#the audiobook is well narrated as well

[moreawesomethantheaveragepossum]

I have been in such a weird and bad mental place recently, and it's caused me to do some things I wouldn't normally do, like revisit media I liked as a teenager, which is the long winded way to say I've gotten back into night vale, and through that I was put onto Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Mathewson's novel You Feel It Just Below The Ribs

You should go read You Feel It Just Below The Ribs

[toytulini]

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

[cyb3r-mutt]

CAN WE **KNOW** THE HYPERFIXATION PLEASE IT'S SO COOL TO LEARN STUFF YAP PLS

Aaaahhh asdfhfs help it’s Doctor Who again :3 I was inspired by someone very hot to rewatch specifically the 12th doctors run and like I did it all in like a week (if I didn’t have work it would have been days) and now the grip it has on me rn I truly can’t like I must not only rewatch all of Doctor Who but also feel the most intense need to watch everything I can with Peter capaldi in it and I’m just sitting here fully unable to be interested in literally anything else rn

[miraluking-respectfully]

man while i'm on my felix kick it fucking sucks that they keep not knowing what the FUCK to do with this character when he's actually very strongly characterized. i went off about this last night but like, underutilized aspect of felix: he's like, a really good leader?? and i'm not talking an uber-inspiring protagonist-type leader like the PC; i'm talking an extremely functional organizer of people that you especially need in a military context. it's kind of hard to clock at first if you're not paying attention, especially because you're introduced to him while he's desperately trying to stave off a mutiny; but considering he's on a shithole iceball with a group of restless 18-to-25-year-old recruits who, as far as they're concerned, are trying to kill an immortal enemy, the fact that only one of them winds up ultimately raising a hand against him is impressive. he boosts morale, he makes good tactical calls on his own while not being too proud to take assistance, he metes out swift discipline without being needlessly punitive. and when the squad splits up, people keep in touch with him!!!

like, felix is extremely good at his job, and that aspect of him kind of deepens the tragedy of his permanent stagnation in rank when you compare him to other soldier comps like Rusk or even early-game Jorgan. i'm not a fan of fictional or real militaries but this character's skillset as an officer has been a repeatedly underutilized resource narratively & it makes me want to eat glass

[fantasyarcanum]

i’m once again listening to the Network Effect audiobook, but this time the dramatized version, and even thought is quite good with the full cast, sound effects and everything, i kinda of prefer the original version better. maybe is affective memory but the narration by Kevin R. Free is just too good

[dandyshucks]

i have this (probably somewhat normal?) funky memory thing where if i listen to a podcast or audiobook while working on something or walking somewhere, then if I see the same visual stimuli later I'll remember the audio really clearly or if I hear the same audio stimuli later I'll be able to remember the visuals of what I was doing at the time really clearly.

all this to say. I've accidentally linked Shady House - the big manor house in Po Town - with indigenous (specifically O.jiC.ree) culture in my head because I was listening to an audiobook (jonny appleseed by j.oshua whitehead) while working on the m.inecraft Shady House yesterday LOL. was just idly thinking about Shady House this morning and started wondering why tf it was bringing to mind the Rez and thoughts of people's Kokums, and then I remembered what I'd been doing the night before LMAO

[s1x-foot-deep]

YESS FINALLY YOU GOT INTO IHMMAIMS!! IM SO HAPPY!! DO YOU LIKE IT??

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT IM LIKE OBSESSED im especially a fan of the radio play tbh its so good........ ive listened to it like 3 times already <3

[midnightliar]

warning: technically a nsfw context but honestly u can't really tell by this clip alone

THIS IS THE FUNNIEST SOUND I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE I ALMOST CRASHED MY CAR DRIVING HOME FROM WORK

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads / storygraph

Teach The Torches To Burn

M/M Romeo & Juliet reimagining

follows a gay Romeo who falls for Mercutio’s younger brother, while tensions between the houses rise

and becomes friends with an aroace Juliet in their shared experience of wanting to defy their parents expectations

[kirnet]

I’m reading howls moving castle for the first time and it is utterly delightful

[geryone]

Slowly getting through some of my audiobooks & I want to thank the person who recommended The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw because I’m loving it so far!!

[miirshroom]

Have been re-reading Robin Hobb's Royal Assassin and man. Regal Farseer.

Regrettably, the way that he keeps getting away with his particular brand of villainy seems more plausible to me with time. Since it's been at least 10 years since my last read-through and I can see a lot more parallels now with the modern social media cults of personality around certain tech billionaires and political figures.

And as frequently happens lately, I have many thoughts about parallels with Elden Ring, concerning the themes of power, royal bloodlines, the mechanics of forging, the lifecycles of dragons, quests to snowy mountains, wolves, herb lore, and probably some other things.

[mouthmoodz]

i'm going to go insane because i just read a goodreads review for a biography of henry kissinger where the reviewer complained that the narrator did a "ridiculous german accent" for kissinger... bitch that's what he sounded like!!!

[opossumbyknight]

i love audiobooks so much in theory but good fucking god the narrators can be so hit or miss sometimes. you never know if they're gonna do some stupid voice for a character that just makes the entire thing unlistenable

[vspin]

Wulfgar finally reuniting with the companions and the only one who can speak is Regis.

"Wulfgar?"

[punsbulletsandpointythings]

Zale and Halla friendship truely is the IDEAL friendship