What have you read/watched/played/created/listened to this year?
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Since I'm an audio book guy I really only read one book this year, I was a Shelby Foote on the second year of the civil war so I used it and chased down most of that battles in the VA/MD/WV area.
I did however listen to 261 audio books
One of the best things I ever did for myself was realize that I'm not "less than" other readers or book enjoyers because I only have time for audiobooks.
I have been able to dive back into a hobby that was a vital part of my childhood and teenage years with fervor and I feel like I'm such a better person for it.
I've been listening to audio books since they were a thing.
First it was books on tape, then on CD's, now on my phone it's just my thing.
TV and such are every bit as good as books, and it's a real shame people get elitist about it. Different mediums offer a variety of storytelling techniques.
Wow, that’s a lot. I edited top to include listen to as well. Anything that has stuck out to you over the year, either book wise or narrator wise?
For male narrators I've always preferred Scott Brick, on the female side I like January LaVoy. I like both of these people so much that their voices have become the voices of the characters January is Kay Scarpetta to me.
The thing that is odd for me this year is I took a shine to westerns both classics like Larry McMurtry to moderns like the Johnstone's. I don't know what drove that switch but it seems to have tangentially stuck because there's quite a bit of C.J. Box of the bit.