What are you reading right now?

~~[MERIT]~~ · 12-27-2018, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

I think Im going to start reading audiobooks because according to all the BookTubers and Goodreads reviews they count

Dude, they are convenient as fuck, as long as the person doing the voice work doesn't sound like a douche.

**Frownland** · 12-27-2018, 09:24 PM

If you already read books just stick with that, but if you don't read much, then definitely **** with some audiobooks. I got my dad to get into reading a couple of years ago by first introducing him to audiobooks then suggesting that he read along to them. Now he reads books by himself like a big boy.

rostasi · 12-27-2018, 09:35 PM

A couple of years ago, I read an Amazon review of an audio version of a book I bought
called Obfuscation. In the audio sample, the guy reading it couldn’t pronounce the title
(and, yes, the subject) of the book correctly(!) It was amazing that it hadn’t been stalled at the
editor’s desk. I just went back to listen again and it appears to be fixed, but, wow, what a surprise.

~~MicShazam~~ · 12-28-2018, 01:45 AM

One of the things I like about the book format is that I can read at my own pace, pause to think, and even go back a paragraph and reference an earlier line again. That mode of interaction kinda gets lost with audiobooks. They're more about making it easy to plow through books by having them running in the background while you do other things.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 12-28-2018, 02:22 AM

I like to listen to an audio book while I read the book. It's kind of like when you turn perfect balance on for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. You just sail through it.

Psy-Fi · 12-28-2018, 06:19 AM

Gonna crack this one open later this evening...

It's a tongue-in-cheek homage to lesbian pulp fiction from the 1950's & 60's.

OccultHawk · 12-28-2018, 02:57 PM

There used to be entire adult bookshops full of dirty books about raping teenage hitchhikers. Now erotica is mostly geared toward women.

The Batlord · 12-28-2018, 03:09 PM

*OH grieves*

Lilja · 12-30-2018, 03:49 PM

I am reading the "Lore" books. I used to listen to the
podcast, then saw the show, then read the books. I
know most of the tales he brings up but I just like the
way the guy writes.

**Janszoon** · 12-30-2018, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

One of the things I like about the book format is that I can read at my own pace, pause to think, and even go back a paragraph and reference an earlier line again. That mode of interaction kinda gets lost with audiobooks. They're more about making it easy to plow through books by having them running in the background while you do other things.

I almost never listened to audiobooks until a few years ago. I've been a voracious reader since I was pretty young but spending ten or more hours every week commuting by car was kind of killing that so I started listening to audiobooks and they have been a lifesaver. There are some books that I don't think work well in an audio format, but most of the time I think it's a resonable substitute for reading with my eyes (which is how I still consume about a third of my books by the way).

12-27-2018, 09:24 PM	#6352 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	If you already read books just stick with that, but if you don't read much, then definitely **** with some audiobooks. I got my dad to get into reading a couple of years ago by first introducing him to audiobooks then suggesting that he read along to them. Now he reads books by himself like a big boy. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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12-27-2018, 09:35 PM	#6353 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	A couple of years ago, I read an Amazon review of an audio version of a book I bought called Obfuscation. In the audio sample, the guy reading it couldn’t pronounce the title (and, yes, the subject) of the book correctly(!) It was amazing that it hadn’t been stalled at the editor’s desk. I just went back to listen again and it appears to be fixed, but, wow, what a surprise.

12-28-2018, 01:45 AM	#6354 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	One of the things I like about the book format is that I can read at my own pace, pause to think, and even go back a paragraph and reference an earlier line again. That mode of interaction kinda gets lost with audiobooks. They're more about making it easy to plow through books by having them running in the background while you do other things.

12-28-2018, 02:22 AM	#6355 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,823	I like to listen to an audio book while I read the book. It's kind of like when you turn perfect balance on for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. You just sail through it.

12-30-2018, 03:49 PM	#6359 (permalink)
Lilja Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 521	I am reading the "Lore" books. I used to listen to the podcast, then saw the show, then read the books. I know most of the tales he brings up but I just like the way the guy writes.