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I need to up my monthly avg listening time

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Currently It should be an avg of 200 minimum hours per month … I vow to reach that by the end of October, which will be the next thing I do in an edit to this post along with edits to list of completions!! I need to challenge myself. I did a... See More »

31 Horror films from 1960 to 2006 with 3 silent films from the real 20s

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I am using Letterboxed to gather what I remembered as some of the finest, and if they're on YouTube they'll appear here, trial and error, some will have to go if they don't play on the SW page here. 1. 1960 -- Barbara Steele is luminous in this... See More »

Seven Fantasy series I'll be questing through for the remainder of my life

1. Steven Erikson's epic is the gold standard, will be getting the audio after my Wheel of Time time. (Quote) 2. Listening to Robert Jordan's great work, and eye reading it, as my 1st of the 90s classic fantasy boom nostalgia I'm after. (Quote)... See More »

A mostly upbeat music mix like old times

I'm working on a much bigger playlist that would be as long as an audiobook, I must do one per month.

An update from a person taking a break

On the 17th of this month I will be getting close to 3K, as my 200 less a month was finally solved by my brother the other day. I cannot be listening to my audiobooks from the audible website anymore, as it's become unnavigateable. So I need the app... See More »

Y Kant Tori Read 1988 -- Before Little Earthquakes!!

I'm loving her memoir, and hence I learned about her band's debut, before her solo career. Wasn't easy being her unique self, and she played piano in a bar in DC where she heard higher ups talking. When frustrated, one thing she said she did was... See More »

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3 Fantasy series I will be getting after I have listened to over 1,000 hours by the end of October

James Marsters -- The Dresden Files -- 14 volumes -- this is the guy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he passed away not too long ago. Wasn't him!! Tony Head, Giles it was. Kate Reading, Michael Kramer -- The Wheel of Time -- 14 volumes Simon Vance... See More »

Monday August 31, 2026

September will be a challenge for me, but i've armed myself with an inordinate amount of listening material. I posted about watching all of Dark Shadows as I listen but I might not do that, I feel it's more according to my nature to clarify about it... See More »

My schedule for September and October

To have all 1,225 22 minute episodes of Dark Shadows play while listening to my books I did get the Andy Serkis recording and will be doing both side by side along with all my other books and on Halloween I shall say what was completed!! Also I... See More »

This will really be it till towards the end of the month

There was a use 3 credits get the 4th for free, so I had to, i had no choice!! I'm leaning in here on the beloved Fantasy genre We had a paperback set of this series, I mostly remember Turkish Delight, and the Wardrobe leading to Narnia, should be... See More »

The eternal audiobook question -- I asked just now on reddit

There's a very opinionated audiobook community there so I asked it, the big one Which is the better narrator for The Lord of the Rings trilogy -- Andy Serkis or Rob Inglis Serkis is a newer recording and is a more modern approach and after... See More »

Those credit bundles are available now

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I shouldn't but if I were to get 3, these would be my choices as of now 45 hours 43 hours 29 hours

Another cheap item I have to add

cheap due to whispersync, cuz I had gotten the ebook! It'll be easier to hear it. (Quote) A good podcast too -- This is Actually Happening, stories of people caught in cults!!

The smarty-pants dance 😂

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Hermann Grid Illusion -- Count all the black dots you can see

1 last fun purchase

2 books for the price of one credit!! This has to be it for about 27 days, this sale ends in one day so I HAD to act quick a nice 47 hours (Quote) and 19 hours from the Queen of True Crime, she knew Ted Bundy and wrote of him, but this is... See More »

Only 5.99 for 55 hours of mild and gentle goodness, really tempting, scrolling around on audible after a few more hours will decide

sale ends in just 1 day!! customers write (Quote) (Quote) (Quote)

I love Maggie Gyllenhaal's voice, she's done Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, but she's also done this!!

(Quote) I have in eBooks all I could ever want for Sylvia Plath, her Letters, all the Poetry, this amazing novel, which reading it is like watching a classic nouvelle vague film from the 60s, and a number of biographies. I love hearing interviews... See More »

This will be my proper introduction to Hunter S. Thompson

I used to like Terry Gilliam's wonky film, but upon a re-watch a couple or more years ago, I no longer liked it, this though at a chunky 32 hours and 12 minutes will be best imo, I think the book that Terry adapted is too short, I like my audiobooks... See More »

Origins of the modern horror novel trilogy

In the annals of modern horror novels, the time just a bit before Stephen King began his career has a famed trilogy of huge hits, you may have heard of a couple of them at least. They are Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, I had a paperback of it and... See More »

Guess who made Christina Applegate her first peanut butter and jam sandwich?

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When there's no clean plates, use the box it came in!!

The smartypant way ....;)

Stuff to watch on mute while listening to Barbra's immaculate memoir

Legends of Light: The Photography of George Hurrell Masters of photography - Diane Arbus (documentary, 1972) Nuts

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Any minute now I can open this!!

Heavy coffee cups

Those where even empty you pick it up and feels like it must be full, it's screwing with my mind, but not for long i'll get used to them!! I do wanna work on an exhaustive list of all my audiobooks, but for any kind of depth it would be an... See More »

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