...read 63 audiobooks and one paper book. 63 is more than one per week, which is impressive until you see how short some of them are. maybe it's still impressive? maybe there is a way i can add up the hours i listened to audiobooks. interesting thought, but seems time consuming. it's about an hour a day, maybe 90 minutes some days and the occasional couple-of-hours days.
...discovered archer mayor's "joe gunther" series, a set of over 30 police procedurals narrated by tom taylorson. not only are police procedurals one of my favorite genres, mr taylorson is an incomparable narrator. currently listening to his work in "surrender, new york" and all the voices are completely different than any of the voices from the gunther series. how many voices are in this man's head?
...reached out to mr taylorson on twitter to let him know how much i appreciate his talent.
...suscribed to audible using some sort of 6-months-paid-in-advance offer. this was on the heels of having subscribed to kindle unlimited specifically for its audiobook offerings. if you have spotted that this is redundant, well good on ya.
...read one paper book: "lessons in chemistry". this has been made into a series on apple tv which i have resisted watching because, although the book was very good, it was also challenging in ways that would play out quite differently on video. my mind's eye goes only so far, and i am good with that. also, the characters are really clear in my mind, and unless casting is spot-on, i am going to be disappointed. case in point: "three pines" on amazon prime. alfred molina is not armand gamache in my mind - and that's in large part due to (bless his heart) his hair being black while his beard is white. that's just ridic and he needs to fix it. i really enjoy the book series that the show is based on, but there is no possible way that i can watch that show.
...used audible, kindle unlimited, and libby apps to listen. the vast majority of this is streaming with purchases limited to jk rowling and her alter ego robert galbraith, maggie stiefvater, patrick rothfuss, kat timpf, and i believe one book club book is in there. otherwise it is borrowing and streaming for me. i am a lot more likely to purchase a paper book rather than an audiobook.
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