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lazylittledragon · 3 months ago

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ok someone please correct me if i'm wrong but am i weird for thinking those 'audiobooks don't count as reading' posts are ableist as fuck????

#ramble #my first thought was like: how is this even a debate what about blind people. not every book comes in braille but MOST have an audiobook #or dyslexic people #you still enjoyed the book!! you still absorbed it!!! you got EXACTLY the same thing as people who read the words!!!#how does it not count????#i guess you miss out on the 'learning new vocab' you get through seeing the words but also #i don't really do audiobooks but i do a lot of podcasts esp fiction podcasts #and i have ABSOLUTELY picked up new stuff from there that helps with my writing #someone please explain how this is even an argument of COURSE it counts????#idk in my opinion finishing a book means 'i put the words in my brain and i thought about them and i enjoyed a story'#not 'i held a stack of paper in my hands for a bit'#i'm v lucky that i do have time to sit and read. and whenever i commute anywhere it's public transport so i CAN bring a book with me #but if i didn't have the free time or had to drive for hours everywhere i would be STOKED to still get to enjoy books #it's been REALLY bothering me lmao idk why i feel so strongly #for some reason it's giving the same energy as like. being told you can't take a comic or manga from the library bc it's not a 'real' book #of course it's a real book it's a story somebody wrote down #i can see this spiralling into 'if you have a kindle you aren't reading'. you have to sniff the paper. feel the papercuts

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giantkillerjack · 1 year ago

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Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!

Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*

Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!

#original #the last unicorn #tlu #peter s beagle #molly gru #schmendrick #schmendrick the magician #two of my favorite characters in anything right there in the center of the story! and I'm glad I saw the film first!#my reading ability has diminished due to trauma disability etc. but it seems like having a visual reference actually really helped!#no wonder i only ever want to read fan fic! turns out reading is not actually Superior to other types of Storytelling. it's just different.#to say otherwise is snobbishness I have been eminently guilty of in my life!#but like it is easier for me to consume tv and movies and that is fine actually. also that's why I'm doing a graphic novel lol #because i wanted to make something i would actually be able to read if i found it at a library. altho the audio book IS gonna be bomb #the audiobook is for visually impaired readers and anyone who wants or needs it! accessible stories for everyone! yeah!!#my gender was already transed but now I've gained an ADDITIONAL gender! which one? I'll never tell 😘#i am so powerful i have so much fuckin gender. my wife has no gender. and she is equally as powerful.#and also she has STUDIED THE BLADE #mostly zoro's blades from One Piece #normally YouTube recommends me shit movies like idiocracy or smth this is like if every day ur cat brought you a piece of rotten food and #then one day it brings you a BEAUTIFULLY ANIMATED TALE FEATURING MY BELOVED TWINK FUCK-UP WIZARD FRIEND AND MY ALL-TIME HOMEGIRL MOLLY GRU #and also it's soft and beautiful and funny and fucking weird!! i wrote melodies to the songs in the books on my ukulele

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jaratedeguadalupe · 1 year ago

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life update: i still don't how how to use the vaccinator

#revamping my entire artstyle #the tf2 pill is kicking in #i have traded my precious 3 hour long video essays for random audiobooks my friends keep recommending me while i draw #surprisingly there's a lot of free audiobooks on youtube #unsurprisingly the quality is dookie water #i'm so invested in this story that it's borderline distracting #a double edged sword #anyways i've played soldier and soldier alone for 2.5 weeks straight #and i'm proud to say that i can do a successful rocket jump 7/10 times #jaratemisu #tf2 #team fortress two #team fortress 2 #tf2 medic #tf2 fanart

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sapphistaedine · 1 year ago

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Listening to “The Eye of the World” audiobook narrated by Rosamund Pike: Expectation vs Reality

Expectation:

Reality:

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the-mountain-flower · 9 months ago

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The AuDHD inner turmoil of "listening to audiobooks=real reading" and "listening to audiobooks=LISTENING bc there's a difference between listening and reading" battling for dominance in my head

#how do I say “audiobooks are valid forms of experiencing stories” without battling for the the literal definition of “reading”#like there's “reading” and there's “reading” and I have a hard time reconciling it #audhd #autistic #adhd #actually audhd #autistic things #autism #actually autistic #actually adhd #neurospicy #neurosparkly #neurodivergent

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ancientegyptdaily · 9 months ago

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For a book I’m writing, I am wondering if Hemet-Nisut is the correct title/last name for an ancient Egyptian handmaiden?

