Wasn't able to sleep last night. I eventually just set my Audiobook reader to 20 min sleep, and *read* my book in bed until daylight. Now I have to choose another book today, I only read 2 last week.
Finished "The Texas Murders" by James Patterson
#Books #Audiobooks
One of the wettest runs in recent history: Even my #Running shirt (which I wore underneath the jacket) was *completely* wet. Luckily, I didn’t care. I knew I‘d be soaked quickly even before I left the house – and so it came to be. No big deal. On the #audiobooks side: EARTHSIDE by Dennis E. Taylor is a fairly decent novel so far, I do like it. #applewatchultra2
Good night! #3GoodThings
1. Finished a chapter in Braille! 
2. I finished another book in the Elm Creek Quilts series and hubs and I finished another audio book as well. Audio books go so much faster than Braille but I’ll never give up my Braille.
3. Didn’t manage a workout or complete my 10,000 steps but I did close my fitness rings. 
Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. 
#GoodNight #Braille #AudioBooks #Fitness
I've finished: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi appealed to me on so many levels.
He is a fish out of water, but he has adapted.
The way he adapted, studying his environment with an innocent yet scientific eye, was the most appealing aspect for me.
The descriptions of the statues; the meaning the myth and art embedded in them was a wonderful cherry on the cake.
The way Susanna Clarke stuck the landing was also perfect.
What a wonderful experience.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/08ad747a-2cc1-49ad-85ae-bac1027f0ab2
@bookstodon @audiobooks
#SFF #fantasy #bookstodon #AudioBooks
Good morning! Wishing you all a beautiful day filled with sunshine, love, laughter, high energy and positivity. Plans for the day include laundry since it’s never-ending, working on a quilt block and listening to an audio book.
Be kind to yourself and those around you, hug tight those you love most and smile, you make this world a beautiful place when you do
And someone out there needs that smile today. #GoodMorning #Positivity #AudioBooks #Quilting
Good night! #3GoodThings
1. Finished The Master Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini, the 6th book in the Elm Creek Quilts series and started the next one in audio. 
2. Placed some painter’s tape along the edges of some scrappy string strips and will get them sewn onto a muslin foundation block tomorrow.
3. Rocked my fitness for the day. Move ring was closed 4 times with 690 calories burned. Exercise ring was closed 4 times with 120 minutes of exercise. Stand ring was closed 1 time with 16 hours. And my step count as of right now is 13,258.
Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. #GoodNight #AudioBooks #Quilting #Fitness
Anyone else have Libby pp acting strange since latest update Apr 8?
- pause button - does not pause the audiobook. I sometimes have to hard shutdown the app to get it to STOP playing
- play button takes FOREVER to start the book
Ive tried
- restarting phone
- clearing cache
- re- downloading book(s)
A Sense of Doubt blog post #3725 - Last Chance Texaco - The Memoir of Rickie Lee Jones - a review. https://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-sense-of-doubt-blog-post-3725-last.html #Music #WomeninMusic #BookReview #AudioBooks #seventiesmusic #MusicMix #RickieLeeJones
FREE AUDIOBOOK - On this last day of Indie April, I'm offering a few 1-time-use codes for "The Big Men."
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Good night! #3GoodThings
1. All we got today was a bit of rain.
2. Closed my fitness rings even with only a half-workout.
3. Spent the day listening to an audio book and enjoying it.
Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. #GoodNight #AudioBooks #Fitness
Good night! #3GoodThings
1. It was a gloriously hot day!
2. My painter’s tape arrived so now I can start sewing quilt blocks by hand while listening to audio books.
3. Not only did I close my fitness rings today, I did it with gusto. Close both the move and exercise rings 4 times.
Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. #GoodNight #AudioBooks #Quilting #Fitness
Listening to CARELESS PEOPLE: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost ldealism - A Memoir (2025) - Sarah Wynn-Williams. Read by the author.
LibroFM is having an Indie Bookshop Appreciation Sale
The sale includes Premee Mohamed's wonderful novella: The Annual Migration of Clouds
My Review:
This story starts with an acceptance letter to university in one of the remaining domes.
It is not the story of a girl from the waists struggling to integrate into privileged society.
This is a story about leaving a struggling community and an overprotective parent, with a mysterious fungal parasite to boot.
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781773058115-the-annual-migration-of-clouds
@bookstodon @audiobooks
#LibroFM #BookSale #bookstodon #AudioBooks #ScienceFiction #postapocalyptic #ClimateChange
Y'all… there's a wait list for my audiobook at the library! Tonight, I thought, Ooh, I'll check it out so I can make sure the publisher published the right files (because how horrible would it be if they didn't?). And I have to WAIT for it! It's the little wins. The losses have been a lot, so I need to focus on the little wins. 
Good night! #3GoodThings
1. Got the new washcloths washed and dried today and they are so soft and fluffy.
2. Hubs and I finished an audio book tonight, The Fourth Girl by Wendy Corsi Staub. Hubs got this one figured out before I did. 
3. Hubs is off tomorrow and that is good. Unfortunately he has to work Monday through the next Sunday, a seven-day stretch. It is Derby week so the hotel is super busy as usual.
Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. #GoodNight #Audiobooks
Good morning! Wishing you all a beautiful day filled with only good things, high energy and positivity. Sitting here this morning enjoying my decaf coffee and listening to a book. No plans for the day other than do a bit of laundry and read.
Be kind to yourself and those around you, hug tight those you love most and smile, you are loved and appreciated! #GoodMorning #Positivity #AudioBooks
Good night! #3GoodThings
1. Finished a chapter in Braille. That is always at the top of my list because it is the best thing of all as far as I’m concerned. 
2. Finished another Elm Creek Quilts novel, The Runaway Quilt, and it was as good as the first time I listened to it.
3. Didn’t have to mist my air plant today because it was rainy and the humidity level in the house was 60% so that was plenty for Alf.
Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. #GoodNight #Braille #AudioBooks
hey book nerds, Libro.fm is having a sale this weekend. A lot of their bestsellers are $5, which is an awesome price for #audiobooks.
In terms of #romance I saw Lights Out (the production on that was awesome it's probably the best-produced book I've listened to), Neon Gods, Leather & Lark, etc.
Your purchase with them funnels some profits to your choice of independent bookstore, and in the current environment those folks are facing a lot of heat and could use the support.
I've finished: Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson with excellent narration by Ron Butler
Myth, Magic and History blend on the island of Chynchin. Threatened by an imperial power it's population looks to its mythical past for solutions.
Veycosi, a local scoundrel and history student with the heart of an engineer, is tasked with studying the magical victory that earned Chynchin its independence.
This is not a simplistic story, with plucky egalitarian islanders as the good guys and the empire as the villains. The island is not perfect and has its share of sins.
Veycosi is very much a representation of the powers of ADHD and is constantly getting into trouble, weather by his own actions or due to the magical nature of Chynchin.
He reminded me of the Jewish story about the difference between a Shlumiel and a Shlimazel.
The Shlumiel when carrying a bowl of soup will inevitably drop it over someone.
The Shlimazel is the person that somehow manages to allways find himself in the path of the soup.
Veycosi somehow manages to embody both aspects of such misfortune.
PS.
While the book seems good for young teens, note that there's some extremely graphic sex towards the end.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/04b04faa-4590-44ae-8fa3-ceedc4fa7bbc
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ICYMI: Spotify expands audiobooks to German markets amid global push https://ppc.land/spotify-expands-audiobooks-to-german-markets-amid-global-push/ #Spotify #Hörbücher #Audiobooks #Streaming #Musik
