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A longtime friend suggested I try #audiobooks from my local #library, then I discovered #Libby in my app store. Free audiobooks!!! I downloaded Hidden Figures tonight, to enjoy tomorrow.

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Hidden Figures is a great book! I enjoyed the movie, but the book (unsurprisingly) is much better. The history is better represented in the book too.

Check to see if your public library has Hoopla as well. Lots of great audiobooks on there too.

[–] skwerlgyrl@piefed.social 2 points 3 minutes ago

I went straight to my app store to find Hoopla! Wow! Thank you for that tip! Much appreciated ☺️

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] skwerlgyrl@piefed.social 1 points 6 minutes ago

I am really enjoying Libby! Who doesn't love getting entertainment for free, especially books in any form. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you 💗

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

My recommendation is to play the sample of the book before you check it out or purchase it — not to see if you like the story, but to see if you like the narrator. A bad narrator ruins an audiobook.

If there’s a narrator you particularly like, there’s usually a way to tap on their name to see what other titles they’ve done.

[–] skwerlgyrl@piefed.social 1 points 8 minutes ago

Great advice! Thank you. I will look into that.