the fabric of time is manipulated by common household appliances.
The Flight of the Silvers (Book one), 255 reviews, 4 1/2 stars, 688 pages, $1.99 (Yep, big bucks)
https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Silvers-Book-ebook/dp/B00DGZKHRC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JS8ZS2QHJV0S&keywords=the+flight+of+the+silvers&qid=1565546768&s=gateway&sprefix=the+flight+of+the+slivers%2Caps%2C471&sr=8-1
I don’t think I’m gonna read it. Maybe.
We’re all gonna die. People are dropping like flies and it’s all medicine’s (or something like that) fault.
The Long Night (The complete box set), Ready to gamble? There’s no reviews! 1138 pages, 99 cents
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Night-Box-Set-Complete-ebook/dp/B07W97JSJP/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+long+night+box+set&qid=1565547811&s=gateway&sr=8-2
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Three-Body Trilogy comes Supernova Era. Enter for your chance to win an early review copy!
In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end.
https://read.macmillan.com/promo/supernovaerasweepstakes/?utm_source=exacttarget&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=na-torbooksnewsletter&utm_content=na-readblog-nl&utm_campaign=torbooksnewsletter&e=226b67c3e6bcbcfa29dea92f7e9d3edc74972d46f66e1d863babea1662a2d4f2
@therealjrn We’re all gonna die?
We’re all gonna die, @Barney.
@therealjrn That’s what I thought.
@Barney I just finished John Dies at the End and am in the middle of The Bird Box. We are definitely all gonna die.
@sammydog01 That’s what I thought.
The free Tor.com eBook Club Selection for August 2019
THE NECESSARY BEGGAR
by Susan Palwick
Download your free copy
THE NECESSARY BEGGAR
Lémabantunk, the Glorious City, is a place of peace and plenty, of festivals and flowers, bejeweled streets and glittering waterfalls.
Accused of an unforgivable crime, Darrotti and his entire family now face exile to the unknown world that lies beyond a mysterious gate.
That world?
America just a few years hence.
Unable to explain their origin, the family is rapidly remanded to an internment camp in the Nevada desert, along with thousands of other refugees. There they endeavor to make sense of this ill-fated land where strange gods are worshipped, and living things like flowers and insects are not respected.
It is Zamatryna who is the quickest to adjust to this strange new world. It is she who is the first to learn its language, to adopt its customs, to accept this place as her new home. And, as the strain of adapting themselves to this new life begins to tear the family apart, it is Zama, sustained by the extraordinary love of an ordinary young man, who finds a way to heal their grief and give them new hope.
Download before 11:59 PM ET, August 16th, 2019.
Ooh, Gene Wolfe’s The Urth of the New Sun is $2.99 today on Kindle. Not as good a deal as the first two books for a dollar less, but if you want the whole series it’s nice. Now I’m worried that the second two books were on sale and I missed it. They’ve had a Gene Wolfe book pretty much every day this week. No link because I’m lazy and on my phone.
We’re all gonna die. Actually, we all have died.
Long after the world has died, one man goes on a journey to save a single soul and ends up changing the lives of countless others.
For Jack Avery, living among the ruins of the outer zone and scavenging to survive is not the worst of nightmares. Something haunts him far more than any hunter patrol. In one short moment, two years before, something happened that changed him. This story is about his journey through the apocalypse, but also through his own regrets and doubts.
Are there second chances?
Can Jack find the answer to his torment among the shattered ruins of the past?
Thrown Away: The Complete Post Apocalyptic Series (Parts 1-7), 4 1/2 stars, only 26 reviews, 510 pages. $1.25
https://www.amazon.com/Thrown-Away-Complete-Apocalyptic-Parts-ebook/dp/B07PNR7QDD/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1N5I626VPEBLX&keywords=thrown+away&qid=1565962163&s=digital-text&sprefix=thrown+away%2Caps%2C182&sr=1-3
For @UncleVinny, There’s a book called Unicorn Western. It’s about a gunslinger who rides a talking unicorn named Edward. The authors had a friend who bet them they couldn’t write a western without a lot of research. He lost.
I read the entire series, their book about a fat vampire, and kickstarted a book about writing. Me a fan girl? Maybe?
https://www.amazon.com/Unicorn-Western-Johnny-B-Truant-ebook/dp/B00AR7YTBM/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=unicorn+western+book&qid=1566043579&s=gateway&sr=8-5
@sammydog01 I almost forgot the chupacabra books. I read those too.
@sammydog01 that’s…deeply crazy.
