I figured out that audio books only work for me if I'm doing something at the same time, like washing dishes or cooking or cleaning. If I try to just sit and listen to one, my mind wanders. They're good in the car, too, but I'm never in the car for that long anymore.
You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!
Spike ,'Smile Time'
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."
Amy - Mar 25, 2020 7:17:24 am PDT #25733 of 28195
Because books.
meara - Mar 25, 2020 7:25:48 am PDT #25734 of 28195
That's where I am with podcasts. I can listen if I'm walking somewhere or driving somewhere but otherwise I don't/can't.
DXMachina - Mar 25, 2020 10:35:23 am PDT #25735 of 28195
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
DXM, the book was reviewed on Smart Bitches Trashy Books
Thanks for letting me know.
Toddson - Mar 25, 2020 10:58:11 am PDT #25736 of 28195
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The review is here. They're mostly for romances, but they do review other genres. And the daily books on sale is a bit too tempting for me.
Atropa - Mar 25, 2020 12:24:56 pm PDT #25737 of 28195
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Audiobooks only work for me if I have a migraine. Otherwise my brain slides away from listening.
sj - Mar 25, 2020 12:37:17 pm PDT #25738 of 28195
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Lately they have been helping me fall asleep if I'm too anxious, but my usual is to only listen to them when I'm driving.
Amy - Mar 25, 2020 12:38:25 pm PDT #25739 of 28195
Because books.
What I'm craving right now is big full-color illustrated coffee table books about fascinating things, like a history of fashion or ballet or pastry.
-t - Mar 25, 2020 1:31:13 pm PDT #25740 of 28195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Audiobooks + driving = perfection
Steph L. - Mar 25, 2020 1:38:18 pm PDT #25741 of 28195
I look more rad than Lutheranism
When I'm driving, I have to listen to audiobooks I've already read. If I haven't read them before, I get too absorbed in them and don't pay attention to the road.
I can also never listen to a David Sedaris audiobook while I'm driving, because I almost ended up in a ditch that way once.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 25, 2020 2:17:18 pm PDT #25742 of 28195
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I had much the same happen to me with listening to "Blue Bayou" during a 3 a.m. drive. I love Linda Ronstadt, but not quite enough to die for her.