Hi there, thanks for the ask! ḥmt nswt means king's wife so it would not be an appropriate name for a handmaiden. It's a title, not a name. The ancient Egyptian's didn't have last names, it was a case of "[Name], son/daughter of [Name]". Here is a list of given names: [X] and another one [X], many names included the name of a god/goddess and they all have a meaning e.g. Ahmose = born of the god Iah (the moon god). If you need any more help, please let me know!

#answered #ask #listen to the audiobook or read the book death comes as the end #it is a great fictional story set in ancient egypt #24 hours in ancient egypt is also a wonderful book to get into the time period #that's also available as an audiobook #15pantheons #sorry i only saw this ask once i logged on with my laptop

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aroaessidhe · 3 months ago

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2024 reads / storygraph

Outdrawn

f/f contemporary romance

two cartoonist who’ve been rivals since uni, and now have competing webcomics online, have to work together on the relaunch of a cult classic at the comic press they both work at

they both struggle with art-related physical and mental health issues, and complicated families

#outdrawn #aroaessidhe 2024 reads #sapphic books #I thought this was decent! I liked the concept (even if I got distracted by some art related things…)#and the dynamic between the characters was good. I enjoyed their relationship development broadly speaking #and the emphasis on communication; though it was a quick flip into being together all of a sudden.#The sketchbook doodle flirting was cute. Some interesting exploration of their complicated family situations too.#There’s a lot of exploration of burnout and carpal tunnel and the dangers of artists overworking which I think are important conversations #and are done with some nuance. But it’s pretty much all discussed in the context of the personal pressure they put on themselves #rather than the industry corporate greed and artificial competition created by the comic platform - which are significant in this story!#It felt odd that that connection wasn’t really ever made?#I know that this is a romance and nitpicking the background plot is beside the point and also that I am not a big romance reader #but the premise that the comic hosting site archives everything; wipes the leaderboard; and out of nowhere has a comic competition for #new weekly chapters…I’m sorry but the art world would riot. Even if people enter because they’re desperate for the cash they’d be pissed #People live off the income from their webcomics! if they were erased (temporarily) with no notice…..there would be crimes committed istg #I simply don’t believe that it would be doable to create a new weekly webcomic with no notice while you also have a full-time comic job #(especially as the only stylistic choices mentioned are full-colour) - not to mention what happened to their 8-years-running webcomics #that were archived? they don’t think about them at all after the beginning? surely they’d care about that?#And then with their new comics they make for this competition (after work I guess) we get vague snippets about them but barely anything #- if they’re consuming that much of your time I would expect to feel like they’re thinking about them all the time #rather than the vaguest discussion about genre and cast numbers only.#I guess I just think the whole comic site stunt felt unnecessary for the plot anyway -#it would have worked exactly the same if they were just competing on the normal leaderboard with their normal comics???#anyway - I’m not judging TOO hard about all that because again I know it’s not the point and maybe the industry is like that in some place #Unfortunately it was distracting enough to affect my feelings on the book tho lol.#Lastly: the audiobook………oof. The narrators talk at different speeds; for one.#And Sage’s VA does this deeply weird raspy-anime-teen-boy voice for Noah which is such an odd choice #and doesn’t match her character at all.#unforch my library only had the audiobook (what I usually prefer) so I just had to sort of….translate the narration into a normal voice lol #anyway the romance is good tho

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doomspaniels · 10 months ago

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Listening to me read a chapter from Time To Orbit: Unknown. We're all enjoying Auntie DOOM's Story Quarter-Hour at bedtime. I started recording it at Chapter 14; if anybody would like I can go back and do the first chapters too. They're on the @derinthescarletpescatarian fan discord, but I'm happy to put them anywhere handy.

