What I have lately become kind of addicted to is listening to the audiobook while I read the e-book. Takes some tinkering to get the speed comfortable but it really amps up my concentration. There's no sense in doing it if I'm going to be multi tasking or switching between things at all, though. my nephew told me it was something he did in college as a study aid and I thought it sounded impossible but turns out I really like it when I can do it. Amazon whispersync really works well for this, but I'm doing it manually with another sort of e-reader right now and it's fine
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - May 23, 2025 1:42:04 pm PDT #28308 of 28317
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dana - May 23, 2025 1:42:13 pm PDT #28309 of 28317
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We listened to Andy Weir's Hail Mary on the drive up. And then for hours driving around town.
Laura - May 23, 2025 2:47:35 pm PDT #28310 of 28317
Our wings are not tired.
I thought the Hail Mary narration was delightful.
Jessica - May 23, 2025 3:36:27 pm PDT #28311 of 28317
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I love audiobooks but I am so picky about narrators that I will turn it off and then maybe never open that book again in any format because it has been POISONED. So it can be risky!
I'm supposed to be going back to the office 5 days a week in June though, so I'll definitely be stepping up my book and podcast listening time.
-t - May 23, 2025 4:31:54 pm PDT #28312 of 28317
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
5 days a week! Ugh. I’m sorry.
I keep looking at Project Hail Mary and thinking that maybe I won’t read it but I’m pretty sure there’s no reason behind that, just me being weird. Y’all liked it?
meara - May 23, 2025 5:00:41 pm PDT #28313 of 28317
t, I bounced off his other book after the Martian, but enjoyed Hail Mary, I think it was much more like the Martian. So depends on how you felt about that book, I guess.
dcp - May 23, 2025 5:22:30 pm PDT #28314 of 28317
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
-t, I bounced off Project Hail Mary, about 1/3 in, it didn't have the humor that The Martian did. It's still in my Kindle library, so I may try it again someday.
Laura - May 23, 2025 5:30:12 pm PDT #28315 of 28317
Our wings are not tired.
We did it for my book club a couple of months ago, and it wasn't a struggle, as I enjoy Weir. I felt the audio added to the story.
-t - May 23, 2025 6:08:54 pm PDT #28316 of 28317
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks! I forgot there was another book in there, now I kind of remember trying a sample and not wanting to go on with it. I’m probably just mixing the two up. Good to have y’all’s input to consider next time it floats up as an option
bennett - May 23, 2025 7:03:24 pm PDT #28317 of 28317
I listened to several books by Simon Winchester - non-fiction about geological events such as Krakatoa, the San Francisco earthquake, as well as his "The Professor and the Madman" about the beginning of the OED. He narrates several of them himself and is good at it. Recommended.
Back in the day, I listened to all the Patrick Obrien books while commuting. One reader was much better than the other and now I can't remember which.
These days I find I can't concentrate on new audiobooks, so I listen to old favorites while I embroider.