Audiobooks only work for me if I have a migraine. Otherwise my brain slides away from listening.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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."
Atropa - Mar 25, 2020 12:24:56 pm PDT #25737 of 28194
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
sj - Mar 25, 2020 12:37:17 pm PDT #25738 of 28194
"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 28194
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 28194
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 28194
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 28194
"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.
-t - Mar 25, 2020 2:33:16 pm PDT #25743 of 28194
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Driving long distances on long boring freeways, I should say. If I have to do a lot of turning or negotiating traffic, then no.
Atropa - Mar 25, 2020 4:19:55 pm PDT #25744 of 28194
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
However, I'm down with a really bad migraine today, so I am listening to an audiobook. If you like slow-build creepy, Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand is excellent.
Jessica - Mar 26, 2020 4:52:00 am PDT #25745 of 28194
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Audiobooks + driving = perfection
I've been wondering how the lack of commutes is impacting audiobook/podcast stats. My daily listening is waaaaaay down.
Toddson - Mar 26, 2020 4:54:56 am PDT #25746 of 28194
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I don't drive and I commute by bus; I've found that I prefer to read an e-book on the bus ... partly so I can look up and see where I am and stop at the end of a chapter or section and, unfortunately, partly for safety reasons.