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Weekly Improvement Thread - Aug 17th 2026 (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 week ago by moonlake@hexbear.net to c/self_improvement@hexbear.net

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Hello comrades and welcome to the third improvement megathread of August! bonfire This is a rare Monday edition since I was traveling yesterday.

Some discussion ideas:

- How was your week?

+ Do you have some plans for next week?

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[–] moonlake@hexbear.net [S] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Congrats on the 3 day streak, keep it up and keep us updated on your streak! catgirl-salute rat-salute-2

Which books have you read?

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[–] scrungus@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Tyvm, made it to 4 now lets-fucking-go

I read a collection of short stories about WW1, but that was a bit depressing ( shocked-pikachu ) so I switched to the Master and Commander series and I've been tearing through them. Would highly recommend

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[–] moonlake@hexbear.net [S] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I recently read All Quiet on the Western Front, which is a great short novel about the WWI, highly recommended if you're into that subject. Haven't seen the movie yet but it's on the list

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[–] scrungus@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

The collection I just read had a few chapters lifted from it as standalone short stories actually. I've read it in its entirety before as well, though it's been a while. The recent movie was pretty decent for what it was, I enjoyed it pretty well but couldn't remember enough of the book to compare them directly

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