Monday, July 13, 2020

Shopping the Audible 2 for 1 Sale

Audible must have heard my complaints because there are new titles in the the sale bin -- and this time there was something worth buying. I bought four titles! which consider what a picky reader I am is a huge haul. I am making it harder and harder for me to spend my credits these days because with a thousand titles already in my library, I probably don't have to add a single new title and will still have plenty to keep my brain occupied for the rest of my life, so what I buy these days has to be something that I really want to read and re-read.

Three were Great Courses titles, which I really enjoy listening to. I am slowly working my way into areas of history that I haven't explored before--and being a lazy reader, the Great Courses spoon feed it. :
 
 

The History of Ancient Rome audiobook cover artThe Fall and Rise of China audiobook cover artThe History of Ancient Egypt audiobook cover art

And the fourth was a novel, the only one whose Audible reviews did not turn me off completely to even trying the author:
 
The Clockmaker's Daughter audiobook cover art



I'm happy that they added some Great Courses this time because otherwise my credits would have stayed in my pocket for another day. 

Thursday, July 2, 2020

2020 Reading List

YTD:  106 Books and 1039 Hours  
Goal for the year: 100 books and 1500 hours

June, 2020

The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal -- NEW34
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society -- Re-read
Tourist Season -- Re-read
Mrs. Queen Takes the Train -- Re-read
Nordic Tales -- NEW35
The Vendetta Defense -- Re-read
Behold, Here's Poison -- Re-read
The Heart of Barkness -- NEW36
Redshirts -- Re-read
The Black Cat Murders -- NEW37
Beyond the Black Stump -- Re-read
School Days -- Re-read
Evan Help Us -- Re-read
The Hardest Job in the World -- NEW38
The Caine Mutiny -- Re-read
Black Moth -- Re-read
Black Sheep --  Re-read
Riders of the Purple Sage -- Re-read
 
MTD: Count 18 and Hours 181