part 370 fresh flowers on a side table in the morning

[aphanon_meme]

Um, 2020 was a year that happened. 2021 is a new year that will happen! With flowers! And side tables! And mornings! And I didn't want to make some sort of 20s-themed name because look what happened in 2020, look what happened.

Enjoy part 370!

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Re: ask an anon who just started listening to audiobooks this summer

[zeetee]

I should try them, I often find myself wishing I could read while doing chores and that seems like the easiest way!

Ooh, the secret garden! Gotta reread that one sometime soon.

Are they just files, or actual cds? While I understand why they might want to place checkout limits, it seems a little unnecessary, given the technology involved...

Re: ask an anon who just started listening to audiobooks this summer

[(Anonymous)]

Right now i'm doing audible, which is files! Though I wonder if I'll have a better chance of getting stuff quicker if I do CDs, then just rip them to mp3s.. hmmmmm.

Yeah, checkout limits with digital stuff drives me wild.

They're pretty fun! So far I feel like I'd have a hard time listening to books i haven't read myself, but I want to try one I've never read to see the difference.

Re: ask an anon who just started listening to audiobooks this summer

[zeetee]

Guess it depends more on what your library actually has access to when it’s physical cds, but on the other hand, hey, probably lower demand on cd books these days.

I always need to be doing something with my hands when listening to podcasts, etc, or I zone out. Definitely would have to be a chores activity only.

Re: ask an anon who just started listening to audiobooks this summer

[(Anonymous)]

honestly can't believe phsyical CDs slipped my mind, I see them all the time at the library. Found one that I'm on a 3 month wait for (digial version) but CD version is available & probably will get it in 1 week with the library network shipping.

Same!! I can't just listen to things. What sort of podcasts do you like?

Re: ask an anon who just started listening to audiobooks this summer

[zeetee]

Eyyy, glad you have the option to skip the line! CDs will never die!!! :D

I listen to a few McElroy podcasts, and also enjoy You’re Wrong About (stories from recent history everyone thinks they understand but they really don’t), You Are Good (a feelings podcast about movies), Words For Granted (etymology), 99 Percent Invisible (design stories hidden in plain sight), and Musicalsplaining (Lindsay Ellis watches and talks about musicals with her friend Kaveh Teherian, who hates musicals). I’m also always telling myself I’ll catch up on Welcome To Night Vale...

Just a real nerdy bunch of pods, haha. Do you listen to any podcasts?

Re: ask an anon who just started listening to audiobooks this summer

[(Anonymous)]

I've tried to get into podcasts but the few I"ve tried--idk the name anymore, it was a popular true crime one--are too... loosey goosey for me? Like the one I tried, about 10 minutes in the beginning was sort of rambling, not structured, conversations but they weren't even really on topic. If it was on topic that'd be fine, but if I click on a podcast about a specific thing, I don't want to hear people talking about their relationships, what they ate for lunch, etc.

I started listening to Noble Blood Podcasts & like it so far! It's about various royal topics.

Musicalsplaining sounds interesting!

Re: ask an anon who just started listening to audiobooks this summer

[zeetee]

Yeah, I get what you mean. Half the time podcasts are an elaborate excuse for some friends to chat, so some of them can get rambly. Words for Granted has only one host and Welcome to Night Vale is a radio play, so they’re very to-the-point, and I’d say You’re Wrong About and Musicalsplaining are pretty good at staying on topic.

That sounds cool! I’ll have to look it up!