Audiobooks discussion

A bit of an audio slump for me right now, but yesterday I started the final book in a five-part historical mystery series: Agony in Amethyst. Western characters in a colonial setting doesn't really count much as multicultural to me.

John Adams by David McCullough has been on my Amazon Kindle book wish list for a long time and it had a price drop today, so I added the Audible narration that comes with my Amazon Music subscription for an immersion read my tablet.

I was in a bit of an audio slump as well, having two books going for a while that actually don't work well in audio, so I end up reading along with the audio. I may just give up the audio for those two.

Then last week I got a library hold came in Virgil by George Saunders. It was fairly short and I was able to quickly listen to it. It's a similar style to his Lincoln in the Bardo. Honestly, I'm surprised I enjoyed it.

Next up is one of the three books that came in from my library holds and I accepted them all instead of suspending them.

how the bleep is it February???

I finished up Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America this morning - I honestly didn't know much about the history of NYC in general - so this was interesting but narrated by the author which i'm not a fan of

now listening to Heart of Night and Fire - as well as still working From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way and Iron Lake

I finished the fantasy/romance/monster story The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan, an ARC that was a bit of a mixed bag for me, although it's getting rave reviews by other early reviewers. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Unfortunately, I gave up on I, Medusa by Ayana Gray at 37 percent, so I gave it a good chance, but I didn't realize it was a YA.

Dee wrote: "how the bleep is it February???"

LOL - I feel you.

I started listening to Red Rising by Pierce Brown. I'm enjoying the book and the narrator, but I had to put it down for a bit. I'm reading it along with my kiddo, and she is way behind me - like WAY behind me. I'm on chapter 31, and she's on 9. LOL. So, I'm letting her catch up. I'm starting Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo tonight.

How are you feeling Doug?

Misty wrote: "I started listening to Red Rising by Pierce Brown. I'm enjoying the book and the narrator, but I had to put it down for a bit. I'm reading it along with my kiddo, and she is way behind me - like WAY behind me. I'm on chapter 31, and she's on 9. LOL. So, I'm letting her catch up. I'm starting Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo tonight.

How are you feeling Doug?"

I really liked Red Rising although I have yet to finish the series, I stopped after book 3 and need a refresher as to what was going on.

As for me, I am much better, although I need oxygen at night (I understand this is normal after severe pneumonia and I may need it for another month at night) and after some periods of activity. Usually I am not using it. I'm progressing a lot but it seem so slow to me. I have to go get my bloodwork drawn this morning and I will take my portable tanks, it may be a bit much activity to keep my saturation above 90%? I don't know yet, so I will bring it. A follow-up appointment next Thursday will be 4 weeks out of the hospital and at this rate I may not need to bring the oxygen to that appointment? I can hope. It may be a few months before I recover my strength and stamina with work on exercise. Thanks for asking!!!

4 stars to my third read of The Eyre Affair, as narrated by Susan Duerden. Not to say she's a bad narrator, but I find her delivery relatively monotone and I'm not sorry that they switched to Emily Gray from the second book onwards.

i finished up From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way today - pretty interesting on how we navigate without technology - about what kids and also adults with dementia do when they get lost etc - also fairly short (I think like 6hrs total)

Dee wrote: "how the bleep is it February???

I finished up Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America this morning - I honestly didn't know much about ..."

I hope you like Iron Lake. William Kent Krueger is one of my favorites along with the narrator.

Really enjoyed the mystery The Boy Who Cried Bear. It is the second book in a series.

Started X Marks the Haunt by, Lindsay Currie narrated by, Titus Colton

Pure entertainment: Santa, Sunrises, & Suspicions

Dee wrote: "how the bleep is it February???

I finished up Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America this morning - I honestly didn't know..."

I just heard Russell Shorto
and this book recommended on the Open Book podcast. I've added it to my tbr.

I just finished The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood a very specific and personal history of WWII. Well worth the read.

I finished Antihero a few days ago. Great narration by Scott Brick.

my Antihero review

I'm currently listening to both Murder at Gulls Nest and Daughter of Egypt.