So crazy it just might twerk!
@sammydog01 @UncleVinny
@therealjrn @UncleVinny I built one of these. Maybe it needs fur?
@sammydog01 @therealjrn Dionysus bless you both for keeping the twerk fires burning
@sammydog01 @UncleVinny and a little blue shirt.
…and no pants…
Aw weird, Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman is a kindle daily deal! It’s kind of terrible, so you probably shouldn’t buy it, but it’s so strange to see it there I couldn’t let it pass without comment.
https://smile.amazon.com/Tarnsman-Gor-Gorean-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B00J84L0XK/ref=lp_6165851011_1_13?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1565106147&sr=1-13
If you’re not familiar with the series, it consists of 35 fantasy books taking place in a vaguely Greco-Roman culture on a planet opposite earth, focused with increasing intensity on the natural inferiority of women and borderline SM porn. There is a lot of plot recycling. I would say the first five are potentially worth reading, the next nine are interesting in a “what if other Earth cultures also had female sex slaves” way, the three after that are particularly insanely anti-feminist, the two after that are about Native American cultures for some reason (but with female sex slaves, of course), the next two are kind of more porn than anything else, after that I would probably give up.
This first book is about Tarl Cabot, kidnapped from Earth and taken to Gor, where he learns to be a warrior, rides on a giant bird of prey, falls in love, has adventures, meets a giant talking spider (I think), and oh yes, there are female sex slaves. It’s pretty mild, considering what the series becomes.
@mossygreen If i remember correctly, it took him a few books to completely objectify women.
I confess that i read maybe seven or eight in my youth (when they were in book stores) and saw the movie.
While I’m at it, i confess to having read and enjoyed Atlas Shrugged.
Stupid youth.
@craigthom This is true; it’s mildly fascinating (to me) to follow John Norman’s writing evolution. Women are still written as (potentially) people up through whichever book Tarl’s enslaved by a woman in the swamps and becomes Bosk (I mean, stupid, inferior people, but redeemable as characters). I don’t know if he decided that’s where the money was, or if he just got more open about his own interests and prejudices. Probably both, but there are minor female characters in some books which I suspect were based on co-workers or students, which is really gross, so I lean more towards the latter. Anyway, the diminishing returns kick in after Assassin of Gor, so your reading history makes perfect sense to me if you started at the beginning (it was the Boris covers, right?).
I read Anthem and enjoyed it, then tried We the Living and couldn’t get past the first few pages. Probably a lucky break…
@craigthom @mossygreen
Doesn’t everyone go thru an Ayn Rand reading phase somewhere between late elementary school and HS?
And then most recover quickly enough?
@f00l @mossygreen Yes, I think the Rand phase is common. Most of us grow out of it, but some don’t, unfortunately. Some even named their sons after her.
I read almost a dozen Tarzan books around the same time I was reading the Gor books. They also suffered from diminished returns, but without that treatment of women. The first two Tarzan books, which are basically one story, are great. I recommend them.
@craigthom @f00l If I recall correctly Norman ripped off John Carter of Mars, so the comparison is apt indeed.
@f00l @mossygreen A Princess of Mars and its sequels, collectively known as the Barsoom series.
John Carter was the name of the movie because, I guess, they were afraid the real name would hurt box office. I think the movie itself did that.
I was thinking about those books, which led me to Tarzan. Also the Pellucidar books. I still think the first two Tarzan books were his best.
I had a tough time with his fundamental misunderstanding of how evolution works in The Land that Time Forgot.
Barsoom makes an appearance in the worst Heinlein novel I’ve read (he may have written worse after that, but I stopped reading anything new by him at that point).
@craigthom @f00l There is a book titled John Carter of Mars, it’s just not the one of which I was thinking. According to wikipedia, it’s the last and worst of the series, so, yeah. Apparently I read it? Around the same time I read A Princess of Mars?
Thru midnight PT today
Invisible Man (Vintage International) Kindle Edition
by Ralph Ellison
$2.99
https://smile.amazon.com/Invisible-Vintage-International-Ralph-Ellison-ebook/dp/B003WUYR9K/
@mike808
There. I removed three URL crapification.
@f00l
No sale but I suggest The Last Astronaut by David Wellington. BN link below, but available wherever new books are sold. Good good story
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-astronaut-david-wellington/1129819130#/
@Cerridwyn Sounds good, I’m gonna put it on my reading list.
@Barney
I think you’ll like it!
Just really enjoyed The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown.
