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Old Millennial, queer, autistic, depressed, pakeha, born and raised in Aotearoa.

My block/mute/ignore reactions are based on years of tumblr bots/spam.

TILT (Thing I Like Tuesday/Thursday) - lasted five months.
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Book reading through the month of January, with images from app.thestorygraph.com
I'm still proceeding through the mass of Star Trek books I own, now into the early portion of 1991.
I'd like to be managing 90 minutes or more a day as a consistent thing, that's not happening so far.
Calendar grid of January 2026 showing which books were being read on which days, and how many pages were read. Every Monday saw a book finished, length of time for each book ranges between 1 and 4 days. First, middle, and last book read through January. 10 books with a total page count of 2826. Along with a point graph showing pages read per day, mostly less than 100 although a sizeable spike exits early in the month. Everything was print.
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Board game plays during January, with images provided by bgstats.app
First image is recorded plays at boardgamegeek.com, almost entirely in person.
Second image is everything played at boardgamearena.com, with very limited overlap.
In person count is actually close to typical pre Covid January.
33 board game covers in a grid, each with a number in the bottom left, mostly "1"s. indicating play count for the month of January. A "2" appears on the corner of four games; 7 Wonders, Space Base, Citizens of the Spark, 7 Wonders Dice 23 board game covers in a grid, each with a number in the bottom left, mostly '1's. indicating play count for the month of January. The biggest number is 47 on Chakra, with four others in double digits.
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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I missed adding one of the books to my LibraryThing.com account when I acquired it. Aside from that acquisition it was basically all prompted by wanting to (re)read my Star Trek books, largely acquired at the turn of the century. And then attempting to find those missing from publication order.
New book acquisitions through the year of 2025 (first - showing December 2024 was only added to the account months later). Large spike in August.
January 4, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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I read more books during 2025 than in any year since 2003, if discounting the "cheat" books it was still better than any year since 2008. thestorygraph.com
And (with somewhat imprecise measurement data) it seems that the stack of what I read would be almost exactly as tall as I am. LibraryThing.com
Books and pages read through 2025 as shown by thestorygraph.com stats Started the year reading simple comics, one sentence per page so those first two months are very misleading. Nearly everything from June onwards has been Star Trek novels written in the 1980s LibraryThing.com chart indicating heights of various things in addition to the stacked height of books read during 2025. Oddly enough, almost exactly the same height as the reader.
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Board Games played through December 2025, both in person (left - recorded at BGG) and online at BGA (right - not recorded).
No specific game play appears in both grids, although some did get played both in person and online.
Images from the www.bgstatsapp.com
25 board game covers in a 5x5 grid, all but the first have a "1" in the lower left corner, the first has a "2" indicating two plays 21 board game covers arranged in a 5x5 grid, most have a single digit in the bottom left corner. Chakra has 67, Gizmos 26 and fewer for others.
January 1, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Books I read during December, not quite averaging a couple of days to read each book. Took a short break from the Trek to read the second book in a compendium. Nearing the books that were published around when I started watching Trek.
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Calendar view showing which books were read during which days during December 2025. 12 books, all but one a Star Trek novel. First, middle, and last books read during December 2025, all are Trek novels. Average book length of 269 pages, read over two days. Also shows how many pages were read on each day through the month, quite inconsistent, with many spikes.
January 1, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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Board Games played through November 2025, both in person (left - recorded at BGG) and online at BGA (right - not recorded).
No specific game play appears in both grids, although Eminent Domain did get played in person and online.
Images from the www.bgstatsapp.com
5x4 grid of board game covers (2 blank squares) showing the games played in person through November 2025. Only the first was played twice, everything else had a single play. 5x4 grid of board game covers (with two blank squares) showing the games played during November 2025 at BoardGameArena.com. Chakra is first with 68 plays. It's a Wonderful World had 34, and a drop off from there. Nine were only played once.
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Books I read during November, a second month averaging a couple of days to read each book. Have now reached midway through 1989 for first publication dates. About the same time I started watching TNG, part way through the first season.
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Calendar of reading for the month of November 2025, showing what books were read and how many pages were read on each day. 15 total with only one requiring more than three days to read. Everything is Star Trek. Summary of reading through November 2025, showing the first, middle, and last book of 15 read. Daily pages read indicates most days had between 100 and 200 pages.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Board Games played through October, both in person and online at BGA Total recorded play is back to what used to be a low month for me.
Images from the www.bgstatsapp.com
Board game covers arranged in a 5x5 grid with a play count in the bottom left, almost all were just a single play. These were recorded at BoardGameGeek.com and almost all in person. (The six that weren't in person also appear in the other grid.) Board Games played online through the month of October, with play count in the bottom left of each box image. All played at BoardGameArena.com with only 6 overlapping with the other grid.
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Books read during October, I've been spending a little more time with the reading than I had been. Finally reached the first non-TOS book, and have started the books published from 1988.
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Calender display showing what books were read over which days. No more than three days per book since the start of the month. point graph showing how many pages were read during the month of October. Also showing the first (Dwellers in the Crucible), middle (Star Trek IV), and last (Bloodthirst) book read. Mean Average pages per day was more than 140.
November 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Book reading through the month of September, as graphed at theStoryGraph.com
If I keep up this pace I've got nearly four years of reading sorted from when I started at the end of May. (If I find the books I'm missing it will be longer.)
Obvious spikes appear on the days I wanted to finish the book.
Calendar view of book reading through September. Nine books shown along with which days they were read on and how many pages were read on those days. Everything is Star Trek novels, from the early 1980s. Point graph showing pages read per day through the month of September. Nine different books of 2542 pages total. Obvious spikes appear, indicating user wanting to finish the book that day. Also shows First, Middle, Last book covers. Corona , The Tears of the Singers, Killing Time
September 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Board games played in person and recorded at BoardGameGeek.com through the month of September. Three Thursday nights and a couple of Sunday afternoons. It seems like in person days may increase for a while.
Everything played at BoardGameArena.com (no direct overlap of count).
images bgstatsapp.com
4x3 grid of board game box covers, all but the first have a "1" in the bottom left corner indicating a single play. "3 Chapters" has a "4" 4x3 grid of board game box covers with an empty 12th place. Numbers in the corners of each box indicate play count, 51 for Chakra down to single plays of "Wingspan" and "Welcome to the Moon".
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Board games played through August.
First image is what I recorded plays of at boardgamegeek.com in one night of in person play, and one online with a couple of people I used to regularly game with.
Second is everything that was played at boardgamearena.com mostly not recorded as it's with strangers.
six board game covers, 3 Chapters has a '2' in the corner, the others were played just once. One night of in person and the one night using BGA with a couple of friends. https://www.bgstatsapp.com/ 16 board game covers, Chakra got played 48 times, most of the rest was one or two plays. Everything in the grid was played at boardgamearena.com and mostly with strangers, just one game at a time. https://www.bgstatsapp.com/
September 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Felt ill for much of the month, and finished the last book I had in a block of them. While waiting to go try and find the next I read through other things. "Cheating" as far as book count, sort of like I did at the start of the year. I'll start the next in series at some point today probably.
First middle and last book read through August, Daily page count indicates consistent middle, which was reading one fotonovel a day. Everything was print. app.thestorygraph.com calendar of reading for August. middle was one fotonovel a day. last third of the month was one book, the Blish novelisation of first season Star Trek episodes. app.thestorygraph.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Another month of my reading, exclusively (rereading)Trek books this time. More days without reading than last month (got significantly distracted with Clanfolk video game on YouTube).
both images from app.storygraph.com
Calendar view of book reading, all Star Trek. Six finished through the month. 10 days with no reading which is a bit disappointing. First middle and last books read through the month, along with daily pages read showing significant inconsistency. only physical books.
August 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Board games played during July 2025 using the boardgamearena.com website. No play count overlap with the prior image (although some games do appear on both).
A lot of Chakra (as per normal).
20 board game covers arranged in a grid, numbers in the bottom left indicate play count. mostly "1"s but the most played is "42"
August 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Board games played in person during the month of July, recorded count was among the highest it's been in three years. (And most of those other months included online play, which requires less time.)
Recorded at boardgamegeek.com with bgg4android, and image taken from the app at bgstatsapp.com
22 board game covers arranged on a grid, each with numbers in the bottom left, indicating play count for the month
August 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Board games played during June 2025 using the boardgamearena.com website.
A lot of Chakra.
20 images of board game covers with numbers in the lower left. Nearly two a day for Chakra
July 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Board games played during June 2025 and recorded at boardgamegeek.com
One impromptu at boardgamearena.com the rest in person.
Image from bgstats app bgstatsapp.com
11 board game covers, all with a "1" in the lower left corner.
July 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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I did re-read more Trek books. A lot longer to read them than was normal nearly 25 years ago. (Now I have internet beside me.)
Also finished a book I started the previous time I was feeding cats for friends, while feeding cats for friends. And read a mystery out of curiosity. app.storygraph.com
Wrap-up of reading during June. 7 Books, 1286 pages. Everything was Print, everything was fiction. Daily comparison of pages read, all but five days had some reading. Calendar view of reading for the month of June. No reading most Thursdays but at least something all but one other day. One book finished after putting it on pause months earlier. All but one other started and finished in the month.
July 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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All games played at boardgamearena.com through the month, only five plays overlap with the prior image.
5x5 grid of board game covers, three spaces are blank. Chakra at 76, It's a Wonderful World at 25, Gizmos at 22
June 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Board games played through April 2025 and recorded at BoardGameGeek.com
Five plays at boardgamearena.com the rest were in person.
Image taken from the bgstats app bgstatsapp.com
4x4 grid of board game covers with no image in the last space, the first couple have a "2" in the lower left corner, all others have a "1"
May 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Finished the first 'book' of the compilation at the start of the month. And then reread Yes, (Prime) Minister books like I considered early in the month.
There's likely to be a lot of Star Trek in the months ahead, I've decided to reread and I have many.
image from app.thestorygraph.com
Reading Calendar from storygraph website, representation of reading through the month of May 2025. Five books completed through the month, one put on pause after it had been started during April, and a seventh that was started at the end of May but not finished yet.
May 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Started reading one of the books I inherited from my father during April. Consistently distracted by Internet things instead of just reading like I used to. I'll finish the first book of the compilation tonight.
app.thestorygraph.com provides the image
Calendar page for April, showing reading done by the user.
May 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Everything I played at BoardGameArena.com through the month of April, no play overlap with the prior grid.
113 (or so) plays.
5x5 grid of board game covers, most with a "1" or "2" in the corner. Chakra was played most, with 61.
May 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM