This year I discovered the joy of listening to books. Now, I've had Audibles for a couple of years , but, I typically used it for car time . In 2020 I have no car time! I'm not going anywhere so I was about to cancel my account when i decided to start listening to books when I walk. THis work from home thing is tough because you sit in the same place everyday for 8+hours and never walk anywhere. When i moved in May, I started walking every evening after work to try to get a little bit of exercise and to explore the new neighborhood. It's been fun. Then I decided to download some "Comfort Books". I choose Harry Potter. I read HP years ago when they came out. Since then I've seen all of the movies multiple times. But I thought it might be fun to listen to them. After the first one, I was hooked all over again. I had forgotten so much of the details that are left out of the movies. And... Jim Dale is a treasure! He is so good. Not sure what awards they give to folks who read books but he should win all of them! They are not short books. We are talking 15-22 hours of listening each. But all summer i was doing about an hour a day. And most of the time I'd get home and not want to stop listening and keep my ear buds in while making dinner. I was completely captured by the stories again and Mr Dale just brings it all alive. I made it through the first 5 over the summer May-August. The last 2 took a bit longer. I had a 5 week trip to VA and then the rain started. But, I am happy to tell you that over the past 2 months I have wrapped up the last 2 books. If you haven't listened to them, I highly recommend it. Not going to recap the stories because I doubt there are many folks left who don't know the what happens. This is comfort reading at it's best. And it has now introduced me to the real joy of listening to books. I have since listened to 3 others. As long as I work from home, this might be the thing!
Enjoy some photos of my new neighborhood.
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