A gossipy romp thru the late 80’s and early 90’s culture/power/money-mongers. Lots of fun. The Reagans and Princess Di and every other person you ever heard of from back then.
I wish I had 1/8 of Brown’s energy. Did she ever sleep?
She said she is allergic to alcohol and she doesn’t do other intoxicants. Perhaps those habits helped.
https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=The+vanity+Fair+dairies&rh=n%3A154606011&ref=nb_sb_noss
Goat Dance for a dollar. Come on, you have to buy it for the name alone.
https://www.amazon.com/Goat-Dance-Novel-Supernatural-Horror-ebook/dp/B0039UURBK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=goat+dance&qid=1566140353&s=gateway&sr=8-1
That’s a great start to the month. Thx!
Gladys Mitchell update: I read The Saltmarsh Murders, which is apparently (according to wikipedia) a parody of Agatha Christie. I liked it, she seems to have a style where it’s kind of obvious what’s going on, but there’s so much craziness and confusion and red herrings that you get carried along by it. Only drawback was some racial stuff that, although no doubt acceptable by the standards of the time, was a little much for me to be comfortable recommending it to strangers. Everyone’s a disembodied mind on the internet, and I have no idea what anyone’s ethnicity is in the real world, or what might be upsetting, and I don’t want to inadvertently hurt anyone.
The Devil at Saxon Wall, on the other hand, is only prejudiced against backward English country people, and is completely insane, so I do recommend it wholeheartedly. It involves witchcraft, a barrow, a drought, infidelity, and many, many mysterious deaths and disappearances.
@mossygreen Harrumph! I come from a long line of insane, backwards English country people!
This appears to me to be parodical in nature…
I don’t know if I have enough energy to slog through too much of that, but it does seem fun on the other hand.
@mossygreen @therealjrn
Ok that’s enough to get me to take a look.
@mossygreen @f00l @Barney
You can trim the URLs from /ref= to the end. A you need is the /dp/<ASIN>.
@mike808 Like this? https://smile.amazon.com/Tarnsman-Gor-Gorean-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B00J84L0XK
Edit: Oooh.
@mike808
Thx. But I usually copy and paste on phone. And am usually in a hurry. And fine text editing would be a pain. In fact all text editing is a pain.
So I will prob keep posting ridiculous urls.
@mossygreen Yep. You can even remove the title like this:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00J84L0XK
All that ref=… stuff is tracking for amazon to know who you are and whoever clicks on the link knows you. Welcome to big data surveillance.
That’s also how they pay affiliates, which is considered spam in forums, since the poster would be making money from the forum. Slick Deals, for example, bans it outright.
Kudos for using smile links.
Thanks for your future extra step to make non-tracking short links.
@mike808 @mossygreen
@mike808 @mossygreen
Re smile links: I also prefer those. But … I don’t think Amazon counts Kindle book purchases for Smile charity payout results.
Not sure. But wish they did.
In Memoriam, I suggest Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved, the story of a runaway slave who killed her child before being recaptured.
Not on sale. Your local library likely has it, also likely in ebook format.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000TWUTYG
@mike808
Audible put up a Toni Morrison memorial notice with links.
Unfortunately, they didn’t put anything on sale. I already have a few, and will prob schedule a re-listen.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is still $2.99 on kindle, as linked above.
Also currently $2.99 on kindle
The Right Stuff
By Tom Wolfe
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00139XSBA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
These are some pretty decent reads.
I’ve been buying audiobooks from Chirp since they’re cheap. But the apps to download them are on the istore and Google Play. I use a crappy Fire 7 to do my audio stuff.
So guess what I did yesterday? I sideloaded the Google Play Store onto my Fire! AND IT WORKS! I’m a technological genius!!! Maybe not, it took me several hours but I’m pretty happy.
https://www.chirpbooks.com/
@sammydog01 I love that Fire tablets are so economical, but hate that they aren’t “real” androids. For example, when I listen to my favorite OTR stream, my tablet reports that it is in Seattle to the stream’s server. Everything goes through Bezo’s servers first, then to me.
@therealjrn I read they have the operating system to be real android tablets (mine is lollipop) but Amazon doesn’t want that. Not one bit.
@sammydog01
Why are you using a tablet to do audiobooks?
Wouldn’t a smaller device be easier to stick into your pocket? Or do you leave the tablet on the table or something while you listen?
@f00l I don’t want to kill my phone battery. If I listen while I walk I use a fanny pack and cozy phones. Don’t judge.