[*] CAUTION: This story has a reputation for deeply enthralling people who used to read voraciously, but can't focus on reading like they used to. Extremely enjoyable, but hard on the daily schedule.

#tristan #guinevere #cocker spaniel #dogblr #bedtime #Auntie DOOM's Story Quarter-Hour #time to orbit: unknown #ttou #homemade audiobook #I am not reading to the dogs but they're enjoying it anyway

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freakoutgirl · 2 months ago

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This is my most gen z opinion but it takes wayyy too long to read. I have so many books that look interesting but I'd have to set aside 5-8 dedicated hours to read them. And you can't do anything while reading like you can with movies, so those really are dedicated hours. I should be able to absorb the contents in my brain.

#i cant do audiobooks bc i zone out and have a hard time understanding audio anyway #personal #this is why poetry and short stories and essays are nice #but im feeling compelled to read actual books bc of my library job #i need a list of book recommendations for the end of the year #and everything i have read we dont have on our shelves (see: stone butch blues)

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bluesey-182 · 8 months ago

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as someone who doesn't even personally use audiobooks, i will die on the hill that they count as real reading. and i'm willing to kill on this hill too

#i personally think it's super ableist to say it doesn't count as reading #and it's also ableist to say it only counts IF you have a disability that make reading physical books impossible #especially bc the latter opens up the perfect shit storm of forcing people to have to disclose their disability(ies) in order to #not he harassed by assholes #and honestly why do people get some fucking judgemental about how someone consumed a book?#it's the same exact story my guy. same words. same world. same characters. get over yourself #also in case it comes into question: i don't read via audiobooks bc they just don't personally work for me #i have a hard time retaining information that's been given verbally #text post

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tj-crochets · 4 months ago

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Hey y'all! I am considering trying listening to podfics, but I have no idea where to start. Like, I read a lot of fanfic, but idk how one goes about listening to them? Is it like an app, or a download it kind of thing, or what? Do you have any advice or specific recommendations? In the past I have really, really struggled with books on tape because I cannot focus on just listening, but I like listening to like sort of documentary-ish videos while sewing and that's just a person talking, so probably I would be able to focus on audiobooks or podfics now?

#the person behind the yarn #I have nothing against audiobooks or podfics I think they are excellent!#It's great to have options and everybody has different accessibility requirements and preferences #I think part of my strong dislike for listening to them myself though came from my oldest sibling's high school reading #they did not like reading the assigned books so our mom got it on tape and it meant the only thing playing in the car #for like WEEKS was The Old Man and the Sea #but I was not in the car every time they were! So I couldn't follow the story! and I hated only getting bits of it #and then the next audiobook was on a road trip and it was...one of the robinson books I think #swiss family robinson or robinson carusoe? one of the stranded on an island classics #but the environment of the island made absolutely no sense #and the animals they described as native to the island could not reasonably exist in the same environment #and when I (age like 11 or 12 maybe) expressed that everyone else in the car thought it was funny #but I was genuinely very upset about the book's unrealistic depiction of animals lol #anyway none of that is relevant here I just want to try listening to stories again

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brokentripod · 1 year ago

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Map and crew manifest can be found by clicking here and then clicking [Map].

Chapter 1 audio here (see personal website or tags for additional chapters)

I recorded myself reading Chapter 3 of what's going on on @derinthescarletpescatarian's normal and functional space ship. (16m:02s)

Time to Orbit: Unknown is a free serial by Derin Edala currently being posted twice a week at their website. You can support Derin via Patreon.

Disclaimer: There is no set schedule for recording these and I cannot promise to continue recording these.

(I have also cross posted on my personal website)

#ttou #time to orbit: unknown #audio #bt's #audio books #audiobooks #web serial #story #readings #derinthescarletpescatarian

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toytulini · 5 months ago

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me, stupidly and weirdly resistant to listening to audio books vs reading a physical book for no real reason: man i wish there was a way to like, read a book while i crochet like i do with tv shows and movies and podcasts

