I'm currently listening to The Dispatcher by John Scalzi and read by Zachary Quinto. Great story and Quinto's reading is excellent!
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I'm currently listening to The Dispatcher by John Scalzi and read by Zachary Quinto. Great story and Quinto's reading is excellent!
Neale Donald Walsch - Conversations with God. Book 3.
I just started Rage by Stephen King. It is definitely an older recording but I kinda like the nostalgic feel of the sound.
Also started Mortal Engines but Reeve
MindHunter and Bag of Bones
2/3rds done with Dr Sleep...............LOVE IT
Its about a group of human outposts, ruled by an emperor of sorts and powerful trade guilds. The settlements are linked by a quirk in spacetime that is now shifting. Lots of political power plays and spaceflight. Scalzi writes some wickedly interesting charcters!
So I just recently discovered Hoopla, which is a free app that allows you to stream media from your local library. It has a lot of stuff to read, watch, and listen to, but sadly not everything. I've always avoided audiobooks because I simply cannot concentrate enough and my mind invariably will wander. With podcasts it's different, since they;re usually more conversational and laid back. But I've been re-reading (listening) Richard J. Evans's Third Reich trilogy of non-fiction books on Nazi Germany. Almost done with the first volume, The Coming of the Third Reich. I'm treating this as a history podcast and it's mostly working. The mind still wanders so I have to use the skip back button.
It's a great book series that I would recommend to anyone. And reading (or listening to this) again (I first read this about ten years ago), you can't help but make comparisons with the present. There are so many eerie similarities between what was happening in Germany in the 1920s and '30s and what we're seeing on the far right not only here in the US but all over the world. That's not to compare anyone to Nazis, but knowing history and what can cause the ultimate dictatorship to seize complete power is important, I believe. But indeed a lot of what we're currently seeing on the right has direct echos from the past.
Currently listening to The Chalk Man. It's ok but nothing great.
Everyone seemed to be raving about The Chalk Man so I added it to my list but haven't gotten to it yet. Curious of your thoughts once you finish.
Just started listening to Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. Really enjoying it so far.
Jaws
The book is so much more melodramatic compared to the movie. The movie wins the prize on this one.
Revival. Read by fantastic character actor David Morse.
seeking: ANYTHING DT related #246
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Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base by Andy Brown.
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The end of the world is documented by a man writing a biography of the man who created the atomic bomb.
Brother by Ania Ahlborn. Narrator is pretty bad but I'm pushing through it for the story.
Is The Haunting of Hill House worth a listen?
I think so. It's a good book, but if you haven't read it before don't expect an all out scary book. It's much quieter and more subtle. I think the audiobook is actually up on YouTube as well.
2/3’s into Roadwork. Very enjoyable. Love the old references and feel. Even the language has an oldness to it.
I just listened to Roadwork a few weeks ago :thumbsup: