audiobook ramblings
Apr. 20th, 2026 07:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatI joke that I have an audiobook attention span problem, but mostly that's because it's easier than saying 'my expectations get higher as audiobooks get longer, so it's harder to find things I want to listen to.' (And it's MUCH easier than saying 'my default state is that if I start something, I have to finish it, and not finishing feels like a failure, and even though I know that's not true, it can be a lot of effort to talk myself through All Of That compared to just, you know, not starting long audiobooks.')
If an audiobook is only two and a half hours long, I'm happy as long as it is mildly entertaining. (These books are super helpful for 'long afternoon at the office' or 'keep me from getting annoyed while grocery shopping.' If an audiobook is 14 hours long, I want it to be actually engaging, with a satisfying-to-me conclusion.
The point is, I tried starting a 14-hour audiobook a couple weeks ago, noped out after an hour, and was hesitant to try again with a new, also 14-hour, book. Last night I told myself 'I'll just try it for ONE hour, then I'll stop crocheting and read fanfic instead.'
Very pleased to announce I got a full 90 minutes in and am interested in hearing more! (I actually stopped not to read fanfic, but because it was bedtime and I am in a competition with myself to WIN the '7 hours of sleep for 20 days in a month' challenge.)
(PS: The new book is 'A Rake of His Own' by AJ Lancaster. I have not read any of the previous books in the series. I'm not generally a murder mystery fan, but the magic part is fun so far.)
If an audiobook is only two and a half hours long, I'm happy as long as it is mildly entertaining. (These books are super helpful for 'long afternoon at the office' or 'keep me from getting annoyed while grocery shopping.' If an audiobook is 14 hours long, I want it to be actually engaging, with a satisfying-to-me conclusion.
The point is, I tried starting a 14-hour audiobook a couple weeks ago, noped out after an hour, and was hesitant to try again with a new, also 14-hour, book. Last night I told myself 'I'll just try it for ONE hour, then I'll stop crocheting and read fanfic instead.'
Very pleased to announce I got a full 90 minutes in and am interested in hearing more! (I actually stopped not to read fanfic, but because it was bedtime and I am in a competition with myself to WIN the '7 hours of sleep for 20 days in a month' challenge.)
(PS: The new book is 'A Rake of His Own' by AJ Lancaster. I have not read any of the previous books in the series. I'm not generally a murder mystery fan, but the magic part is fun so far.)
