This is the *perfect* blend of what I studied in undergrad. And yet, I‘m bailing. But I‘m doing so without a rating attached!
I‘ve come leaps & bounds with my audiobook skillset in the past 15 years or so… but it‘s still not my primary mode of learning and I think I‘ve finally hit my limit. Listening to an academic, philosophical text is, apparently, beyond me. I may come back to this…but I also may not. 👇🏻
monalyisha 1/1: Negation (self or theological) isn‘t really my jam and it seems to be the focus here. Could either be life-changing (!)…or incredibly frustrating. 🙈 #HailTheBail (edited) 7d
jen_the_scribe I‘ve learned that there are few nonfiction books I can listen to, I usually have to stick with listening to fiction. And the narrator has to be really good. 7d
monalyisha @jen_the_scribe I usually prefer to listen to my nonfic but I trend toward narrative nonfic. Philosophy is too much of a mindfuck. I need time to look with my eyes and process. 😬 6d
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jen_the_scribe @monalyisha Yeah I can see how philosophy would be a complicated listen lol 6d
Billypar I haven't read philosophy since college, so I'm impressed that people even attempt it. I'm also fascinated in what formats people choose and why. I'm usually fiction in print and almost always non-fiction in audio, which is what got me into nonfiction to begin with. And print-only for poetry: I tried audio once, and it was a total fail, I need to read it over and over on the page. 5d
monalyisha @Billypar I‘m the same way…mostly! Sometimes, if a fiction book (or series) has got a fab narrator, I‘ll make an exception. And easing into nonfic with audio has gotten me reading more nonfic, in general, so I‘ll read it in print now, too. 😊 Print‘s still my favorite format (paperbacks, especially) but I‘d miss audio if I started working closer to home! And there are certain titles I‘d enthusiastically recommend *as* audiobooks, for sure. 5d
Billypar Yeah, nothing beats paperbacks for me. I think audio is my 'expand my horizons' format because I can multitask, and it doesn't compete for time with my print book. And that's why I love AuldLangSpine: I want to find the books I wouldn't pick up on my own, and I'll listen to many of those on audio. One past pick was Remains of the Day, and it's still one of my favorite audio reads ever. 5d
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