Actually I usually listen to audiobooks either while driving or doing housework with a speaker so the Fire is easy. My son makes fun of me because I have different devices for different uses.
@sammydog01
I have diff devices for diff uses too.
And I use an extended battery pack for the audiobook phone.
Was not judging. Just curious. BTW I know better than to share too many details of my personal tech setup with the masses.
People already have me pointed and labeled as being crazy. They don’t need more evidence.
Re your son: Isn’t it great that teenagers know everything? I’m so jealous of them!
/giphy teenage fail
@f00l I was joking about judging me for using a fanny pack and cozy phones. I do love my cozy phones though. They even make the models look goofy.
@sammydog01 Sammy!! What does sideloaded even mean? You sound pretty genius ish to me for sure!
@sammydog01 @therealjrn What’s your favorite OTR stream? Always looking for new suggestions for my mom. She’s still not over the loss of Sourdough Radio and it’s been like a year. Or more?
@mossygreen @sammydog01
Atioch OTR
You can ask Alexa or Google home to please play “Antioch OTR” to listen to the TuneIn station.
But beginning this past year, Amazon did something to the Fire Tablets regarding streaming services that killed the usual direct stream from https://radio.macinmind.com/ where Antioch OTR originates. That’s when I found out my Fire reports to the websites I visit that it is in Seattle, loading up the websites to little ole me here in Tulsa. Yeah, there’s technical ways around it (that I’m sure Mike808 is going to go Google, then try to act like he knew it all along, but will probably still be wrong) But for the normal user, it can cause problems. The operator of macinmind.com has a secondary link he had to cook up to get around it.
They play OTR episodes coinciding with the same historical date as today’s date, where possible. So as you listen throughout the year it can be interesting such as holidays, etc. that will match current times.
@sammydog01 @therealjrn Oh that’s right, we had a whole discussion about it and I was all excited because it’s from the Antioch in MY COUNTY. You must think I don’t pay any attention at all! My mom has been listening to stuff through her phone mostly, we should check and see if her stations still work on the Kindle. She always goes through an internet radio app, though.
@mossygreen @sammydog01 Don’t worry about it lol
Alexa can play any number of podcasts and internet radio. She seems to rely on TuneIn a lot for radio stations. I have Prime music and Prime Audible and maybe even regular Audible for talkie books, but I have to admit I don’t listen to books very much. I run out of hours before I run out of things to listen to.
So your Mom can use Alexa on the tablet for her entertainment needs.
@mossygreen @sammydog01 This discussion reminded me of why I have “regular Audible”
I got a free 90 days trial with my new Prime Day HD 8 Fire tablet. I hope I reminded Alexa to remind me to cancel it…did I? …yeah…I’m sure I did…didn’t I? Well, I guess I’ll have to go look it up because that Audible subscription can be spendy for someone who never really uses it.
I think I have Kindle Unlimited too for my new Kindle along the same lines. Shit. I sure hope Alexa is keeping up with all this…I’m pretty sure my 90 days is expiring soon there as well…if it was 90 days…was it 90 days? Yes, I’m almost positive it was 90 days.
@mossygreen @sammydog01 Maybe there isn’t a Prime Audible. Is there a Prime Audible? There should be if there isn’t…Heck if I know. I need to get a nap in before my day starts. I gotta big day coming up and that isn’t helping me settle down any.
@moonhat I don’t actually know what sideload means but I followed the instructions about 27 times and now there’s a Play app on my Fire. Thank you online tech magazines!
@mossygreen @therealjrn Audible Channels is free to Prime members. They have been cutting down on content but there are still some books there.
@mossygreen @sammydog01 @therealjrn
I use Google calendar reminders to get me to cancel stuff. They work fine.
Sometimes when the reminder pops up I actually go cancel the whatever.
Sometimes not. Too lazy that day or something.
@moonhat @sammydog01
“Sideload” means loading the installation package and installing it yourself instead of using the default app source on the device to load whatever.
BTW congrats on the sideload!
Speaking of Chirp I just bought the Marie Kondo book about tidying up. Do your magic, Marie!
https://www.chirpbooks.com/search?q=kondo
@sammydog01
That’s a likeable book.
@sammydog01
I already owned this book from audible.
But I looked it up on Chirpbooks. Great price!
$1.99 on Chirpbooks for the next 13 days!
So, look around. Is your work or living area a cluttery mess? Then perhaps this book is calling you …
@f00l YES! MY LIVING AREA IS A CLUTTERY MESS! It wasn’t before I met Woot and Meh.