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[Madeline]

Angela, How wonderful!! I would like to meet my friend Alexandra, but she lives 850 miles from me. It will take some planning!

[Angela M]

That's pretty far but you never know ! Yes it was great to meet with Judi . We became friends when I was a member of BA .

[Madeline]

Great reads has lots of perks! ; )

[Becca]

Hi everyone.

I am currently creating an adult ladies only group and wondered if anyone was interested in being a moderator and helping set up the group.

I have a few ideas about the group but could really use a hand getting it started and thinking of some great ideas.

Please PM me if you are interested :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

So, I've been spoiled by Audible. I usually play my Audible books at 1.25 speed (or occasionally 1.5) now when I listen to other audios, such as the free ones from the library, I feel like they are so slow and take so long! Yet, I don't want to purchase all of my audios, if I can get them for free. Anyone else speed up their Audible books?

[[deleted user]]

I speed mine up for sure. I find the same thing they are so slow otherwise!

[Portia]

So -- The Goldfinch as narrated by Alvin and The Chipmunks ? Hmmm^^-)

[Ioana]

I have to admit, I never tried to speed up the audio books. Most of the times I like the voice, the narration itself, why would you want to speed that up?

[Kristie, Moderator]

I never did until I had a narrator that spoke soooo slowly. I am a slow reader and at 1.25 speed he was still narrating slower than I read. I have found that some narration I can speed up and others I can't, depending on the voice. I know people that listen to their audios at 2x or even 3x speed. That sounds like the chipmunks to me! Lol

[Ioana]

Hmmm, I see. When I don't like a narrator, I move the book to the "try-book-version-not-audio" shelf. I never thought of speeding up the audio, maybe I should try that.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

I'm listening to Doctor Sleep audio on my way to work.
I don't remember who the narrator is but every "s" is a whistle. It's definitely taking away from my enjoyment of the book, I'm thinking I'm going to have to switch to paper.

[Lynn, Moderator]

☆αlly☆ (litєrαry єscαpist) wrote: "I'm listening to Doctor Sleep audio on my way to work.
I don't remember who the narrator is but every "s" is a whistle. It's definitely taking away from my enjoyment of the book, I'm thinking I'm ..."

That sounds bloody annoying!

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

IT IS!

With the Dresden books, James Marsters was pretty slurpy annoying in the beginning too.
But that was NOTHING compared to this.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Hahaha..it took me a while to get used to Marsters mouth noises. Lol

[Portia]

Eiuw! Yurk :P

[Cora]

The Harry Potter audios are still my favorite!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Portia wrote: "Eiuw! Yurk :P"

lol! Yup. People kept saying that he did a great job and had a sexy voice, so I was not expecting that at all!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Cora wrote: "The Harry Potter audios are still my favorite!"

I never listened to those! I may have to check them out as a reread.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "Cora wrote: "The Harry Potter audios are still my favorite!"

I never listened to those! I may have to check them out as a reread."

I've always wanted to listen to the Harry Potter audios but everytime I've looked they've always been so expensive.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I could get them for free from the library on CD. Or maybe slowly through Audible credits.

[Karen ⊰✿]

Kristie wrote: "Hahaha..it took me a while to get used to Marsters mouth noises. Lol"

my favourite part ;)

[Kristie, Moderator]

lol, Karen!! :D

[Katie]

Agree that the Harry Potter audios are wonderful. I listened to them after I heard my son playing one and enjoyed it thoroughly (I'd already the books).

[[deleted user]]

I have read the Harry potter series twice but have never listened to rye audio audios. Next time I want a re-read I will check them out :)

[Virginie (chouettblog)]

So I came this today, and thought, who else would know exactly how this feels? and I thought all of you of course.

Enjoy!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06...

[sonya]

Im working on my hoarding issue

[Stacy]

I've never listened to a book on tape. I feel it will put me to sleep, like the commentators that talk during golf. I fall asleep every time my husband watches golf!

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

2 books, same cover... I've never seen this before. I noticed this when going through GR giveaways.
Weird.

[Karen ⊰✿]

I wonder if that means there is a copyright issue happening

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

No idea. I've just never seen it before so I thought I would share.
Curious if anyone else has ever found a twice-used cover as well...(?)

[Kristie, Moderator]

I've seen a bunch of duplicates. One of the clubs I'm in has a thread for it. I think there's a listopia list of them too.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Oh yeah, there's loads of books out there with the same image.

[Amrutha]

Hi everyone, I added the wrong book to my 'currently reading' shelf. Does anyone know how to get it off the shelf. I tried doing a batch edit, but the changes are not getting reflected.

Can anyone help??

[ElvenRaven]

Amrutha, if you're trying to get it off your shelves completely, just go to your currently reading shelf and click on the little X on the right of the row the book's on. (You'll get a confirmation message)
However, if you're just trying to get it off that shelf and put it on another one, look for the "edit" button on the cell where it lists the shelves the book's on (a little to the left of the X button). When you click it you'll see a drop-down list of your shelves, just tick the ones you want your book to be on and un-tick the ones you don't.
Hope I could help!

[Amrutha]

Thank you Cin. I could remove the book from my shelf now.

[sonya]

Im soing a lot of reading lately. Other than that, cleaning our my dead car. Currently car shopping

[Lynn, Moderator]

I've pulled a muscle in my neck and I'm in sooooo much pain :( Which has also resulted in no sleep for the past 48 hours (apart from the odd 10 min nap that I manage before I move in my sleep and the pain kicks in again).

I'm feeling very sorry for myself.

I did however have an appointment today and tried acupuncture for the first time. It seems to have helped! Not totally fixed the problem (I have another appointment on Friday) but I do feel better.

Let's hope it helps with the sleeping ::fingers crossed::

[Angela M]

Lynn , sorry to hear that . Hope you are better soon !

[Kristie, Moderator]

Good luck, Lynn! I hope you get some sleep. Get better quickly!

[Portia]

Best wishes, Lynn . Having your rest disrupted by pain just stinks. Hope you get better soon .

[Kristie, Moderator]

Today is the first day that I can pick up a book without having schoolwork or an upcoming semester to prepare for that I have had in over 2 years! It is such a relief to be able to read anything I want to without feeling guilty for putting work aside! :)

[Angela M]

Kristie ,
What a great feeling ! Enjoy & congrats for getting through it all !

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thank you, Angela!

[Savanes]

@Lynn: I hope you're feeling better and had a good sleep!
@Kristie: EN. JOY!!!!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks, Vanessa!

[Portia]

Congrats , Kristie! What are we celebrating?

[Anima]

Congratulations, Kristie. Enjoy your time with not so guilty pleasures of reading.

I hope you get better, Lynn. I sometimes get such crumps in my neck and it is a horrible experience!

[Lynn, Moderator]

Well I was a unsure about acupuncture but I'm a total convert now. The difference between what I was like yesterday and today is amazing.

I'm back tomorrow morning for another session as I'm not totally sorted yet, however I'm so much better than I was and I actually managed to sleep last night! :)

[Anima]

Wow, that is a great news, Lynn. Good to know that it help. I am rather reluctant to use it, but after your experience, I may give it a go next time.

[Kristie, Moderator]

So glad to hear your feeling better, Lynn! I know a few people that say acupuncture really helped them with various things.

Thank you, Anima!

Thanks, Portia! They are congratulating me because I finished my master's degree and can finally read books without having homework waiting.