The Library at Mount Char. With rereads I have lost that sense of surprised wonder or horror.

are you actively or passively listening?

Yup. One of the good examples that 40k isn't just about Horus.

Plenty of Heresy to go around.

Girl of the Limberlost

I find it really depends on how fast the story moves and how interesting the narrator is. I’d recommend giving Project Hail Mary a try - the mystery hooks you in and the voice keeps you engaged because the narrator is quite animated. I’d also recommend listening with intent for the first few chapters of a book and then multitasking when you’re further into it. Hope that helps!

The people running it are chill, they learn your face and your tastes. I've never been chased out of a used store, can't say the same for B&N.

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle. Watching the parents marriage start to fall apart and how Paddy slowly transitions from the carefree experience of childhood to anxiety, fear, anger, and sadness as it becomes clear to him what’s happening. And also sensing how alienating it was to be the kid with parents who were on the verge of divorce.

All of my classmates (I went to a very small school in a very small town) were shocked when my parents were the ones to get divorced. My parents had shielded us from a lot of their problems and so there was such a bizarre shift in my family from one spectrum to the other once it started to happen. This book has stuck with me for that reason.

I can't listen to very many fiction books - too many unknown characters and plot points. I can't hold it all in my head.

But biographies are terrific in audiobooks. The number of people is smaller, somewhat known to me already, and I'm usually aware of some of the life events of the subject.

I do really enjoy listening to old favorite books of all kinds. I mostly remember what's coming, and just enjoy the retelling of the story.

I can’t listen to an audio book unless it’s a book I’ve read before and I’m killing time in the car because this happens to me

Well I sent back that audiobook I was listening to Libby. I think I am done with audiobooks. This is like my third time trying them. I guess taking things in an auditory manner is not for me (well I can listen to podcasts though)

It's one of my favorite books of all time. I wrote a good essay in high school about how Holden is afflicted by some form of mental illness.

I’ve been keeping track since 2021, just in notes on my phone.

My only thought/concern? About keeping track is Anthologies where I don’t read every single story. I’ve wondered if that counts as completing it if there’s a handful of stories I skipped/dnf.

Horus Rising is where I started because the print order told me to. I'm on book 8 of the publish order. The one one that can be skipped at this point is Decent Of Angels. False Gods and Galaxy in Flames are next in the Publishing order, but you could read Fulgrim, Legion, and Battle for the Abyss for prequels that explain how different legions decided to stand for or against Horus

I gotta say, I love seeing all the love for Storygraph. It’s the superior app.

I believe he worked on Sense8.

Should have been a bigger hit than it was, although Netflix buggered it by cancelling too early.

Cloud Atlas would have worked fantastically as a mini series too. I'd even keep the weird gender/race bending casting, but it needs 10-12 episodes to let the story breathe

The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright. It's about a young girl who finds a beautiful dollhouse in her aunt's attic. But then she discovers the dolls have been moving somehow, and it seems like they're trying to tell her something.

Even now as an adult, I feel creeped out reading it. Though parts of it haven't aged that well. It came out in the 80s, and the girl's sister has a mental disability, but she's described as "brain damaged." Yeah, that would never fly now. Regardless, still a creepy, exciting book! I think my mom got it from a garage sale, and I still have it to this day.

This tripped a memory. When I was 8, I always took 2001 A Space Odyssey to school. I couldn't really read it, or understand it, that is. I loved the cover, I knew it held magic, and it was my comfort item that I had. My teacher saw me with it, knew it was a bit too much for me, and gave me The White Mountains, the first book in the Tripods trilogy. I guess it's considered a classic, so not obscure really, but that got me started into the magic of reading. To this day, I still have a special place in my heart for that series and that teacher. And I loved 2001 when I finally was mature enough to read it.

I find it crazy it's the opposite for me. One look at a page and my brain shuts down. I sometimes listen to music (no voices just ambient) while I listen to audio books as well.

I just started reading Warhammer 40k books. I'm beginning with The Founding, the Gaunt's Ghosts omnibus. Enjoying it so far. Never played the games, but love the lore & factions.

I'm not sure where to start the series. I'm highly interested. Randomly finished one book " Horus Rising" and I cant help but think that I'm missing a lot or I'm somewhere in the middle. Please help.

I will probably go to ebay in 10 seconds and buy it. Haha.

Just imagine the Omnissiah working in the most metal andvainglorious way possible

Same. I find some audiobooks are ok if the chapters are short and the topic jumps around a bit chapter to chapter (like a podcast). I listened to Under the Banner of Heaven on a road trip and was actually able to pay attention. It jumped around enough to feel podcast-y.

I started out listening to classical music now I listen to lofi and whatnot, I think it gives a similar effect. I think I should throw some Chopin in there after reading this and basically being reminded. Lol.

Dethklok?

Now imagining "Batmetal Forever" with Big E instead of the Joker. Rise, rise!