hpr4653 :: Starting the Habit of Reading

Thaj talks about how he's developed the habit of reading daily, and talks about books he's read.

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Openreads is a privacy oriented and open source cross-platform app written in Flutter available for Android and iOS for keeping track of your books.

There are four lists provided so you won't get confused:

  • books you finished,
  • books you are currently reading,
  • books you want to read later,
  • books you didn't finish.

You can use custom tags and filter through them.

A book can be added by:

  • looking it up in the Open Library database,
  • scanning its barcode,
  • adding its details manually.

You can also view some cool statistics!

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Comment #1 posted on 2026-06-04 23:37:27 by Antoine

Reading always has been a life-saver for me, this alone makes this show Very Nice

The books on your list have beautiful covers!
About the Cardio code, I was expecting some sharing of the specifics of the content (so we all could do better cardio!).
Nice to see you accomplishing your audacious (20-a-year) reading goal! Thx 4 'dā' share! \o

Comment #2 posted on 2026-06-10 08:11:43 by Kevie

Nice episode

Thank you very much for posting this, I've never read any of the Battletech books, but I may keep an eye out for them. I enjoy reading physical books, I've tried ebook readers but I really don't like the experience, although I have found myself listening to audiobooks more, especially in the car or when stuck doing a mundane task.

Thanks for the tip on Openreads, I've never come across it before but I think we will take a look at it for a review on an upcoming episode of TuxJam.

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