#toy txt post #my reasons are irrational you dont need to try to talk me into it. i KNOW #its very silly of me #imagine how much reading i could get done. but alas. Feels Bad #even listening to a more. uh. Story type podcast or fiction like nightvale was a bit difficult to start for me. i like nightvale now i #listened. but i worry that is clocking in my brain as an Exception 😔 maybe it would be easier if i tried some nonfiction books? scary #i also struggle with single host podcasts apparently even tho im also ehhhh on the kind where the structure is the host Interviewing a #different person everytime? maybe it would be okay with a nonfiction audiobook tho cos it would be getting read by a narrator and not sound #so much like a guy ranting into a mic which makes me feel a little insane. altho propaganda doesnt necessarily always sound like a guy #ranting into a mic so idk. i could probably make it through if i can find a nice book about like. parasitic worms. i could tolerate #feeling like im falling into sigma male affirmations videos for worms i think. wormffirmations are allowed #*to clarify i dont listen to those but listening to better offline makes me feel like im morphing into the kinda guy who does and i hate it #which feels unfair cos he is RIGHT and the podcast is good but i need there to be like a cohost there to break the tension of the Ranting #sometimes he has guests on? but its not quite the same #i think the format i like best is either like 2 or 3 regular cohosts discussing things within a specific topic #OR. 1 host whos like infodumping to the other host who knows nothing about the subject. OR. 2 hosts info dumping to each other about #different aspects of the subject. OR. 1 host who brings on fun guests to infodump to them about a subject. and then obviously the subject #needs to intrigue me. ex. sawbones well theres your problem (I HATE THAT THIS ONE IS BEST EXPERIENCED ON YOUTUBE😭 I WANT THEM TO JUST DUMP #ALL THE SLIDES INTO A BIG BLOG POST SOMEWHERE AND I CAN CHECK IN AND FOLLOW ALONG THAT WAY WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE MY PHONE SCREEN ON THE #WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!!! but. im listening for free so its unreasonable to demand more of them BUT ALSO I FEEL LIKE JUST COPYPASTING ALL OF THE #SLIDES INTO A BIG BLOG POST ISNT THAT MUCH MORE EFFORT THAN EDITING A WHOLE YOUTUBE VIDEO? WAAAAAH. THEY DONT NEED TO BE TIMESTAMPED OR #ANYTHING JUST THROW EM IN ILL FIGURE IT OUTTTTTT #anyway. also more than 3 hosts is really pushing my ability to keep track of voices.#anyway: sawbones wtyp tpwky behind the bastards scam goddess #(which is true crime adjacent but focuses mainly on scams and isnt copaganda and laci is funny and cool)#common descent pod completely arbortrary maintenance phase if books could kill #deep sea podcast has more bringing ppl in to interview them about shit than i personally enjoy but i put up with it cos i do like the hosts #and the subject

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conscious-naivete · 2 months ago

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Having a bunch of POVs for the sake of everyone dying sounds very fun, what book is this?

okay so. red harvest by joe schreiber. it’s technically a star wars book, but seeing as it takes place 4000 years before the movies, it’s effectively a zombie story wearing a star wars hat

(i picked it out cuz the blurb mentioned the agricorps but that only gets like 5 minutes of attention, so oh well)

#it was fun tho and john glover was a great audiobook narrator he did all the screams :P #asks #bewaretheidesofmarchyall #contagion story but they have lightsabers. boarding school cult leader does mad science and one girl talks to a plant the whole time

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batnbreakfast · 3 months ago

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Done with gardening for now - time for a break!

#it’s a bat’s life #allotment stories #it’s audiobook and maybe nap time

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uwudonoodle · 4 months ago

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Me and my partner figured out how to sync both of our headphones to my phone. Now we can listen to audiobooks together when we go to the gym. Currently reading The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern.

#audiobooks #the starless sea #erin morgenstern #excercise #gym days #I find exercise pretty boring and unfulfilling #I just want to try to stay healthy and maintain my mobility and bone density as I get older #listening to a great story makes it so much more tolerable #now when something funny happens in the book #me and my partner can look at each other on our side by side treadmills and smile #we talk about the book on our way home #it's great fun #books make everything better #and yes I say reading when referring to audiobooks #you're listening buy your still reading #I highly recommend the starless sea #if you like kind of existential poetic story within a story folktale kind of things #I've read it before it's ny husband's first time

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