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I have a mouse! Isn't it pretty?
I also got my Redditgifts Book Exchange gift!
In other news, my library just started offering Hoopla. It's exciting! Through Hoopla, patrons can download movies, TV shows, music, and audiobooks - free! (Well, free for the patrons; the library pays for access, of course.) I tried it out a bit, and learned something new about myself.
I hate audiobooks.
Theoretically, they're awesome. You can listen to a story while driving long distances, or while you're working on something else. I listen to music or watch shows and movies like that all the time. (Just to be clear, I do not watch shows or movies while driving. I realize that sentence could imply that.) What's not to love?
I don't love it.
I can't pay attention to the story when someone else is reading it aloud; I get distracted by the fact that their voice is not the voice I'd have chosen for that particular story, or I don't like the way they've said a particular sentence - it's not the way I'd have chosen to say it. I can't divorce me from the book the way I can from a movie or TV show. In some special way, when I read I infect the characters with my self, whereas movie and TV show characters are very separate entities. I need my own mental voice (well, "voices," really) reading the story.
So, while I'm a firm compatibilist on the "digital vs. print" front, I am rather hesitant to endorse audiobooks as a contender for "best format." I have, and will continue to, suggest that parents teaching young children to read try read-along storybooks, and I'm sure some people do manage to listen to audiobooks and follow the stories just fine while doing other things. I simply can't imagine how...
Links!
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| No, it's not a black and white picture. It's a silver and black mouse on a black desk. |
I also got my Redditgifts Book Exchange gift!
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| Steampunk, Sherlock, and Nemo - Oh, My! |
In other news, my library just started offering Hoopla. It's exciting! Through Hoopla, patrons can download movies, TV shows, music, and audiobooks - free! (Well, free for the patrons; the library pays for access, of course.) I tried it out a bit, and learned something new about myself.
I hate audiobooks.
Theoretically, they're awesome. You can listen to a story while driving long distances, or while you're working on something else. I listen to music or watch shows and movies like that all the time. (Just to be clear, I do not watch shows or movies while driving. I realize that sentence could imply that.) What's not to love?
I don't love it.
I can't pay attention to the story when someone else is reading it aloud; I get distracted by the fact that their voice is not the voice I'd have chosen for that particular story, or I don't like the way they've said a particular sentence - it's not the way I'd have chosen to say it. I can't divorce me from the book the way I can from a movie or TV show. In some special way, when I read I infect the characters with my self, whereas movie and TV show characters are very separate entities. I need my own mental voice (well, "voices," really) reading the story.
So, while I'm a firm compatibilist on the "digital vs. print" front, I am rather hesitant to endorse audiobooks as a contender for "best format." I have, and will continue to, suggest that parents teaching young children to read try read-along storybooks, and I'm sure some people do manage to listen to audiobooks and follow the stories just fine while doing other things. I simply can't imagine how...
Links!
- Nearly 300 libraries in 24 countries pledge support for Knowledge Unlatched. Open access to scholarly works - awesome!
- "You're Not a Real Fan!": What Libraries Can Offer Fandom This is why my greatest fandom will always be the library fandom!
- Not everyone is a member of the library fandom, though - and some people are really antagonistic. “Safe zone” established during orphan works roundtable. Yeesh...
- I want a treehouse library! But I can't have one, because I will fall out and break something. Again.
- Book Madness! There's a lot of madness going around...
- Here are some great inspirational quotes from children's books.
- Turning water to wine: Say hello to Jesus-inspired Miracle Machine. Sounds too good to be true! Probably because it is. But it's a hoax with a great purpose, so check it all out anyway!
- I'm not saying you should go out and get drunk, but whiskey is apparently and surprisingly very healthy!
- If every state had an official meat, what would it be? Two things:
- It's true, andouille sausage is wonderful, and I can't imagine Louisiana cuisine without it.
- I lived in Kentucky for years, and never even heard of "lamb fries." On the other hand, who hasn't heard of Kentucky fried chicken?
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