01-04-18, 10:05 AM | |
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Donna, interesting how you have transitioned to audio books--I have not been able to do that myself yet! I also love traditional reading, and the few times I've tried to listen to stories on audio, I've found that my mind wanders. Maybe I should give it another try since I have a 45 minute commute to work (each way).
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01-04-18, 12:10 PM | |
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I cannot imagine listening to books in the car. (This is an opinion about me and me only - not other people.) I tried listening in the car one time years ago. I found that I listen to books the way I read them - I picture everything about what is going on, the people, the setting, etc. I am in the book, not where I am. When I almost plowed into the back of a car in front of me, I decided that I'd better forgo listening to books in the car...
I've been reading on my Kindle recently while we have moved. Books worth noting include: Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine - Usually, I don't like psychological thrillers, but I've stuck with this one. I've enjoyed it so far and I'm over halfway through it. Love the House You Are In by Paige Rien - It's written for the house people are already in, but I'm reading it as a way of sparking ideas of what to do with the house we are in the process of moving into. It's a good book that goes through the stereotypical design descriptions and decisions prevalent these days. No Sweat by Michelle Segar - I'm rereading this book to try to jumpstart my fitness efforts. It's more about the science of motivation than about a specific fitness routine. Meet Me At Beachcomber Bay by Jill Mansell - I really enjoyed this newest book by this author. It wasn't anything new, but I really liked the characters and it flowed.
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01-04-18, 01:54 PM | ||
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01-04-18, 03:37 PM | |
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I recently got the first Harry Potter on cd, (read by Stephen Fry) and find that I can listen to that while I drive. The familiarity of it is a help.
I've never had much success with other audio books, though, as others have said, it can be a dangerous distraction. Still trudging through The Curse of Chalion when I have some down time. It's mostly staying in my purse so I can have something to read when sitting/waiting elsewhere.
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01-04-18, 05:51 PM | |
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There were a couple of good books I read over the holidays --
Before the Rain Falls by Camille Di Maio -- sounds like a real dark story about a woman convicted of murdering her sister in 1942; paroled in the "present" at age 90; set in a drought-stricken Texas town (this may have sounded good due to the arctic plunge we are experiencing); present day characters include a jaded reporter from the big city following up on the story of the murderess and a woman reluctantly returning to said town to help her grandmother and sister. This turned out to be a real feel good story with a good plot twist! Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson -- a reprint of an older book about a spinster lady who writes (under an assumed name) a novel based on her English home town sometime around the 1930s; her neighbors recognize themselves all too well and are thrown into an uproar. This is the first in a series, and I shall have to get the subsequent books as well!
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