Friday Five 20-May

1. Can you remember the first book you read?
I don't remember the first book I ever read (it's one of those Readers Books), I don't remember the first book I borrowed from the library (it's either the Narnia book or one of the Three Investigators Mysteries books), but I remember the first book I ever bought with my own money - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

2. What was the last book (electronic or otherwise) you read?
I'm currently reading A City of Ghosts and it's annoying me to no end.

3. Do you read for enjoyment, work or both?
Mostly for enjoyment, I read for work when I have to.

4. What is your favorite genre of book to read?
I always thought I liked fantasy, sci-fi or mystery/detective genre but a few times I read memoirs or non-fiction and I liked those too!

5. If you could visit your younger self, what book would you tell yourself to steer clear of?
hm.... There are books I don't like, but I don't think I should warn my past self to avoid any books - I should be allowed to learn and experience books that I enjoy and dislike as well - I should only form an opinion after I've read it. So no, I will not tell my past self to steer clear of any book, despite my hatred for Wuthering Heights, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the flies, etc......

Game: Kleptocats!

So I've been wasting my time on a game, Kleptocats.

It is truly a heartfelt, time-wasting game. LOL. I guess it's like the other Japanese cat game... Neko Atsume I think.

With this game, you basically have to feed the cat or pet the cat until the "happy" gauge is full, then you can send him out.

The cat will come back after some time (it shows as a countdown, either some 1000-seconds or I've even seen 2000-seconds). It comes back bearing gifts, and sometimes money. So the point in the game is to collect all that crap the cat brings back and decorate your room (the item locations are all pre-set, so you can't "decorate" it as you like). You can collect more coins by watching ads. Collect enough coins and you can "buy" a new cat (randomly given you). The different cats don't do anything different. The only difference it makes is the cats actually appear with all the crap in your room, so say if "Harry" was hanging on the wall, and then you choose to use "Harry", then the cat that was hanging on the wall disappears (because you've called him to the front).

So, you don't really need technique, no plan, just a lot of time, and remember to check in once in a while. If you don't feed the cat the cat won't die. There's no "Love-o-meter" that you have to pet your cat so many times a day. So it's really 0 pressure in maintaining this game.

I suppose I should start a "things to waste my time with" tag... LOL...