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Discussion in 'TC Media' started by Notorious, Feb 7, 2014.

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  1. Notorious Gold Member Gold Member

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    Anyone else listen to them.
     
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  2. Gabriel Beidh an lá linn Gold Member

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    Last summer when I was painting the fence I listened to one. Problem was when I finished the fence the book was still only half done. I then had to start finding other wee jobs to do outside to finish the book. I dont think I would manage to follow the story unless I was doing something really boring.
     
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    The Alan partridge one is brilliant.
     
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  5. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    The Ricky Gervais Guide To..

    Really funny audiobooks. It's him Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington talking about different subjects each audiobook - Medicine, History, Society etc.

    Another one, it's actually a podcast but it's a continuous story, is We're Alive. It's about a zombie apocalypse and the survivors.
     
    Officer Doofy, Feb 20, 2014
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    Lazy illiterate * :smiley-laughing002:
     
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  8. Notorious Gold Member Gold Member

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  9. Vertie Auld

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    I got the book for Christmas but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. :smiley-laughing002:
     
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    What does 'Les Misérables' literally translate to? The miserable ones?
     
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  11. Notorious Gold Member Gold Member

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    good time to start.:smiley-laughing002:
     
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  12. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    Started a 30 day free trial with Audible a few days ago. Started listening to LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring. Didn't realise how * long it would take, there's two volumes - both around 10 hours long. Almost finished volume one.

    Quite enjoying it. It's a lot easier than reading, can just listen at any time rather than having to be somewhere quiet with nobody about.
     
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    Just started listening to Wolff's Fire and Fury on Trump's first year - it's a staggering listen and I'm only on Chapter 2!
     
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    I use them for commuting because I was getting fed up with Spotify playlists over and over again. Been using Audible for around a year. Particularly good for the comedians stuff.
     
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    Those are legendary. Pirated those a few years back before my conscience kicked in.

    EDIT - Just realised how old this thread is haha
     
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    Was having to drive all over scotland for work the past few months, some long commutes and was getting bored of listening to music/radio so got stephen kings the dark tower audio book...could not get into it one bit.

    Listened to about 8 or so hours and just gave up. Dont know if it was that particular book or audiobooks in general but was just awful.
     
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    Listened to irvine Welsh's "*", the sequel to Trainspotting. Was quite funny listening to the guy go from Begbie going mental, to putting on a woman's voice for one of the female characters
     
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    The biggest part of it for me is the narrator. They can ruin even good books.
     
    Fontaine, Jan 9, 2018
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  19. trip2themoon Concomitant Allez-Vous?

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    I'm too much of a day dreamer for audiobooks, I find myself tuning out then have to rewind it. With a book you have to consume every word.
     
    trip2themoon, Jan 12, 2018
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