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What Are You Reading in 2023?
Recently finished Project Hail Mary, and The Fold. Next up is The Martian. Also need to read the latest Rivers of London book.
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What Are You Reading in 2023?
Recently finished Project Hail Mary, and The Fold. Next up is The Martian. Also need to read the latest Rivers of London book.
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Omw
I used to have a coworker that dressed like this. Always a perfectly matching suit, shirt, tie, pocket square, socks and shoes combo. He had suits in every color imaginable. Always made me happy.
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Physical phone keyboards have been and always will be better than on screen keyboards
I had a Blackberry flip phone that was great. I miss that thing.
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r/DebateReligion is requiring all posts to be in Latin
Post hoc ergo propter hoc.
That’s it. That’s all I know. Thank you The West Wing.
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What is your favorite episode of all time?
I love the one where Gus and Lassie tap dance.
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13 Most Beautiful Places to See in the United States
I stopped at “yes they are all in the west “.
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Fri-daily. Whats going on this weekend?
This is the time of year that I try and stay indoors as much as possible. Too hot out there for me.
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Saturday thread
Sunny and 90 degrees. Floated around in the pool with some cocktails. Perfect day.
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What Are You Reading in 2023?
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I’m about halfway through the Alex Verus series and it’s pretty good so far. Although I think it’s gonna take a darker tone in the next few books.
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What are you listening to now, and how?
I just finished The Fold. I’m not sure if I liked it or not. It started strong and then just went off the rails a bit. I don’t really like long drawn out fight sequences in books, movies , etc. and then it just ended without much resolution. Maybe the ending was to setup more books?
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Favourite narrators?
George Guidall is my all time favorite. Ralph Cosham had a wonderful voice and I really miss him as a narrator. I also love Nathaniel Parker’s voice and listen to books I otherwise wouldn’t just to hear him.
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What's your top 5 SciFi/Fantasy Audiobooks?
Rivers of London Project Hail Mary Alex Verus
Don’t normally do much sci fi/fantasy but I’m trying to branch out of my mystery genre.
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Is there a line from a movie that really resonated with you but when you say it most people don't get the reference?
Next time Jack write a god damned memo!
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Going postal
I’m sorry. Did she end that rant with “God bless you?” WOW.
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What audiobooks are you currently listening
I’m listening to The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh. I’m switching back and forth between mysteries and sci-fi at the moment.
Chirp was having a sale so I thought I would give this one a try. A lot of reviews comparing Marsh to Agatha Christie so I thought it was worth trying. Seems pretty good so far and I have no clue yet who the murderer might be.
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How do you guys usually get your audiobooks?
I tried using Libby for a while but my library system doesn’t have most of what I’m looking for. I tried Scrib’d and didn’t really like that either. I’ve also used Kobo but the pricing with Audible is better for me especially since they added the Plus catalog.
I also checkout Chirp periodically since they have sales all the time.
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Have you ever stopped listening to an audiobook because the tone of the narrator was so annoying?
I actually returned a book because I couldn’t stand the narrator. Then I listened to her narrate some other books and came to really enjoy her. And I ended up re-purchasing the book I had returned.
For me, if I have a problem with the narrator, I increase the speed to 1.2ish and that usually helps a lot.
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What have you been reading this week? [June 26-July 2, 2023]
I’m on a Hamish Macbeth binge right now. Just finished Death of a Scriptwriter and Death of a Macho Man. Next up is Death of a Dustman.
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Petunias
Great picture. I love petunias.