I have been searching for the next audiobook to listen to and am just not able to find one. The book that I want to read is not available on the Audible catalog. And the books that Amazon recommends are absolute shit. Sigh! The search continues. 📚
I have been searching for the next audiobook to listen to and am just not able to find one. The book that I want to read is not available on the Audible catalog. And the books that Amazon recommends are absolute shit. Sigh! The search continues. 📚
@amit As a librarian, I am compelled to recommend something to you! 😂 Any particular genres or styles you're looking for?
@cygnoir Great, thank you Halsted ! I would prefer any fiction, preferably humour or mystery. That said, am OK with any brilliant non-fiction too 👍🏼😊
@amit I have some fiction recs, but so far as brilliant non-fiction: Have you read Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman yet? I’m halfway through and loving it.
@cygnoir Oh, I have already read it and it was one of the best reads of the year. Here's the shelf of the books I've already read.
@amit You might enjoy Mr. Penumbra’s 24‑Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan.
It’s a tale of books and technology, cryptography and conspiracy, friendship and love. It begins in a mysterious San Francisco bookstore, but quickly reaches out into the wider world and the shadowed past.
@amit Have you read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series? I ‘read’ via audiobook many years ago when I used to commute 2 hour daily for work. I quite loved the narration.
@pratik Ok great, thank you! This has been on my to-read list for quite some time now. Let me check 👍🏽
@sod Ah, thought so. Recommending anything is always tricky, movies and tv shows are even more trickier 🤦🏽♂️
@amit OK, going on your book list and seeing both mystery and fantasy on there, I'm going to recommend China Miéville's "The City & the City" to you. It's a detective story with some fantastical elements you might enjoy.
@amit Great! Let me know how you get on with it. I’m totally open to feedback; it will help me inform future recommendations for you!
@cygnoir Thank you Halsted for recommending The City & the City -- what a brilliant read. Such unique story and engrossing narration. I really enjoyed the book. I will write a full review after some time. But I am ready for the next, if you have any other recommendation 👍🏽🙂
@amit I’m so glad to hear that you enjoyed it! I’ll give it a think and come up with something.
@amit Also, another librarian just recommended “The Janissary Tree” by Jason Goodwin to me. She loves historical mysteries and this one is set in 1836 in Istanbul. Looks fascinating, but I haven’t had a chance to read it yet.
@kimberlyhirsh @amit @cygnoir @odd
Some recommendations based on Amit's read list - some I haven't read, some I have -
@kimberlyhirsh Bossypants is so much fun. However, I couldn't finish How to Do Nothing. Great premise but too academic to read (and I am in academia).
@adoran2 I haven't read it yet, so I can't say. I do have it. One of the items from the Great Book Buying of 2020 that I haven't read.
@kimberlyhirsh Great! Thank you for all the recommendations, Kimberly. I really want to listen to Bossypants, but it's not available on Audible in India. May be I will read it. And like Pratik, even I couldn't finish How To Do Nothing. But all others sound brilliant 👍🏼🙂