Audiobooks + driving = perfection
I've been wondering how the lack of commutes is impacting audiobook/podcast stats. My daily listening is waaaaaay down.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
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."
Jessica - Mar 26, 2020 4:52:00 am PDT #25745 of 28195
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Toddson - Mar 26, 2020 4:54:56 am PDT #25746 of 28195
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.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 26, 2020 5:38:57 am PDT #25747 of 28195
What is even happening?
Argument with husband. He insists audiobooks are not "reading."
I will die on this hill.
You have my sword.
I love you people.
Toddson - Mar 26, 2020 6:28:55 am PDT #25748 of 28195
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
That reminds me of when the Harry Potter popularity was at its height, people were saying that kids reading the books didn't count as "real" reading ... for reasons which escape me.
If you get the content of a book - audio, paper or electronic - you have read that book. My not liking audiobooks is a personal thing; they're books.
And, for those who like to own audiobooks, there's a company called Edward R. Hamilton Booksellers. They sell remaindered books, older DVD and Blu Ray movies and audiobooks. The prices are excellent, flat shipping charge for each order BUT they prefer that you order from their paper catalog using a check. They have a website (URL escapes me at the moment), and you can order from it, but they'll charge the same shipping rate for each item that they'd charge for an order of several items paid for by check.
hippocampus - Mar 27, 2020 5:11:21 am PDT #25749 of 28195
not your mom's socks.
DX -- congratulations to your niece on her book!
DXMachina - Mar 27, 2020 7:26:40 am PDT #25750 of 28195
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Thank you on her behalf.
Gris - Mar 28, 2020 5:07:17 am PDT #25751 of 28195
Hey. New board.
The latest Incryptid ends on a cliff hanger, and I am upset by that.
I mean, I will survive and, hey, Incryptid. But still.
sj - Mar 30, 2020 3:28:12 pm PDT #25752 of 28195
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Tomie de Paola, children's author, died today. link
Cashmere - Mar 30, 2020 4:22:54 pm PDT #25753 of 28195
Now tagless for your comfort.
That is so sad.
sj - Mar 30, 2020 4:25:52 pm PDT #25754 of 28195
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I went to one of his signings once before ltc was born. I was one of the few people there without kids, but I'm glad I went and told him how important his books were to me. ltc loves her books too now, especially Strega Nona.