yeah, that’s been in the past
doing an audiobook version of The Gilded Age (Mark Twain and somebody else), read by Bronson Pinchot – it’s excellent
OK, to be clear, I probably am ‘actively reading’ 5-10 in a given week, but several of these books are easy to put down for a few weeks then pick up and I haven’t lost my place mentally. The poetry books in particular are very easy to just read a poem and close for a month (though there are some long (100+ page) poems in these volumes, and I tend to read them straight through without stops).
When I read Greek/Latin plays, I usually read them start to finish in one sitting, but I only read 1 or 2 a week. Plato dialogues I’m reading about 1 a week. Books of the Bible, I’m reading roughly one a month.
‘Currently reading’ pile is 44 books long, rofl.
The classic poetry and nonfiction books I’m reading are specifically geared towards a novel I’m working on writing. [‘postmodern Greek mythology’ is how I’m describing it]
Erasmus is on my long-term list, but it’ll be awhile.
Yes I may be just a little bit crazy.
and in my non-audiobook list, Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Loved Deacon King Kong. It was a bit goofy at times but really came together well. Just started Sputnik Sweetheart by Murakami
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I started this on audiobook and am having a hard time getting into it.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman…full cast audiobook production.
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started The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy.
2nd attempt to start. not being tired and falling asleep was the key to making it deep enough to really like it so far (70 pages in)
I didn’t think The Passenger was anywhere near his best book but anything by Cormac is good.
Finished Sputnik Sweetheart. Not my favorite Murakami, but also not his worst. Grabbed The Alchemist and The Fault in our Stars from my parents’ bookshelf. Not sure if I’ll start one of those or grab something else from the library this afternoon.
I only do non-audio books. Too easy to get distrracted when listening. Plus, often I will go back and re-read passages for clarity or appreciation.
Plus I like that books are a tactile medium.
And, they smell good. Better than my iPad, anyway.
I do listen to podcasts from time to time, though.
I do this with audiobooks
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Not the most cost effective, but i frequently get both the physical and audio versions of the same book. I do as much reading off the physical book as possible but switch to audio when i’m doing house/yardwork or can’t find a seat on the train.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Read The Fault in our Stars in a couple days. Didn’t know anything about it going in. Was surprised to learn it was YA which I usually don’t care for, but it was fantastic.
No need for “books”. Just put some old paper in your n95 and read the ipad while grasping a pinecone.
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It’s about math (numbers, really) in Shakespeare’s works.
next genre Contemporary Fiction or Literary Fiction. So something set when written and no other real genre.
Pay It Forward - Catherine Ryan Hyde
I guess I could have saved this for Self Help, but that would be a stretch
btw, most of my books good to the Little Lending library boxes, except the young adult, those go to my cleaning lady’s daughter.