April Catchups Are No Joke!

topgnu

@kuali said in April Catchups Are No Joke!:

Anyway, back on topic: Have you considered trying out the rentals? I think this is one of the situations the rental system is well suited for - get as far through either series as you can during the catchup period, and if you haven't quite caught up or lost interest, rent the remainder until you've caught up with the pre-pubs.

Yes, I have - and I agree this is exactly the case I thought I would love to use. There have been catchups that I just could not finish within the month, or rarely volumes that I missed to finish while they were on streaming.

topgnu

@geetop said in April Catchups Are No Joke!:

I was wondering how many people stream books and how many series can you maintain each month comfortably (considering that you may be reading other non light novel books)?
I seem to be able to handle about 20 - 25 and am culling the series as I progress on my J Novel subscription.

I am rather organized with what I read and watch - including keeping track of what I read on j-novel

Right now I am reading the daily updates of 21 series - that number hovers around 20 - 25 which is the most I can keep up with comfortably
In addition, I read a few of the streaming series (Apothecary Diaries, Piggy Duke, Dahlia, Teamroom [*sorry, I misread that title once, can't unmisread it], ♀) and a few manga only after their volumes are out entirely
There are 17 series that don't stream at the moment but I'll return to when the next volume starts streaming
There are 14 series that I am patiently waiting to be made available for catchup
I'm done reading 11 so series that are apparently completed
I've listed about 65 novel and manga titles that I will not read - I have either looked at the summaries and the available first parts, or abandoned after reading partway (freshest addition is Smartphone)

geetop

How did everyone do on catchups this month? I read the first Housekeeper, and the first three volumes of Smartphone. I will probably work on Mapping until the end of the Month.

myskaros

Good time to remind everyone that catchups will be changing on Monday, May 1, in the late morning/early afternoon US time!

pcj

@geetop I've been working on Housekeeping Mage, just about done with Volume 3.

PuckGoodfellow00 0

I'm a little surprised with myself. I only managed to read through 9-16 of Smartphone, and the first 5 volumes of Housekeeping Mage. The story for smartphone was a little weak for several volumes though, and I got slowed down by offline events... I was expecting to finish both Housekeeping Mage and Smartphone. Oh well.

Geezer Weasalopes

Just finished Volume 19 of Smartphone.

gustavosousil

@geetop I finished reading all volumes of Housekeeping mage and Smartphone on April 26.

geetop

@gustavosousil said in April Catchups Are No Joke!:

@geetop I finished reading all volumes of Housekeeping mage and Smartphone on April 26.

Wow, I am impressed!

geetop

Are the May Catch-ups due today?

Rahul Balaggan

@geetop

Hello,

They are set to change today, we appreciate everyone's patience until the changeover can happen.

Thank you

edit: it happened