[My raccoon self Geo Holms listening to audiobooks apparently. Art by @QuaggyArt]
The last year or so, my job has consisted of work that affords me time to listen to stuff. At first, was listening to podcasts. Good light background listening content as I went about my day. Then I signed up for the various local libraries within close proximity to me, and then discovered Libby, an app where I could check out both eBooks AND audiobooks with the use of my library card.
My check outs started slow at first, then increased as time went on, sometimes listening to 2-3 books in a week. Sometimes revisiting some books from my youth. Sometimes trying a book I’d always meant to read. Sometimes just wandering into something with a neat cover. It has been a treat to sample more books than I have in years.
In some ways, I worry that I don’t connect with the books in listening to them instead of physically reading them. I am, after all, usually doing other stuff while listening. However, there’s also cases I’ll stick out a book based on the narrator alone, who will give a book more personality than I would reading it myself.
I do find myself wanting to read more books in this coming year, I have many physical books and digital books hoarded away after all, but also find great value in listening to more audiobooks. Unfortunately, my job has shifted in a way that haven’t been able to do either as of late. But hopefully will settle enough that I’ll be able to scamper back into my extensive list of audiobooks I wanna check out from my local libraries.
In the meantime, wanted to take a look back at the books I’ve listened to the last year or so, give a brief rundown of what I’ve sample. These are out of listening order and some I may have forgotten the specifics but will do my best to give my honest thoughts.
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