For the past two weeks I’ve barely read anything. I’m hitting that part of my tbr list where I don’t have any motivation to read. Ive started using NetGalley for ARCs and my reading goal is 60 books, I’m at 36 right now with one DNF. I have so many ARCs that span all the way to January. Majority of my reads minus a few have been ARCs. I’m sure I need to just pick a book that’s not an ARC.

I usually watch a fave movie, write some of my book, watch a new show, play video games and read some fanfiction to get away from the monotony of reading and reviewing.

What are some things you do to get back into reading?

I’m super sick and I can’t stand to lift a page. I finally got a Storytel subscription, got too trigger happy and started a bunch of books (I haven’t marked all of them here).

I’m really enjoying all the ones I’ve listened to and been listening too.

Here are a few I like: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (very immersive, and Lameece Issaq has a very dynamic voice) Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (rip king. I love the impressions he does) Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (the passivity of Rebecca Lowman’s narration juxtaposed with the toxically jovial dialogue reading is hilarious) Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones (I liked when Malcolm Sinclair swore in his mirthless and angry British accent).

I’m not an avid listener. I only just got a subscription and still figuring out the kind of narration I like. But I understand their necessicity when I need a distraction.

I wanna ask avid audiobook listeners this: what do you consider to an objectively good audiobook? What is the magnum opus of audiobooks to you? Whether they’re your favourite or not doesn’t matter.

And in the same vein I have another question, what narration do you think is so bad that it is good? Like each reading choice makes you laugh in shock?

Hi everyone! I am new to this place, how does it work? 👀 Also any way to change the colours to like a normal b&w or something?