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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 14 (discuss.online)
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Reading When Moon Hits the Eye by John Scalzi.

I am still in the start, but the premise is hilarious. Looking forward to how everything unfolds.

What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Reading? Depending on mood, I'm reading one of the Halo novels, and a Forgotten Realms series (currently on Halo: Contact Harvest and Sojourn from the Drizzt series of FR novels)

Currently listening to Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as read by Andy Serkis when driving and trying to sleep. Gotta admit, I thought I wouldn't like this since he doesn't really try to emulate anyone's voices (except he somehow does a flawless SmeaGollum, who woulda thought lol) but I haven't really noticed since every main voice is quite distinct and he does a great job on all of them. He DOES emulate some voices a bit, it's most notable with Billy Boyd's accent for Pippin.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

He did a great job on that. He definitely can't do all the different voices, but he uses what he got to treat effect. I grew up listening to the old Rob Inglis version. I loved that one, but it was very much one man's voice.

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Listening to the same thing at night right now. Second time through. It’s amazing. Last time I listened to it was on a several-hour drive to Yosemite and through some long hikes within Yosemite and a section of the PCT. It’s perfect for those activities.

[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

This would honestly make a perfect road trip Playlist.

After the first 20 minutes or so of music, I just want to listen to something calm. Then just keep it going during activities that don't require hearing or talking. My favorite headphones actually have a "sport mode" that instead of using the external mics for noise canceling, they just pipe it through, so my listening doesn't bother anyone else, but I can still clearly hear people walking around me.

Listening to the secret council meeting in Fellowship while chilling in a hammock at the park was great.