April Catchups Are No Joke!

kuali

@geetop Interesting question. So, lets count 2 weeks worth of my streaming calendar!

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.

geetop

@kuali

Yes, I plan on using the rentals for some of the longer series.

For Example:
Infinite Dendrogram
Record of Wortenia War
Cooking with Wild Game
Der Werwolf
Ascendance of a Bookworm

I also want to read Lazy Dungeon Master but may wait for a catchup to get as many read as I can than use rentals

I have read some of Wortenia in Manga format (not sure if I should start at the beginning of the light novel or not. I read up to when:

spoiler

topgnu

I think I am done with Smartphone. Volume 2 has a trope that I find so offputting that even on its own it could disqualify a novel for me, and Smartphone was already on a shaky ground. It is the walking in by innocent mistake on the girls while they are changing, and being assaulted with deadly force no questions asked scene. Remember that the MC is superhuman in all resistances and attributes, as gifted by the god. He was still kicked unconscious. On a normal person that would mean half of his brains splurting out of the fractured skull, or perhaps being decapitated. Thankfully these are merciful deaths where one does not have the time to become scared or feel pain. Think of a motorcycle crash at 100 mph. If you find any moral justification in this, feel free to ignore the scene, but I am out for good.

admin

@topgnu No moral justification, just justification for the color insert illustration which isn't included in the prepubs...

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