i thought it would be unbearably cringe but it’s actually so cool and engaging! if you’re like me and covid rotted your attention span, it’s so helpful and really keeps you engaged in the story.
notebook i’m currently listening to The Fourth Wing (Dramatization) on Hoopla! it’s not even that the book is fantastic (it’s fine), but the immersive effects are really great!
i am not sure i’d last long listening to anything with as much sex as ACOTAR sksjjsdjdjjsf i was listening to Milk Fed by Melissa Broder walking around a mall one time and felt so weird
Are there any specific ones you rly recommend?? I got the full cast/sound effect version from my library on libby for court of thorns and roses and sadly did not make it very far
Enables in real life version of those tiktok edits where there is a narrator telling a story while there is a minecraft game playing and on the split screen another video showing. It’s so peaceful to get all chores done around the house, sit down and paint for a while and drink a cup of tea all while conquering a novel you never thought you would be able to get through because you thought it was boring . like, I feel invincible
something unlocked in me when I started getting into audiobooks! I put them on while I drive, fold laundry, cook, etc and now I can’t stop - my favorites recently have been nonfiction/related to current events so in a way it feels very much like a podcast substitute but with a longer runtime. I’d recommend to anyone who’s been struggling with attention/trying to make it through a physical book, it’s like an easier alternative to sitting still that still allows you to grow your brain/expand those reading comprehension skills! Libby has free audiobooks with a library card, Spotify premium also includes certain audiobooks and there are plenty of other resources online
nobody at your bullshit email job is going to perish if you are away from your computer for fifteen minutes. don’t clock out. get paid to be in the sun. relish in every moment that you have no Slack messages to answer and do something that counteracts the soul-crushing pain of staring at a screen all day. whether you rest your eyes, read a chapter of a book, walk around your block - whatever it is, steal time because your employer probably isn’t paying you well enough to merit staring into the Outlook abyss for eight hours.