Must try harder!

WinterWarrior

moving_forward said:

Oh yes Pamela belle! Wow can't believe you know it. Not sure I read wintercombe but I shall look it up.
As for wrong hair colours lestat was a six foot something vampire with blond hair and he got played by shortie tom cruise! Brunette forgivable but drawf nope 😤

Six foot something Jack Reacher was also played by Tom C 😖
I highly recommend Wintercombe. 

@Sun_Addict I don’t think I’ve seen that, but I think you only get true horror and fear from a book. Salem’s Lot by Stephen King did that to me. Also I remember being really moved reading First Blood. The film was good, but I never truly ‘got it’ until I read the book and understood just how he was feeling and what he’d been through. 

moving_forward

I'm afraid the only horror I can stomach is vampires bit of a woose 🥴

nannygladys

Me to moving_forward, I can remember years ago reading a Jean Plaidy book and the torture was very graphic I had to skip a few pages!!!!

Tiredbutdetermined

You are all making me feel tempted to give audible a whirl. I don’t know how easy borrowbox would be or what the selection is like but I like the idea of an audiobook whilst commuting and doing housework.
I can get 50% off the first 3 months, which works out slightly cheaper than the 30day free trial.
The credits are a little confusing though. Are there many that need buying as a credit rather than through the subscription?

Baileys_Babe

Tiredbutdetermined said:

You are all making me feel tempted to give audible a whirl. I don’t know how easy borrowbox would be or what the selection is like but I like the idea of an audiobook whilst commuting and doing housework.
I can get 50% off the first 3 months, which works out slightly cheaper than the 30day free trial.
The credits are a little confusing though. Are there many that need buying as a credit rather than through the subscription?

The library apps, borrowbox, Libby etc are very easy to use. The same with BBC sounds. Both are free so worth trying.

moving_forward

I can't say I fancy audio books. I never liked been read to as I can read at a much faster rate and being a bit hard of hearing (I have aids now super things) it probally wouldn't help.
I've just finished page 69 of this diary and I'm sure Mr M_F keeps wondering why I'm tittering away to myself. I must say although friendly you lot are blooming bad influences on the mse front. So far my wishlist (read want it now list) is getting bigger by the page. Chocolate gingerbread men books. Craft supplies and stop talking new exciting stationery and notebooks or I will blow the budget or a gasket at the rate I spend on the stuff. I recently sulked because a new you tuber I'm watching had more highlighters than me in a matching set with a tray to line them all up in. Obviously I brought myself a set all smug deciding I could take the others to use at work well she's only gone and had a bigger better set for Xmas. The wails could be heard up in your neck of the woods @WinterWarrior I'm sure...we live in the Midlands 😭

Naomim

I don't often do audio books as I tend to zone out but I listen to lots of podcasts. 

moving_forward

Never done a podcast either 🤫

moving_forward

If I did try a podcast would I be able to download it to my mobile? I am tech savvy but never used to bother much with listening stuff including music but now I have my hearing aids I may enjoy it. Is there a particular kind you recommend? I can only think of where I've seen them on the AAT site 😂

elbree

Tiredbutdetermined said:

You are all making me feel tempted to give audible a whirl. I don’t know how easy borrowbox would be or what the selection is like but I like the idea of an audiobook whilst commuting and doing housework.
I can get 50% off the first 3 months, which works out slightly cheaper than the 30day free trial.
The credits are a little confusing though. Are there many that need buying as a credit rather than through the subscription?

I love audio books (great for 8yo too, she can listen in the bath or while pottering and I can get stuff done. Great for long car journeys too!) But I would definitely try borrowbox or free version first. With Audible you pay the monthly charge then get one free 'credit' a month. If you want to listen to more than one a month you pay for them and they are pricey, although once you've paid you always have them.

So you could get 3 free books on the 3 month offer and then remember to cancel. 8yo has listened to Little House about a thousand times so that was definitely worth it.