Audiobooks - Blog Posts
I just found out yesterday that the httyd audiobooks are free on youtube and I'm already on book 4
@howtopostanaudiobook on YouTube (they also have the 1st 2 books of the wizards of once)
Turning my fanfictions into audiobooks!
Please enjoy them here if you'd like:
Doflamingo's Little Dove Chapter 1:
Knocking on Heaven's Door Chapter 1:
Chapter 2:
Warm my Soul chapter 1:
Bepo's Birthday Shenanigans:
I'm currently working on "Bepo's Birthday Shenanigans"! Please look forward to that becoming an audiobook next.
If you are a One Piece author and would like to see your work turned into an audiobook, please feel free to contact me! ^-^
Giveaway
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Life’s been a little rough lately and I wanted a comfort read, but also to crochet so I thought, I’ll get the audio book. The book in question being Red, white and royal blue. Listened to the preview and my god that is the worst choice of narrator I’ve heard in a while.
The dude sounded like he was bored out of his mind and way too old. I was expecting someone to sound like they were Alex’s age, but no, some middle aged sounding dude is what we got?
I was so disappointed, like I couldn’t even sit through the dull preview because the voice annoyed me so much.
Fourth Wing - Graphic audio|I have some.. thoughts
So I’ve been listening to Fourth Wing and will do Iron Flame too in preparation for the Onyx Storm release next week and I chose the graphic audio version since it sounded like a cool concept and I also didn’t vibe with the narrator of the normal audiobook from the sample.
Overall I’m really enjoying it, but there are some things that definitely takes me right out of the story every now and then
- Xaden’s voice actor is not great. He has moments where lines are delivered very well, but mostly he sounds kinda obnoxious and flat. Like he said “I’m on my way” or something to that effect in which the narrator says he had an edge of panic in his voice right after and he definitely did not. Like he had no emotional inflection in his voice at all and this tends to happen often.
Xaden is supposed to be cocky and arrogant, yes, but he’s also charismatic and confident and the voice actor doesn’t really pull that off. Like I said he just aounds obnoxious a lot of the time, like one of those trustfund baby stereotypes… makes me cringe a lot. He does have some moments here and there that he really delivers a line well though, so it’s not all bad
- The excessive moaning when they’re just kissing. And Violet low key sounding like she’s being tortured when they’re doing the deed.
I was so taken aback when I got to their first kiss because the moaning was just too much. The second the kiss started they sounded like they were about to finish if you know what I mean… it just was so weird to me.
And their first time, as mentioned Violet mostly just sounded like she was in pain. She did have some parts that sounded like she was enjoying herself, but mostly it sounded like a torture scene and that made things very weird for me
- Lastly, Tairn. I’m disappointed in his voice. I wish it was grittier, like a bit more like the voice actor for Professor Kaori (don’t remember if that’s the correct spelling), but at least he delivers his lines pretty well. Like my only issue is the sound of the voice, not the voice acting itself.
All this being said, I still am enjoying it a lot (I’m almost at the end now) and I will be doing the graphic audio version of Iron Flame too.
Have you listened to the graphic audio version? What did you think about it?
I'm somehow managing a secret third thing, where my brain just cuts out the second a name is mentioned. So I dont know how the name is spelled NOR can I pronounce it even CLOSE to correctly
Here’s my take on the whole audio books vs. reading:
Oral tradition of storytelling predates written ones by millennias, and honestly, which one you like is just a personal preference.
The actual difference is
when listening, you have no idea how to write characters’ names
when reading, you have no idea how to pronounce characters’ names
hope this helps!
Lights Out - The dark romance book. (No spoilers)
My thoughts.
This is the dark romance book I have experienced. I heard the audiobook version and dayyum, it's hot 🔥 and extreme for a first timer. I could only listen to it when I am alone, so that is only during my commute to the office and back home. It's an hour drive each way so that's plenty of time to listen to something.
From listening to music to dark romance stories, it made me so addicted first day itself. Okay coming to review of the Lights Out. It is a simple story line with detailed sex scenes. That's the beauty of dark romance stories. I loved it a lot. My di*k was hard all the time while I was driving. It was pushing against my jeans so hard that I thought it would rip the zips apart. That proved I enjoyed the story a lot. I didn't miss the chance to even stroke myself during heavy traffic time. Hope nobody saw, I was too feral that moment. 🥵🥵
There is a beautiful suspense in the first half of the story so I can't go in detail without spoiling it. The sexual encounters will keep you hooked for sure. The female character Ally's thoughts are pretty detailed which makes it so hot because we rarely get to know what is going on in the girl's mind during sex scenes.
Highly recommended to read or listen to it.
If you need the audioboom version, let me know I can share it with you.
Credits go to my best friend who recommended it ❤️. This book was a turning point in our friendship too. That's a story on its own!
Today’s sponsor is NOT audible
Amazon is removing our right to download Kindle books onto our computers on Feb 26.
What does this mean? It means, if you buy an ebook from Amazon and you want to use a different ereader, you will not be able to download the file onto your computer, remove its DRM using Calibre, and transfer the book to any device of your choice. After February 26, you’ll be locked to Amazon’s ecosystem indefinitely. Books will only be transferable between Amazon devices and apps. You do not own the ebooks you buy. Amazon can (and has) remove ebooks from your library.
Download them now and use the Calibre to remove the DRM. I highly suggest buying ebooks from other places from now on. Links to resources below.
Video about Amazon removing downloads
Article explaining how to download Calibre and remove DRM
Alternative Ebook/Physical Book Stores
Bookshop.org
ebooks.com
Barnes and Noble
Halfpricebooks.com
Pango
Thrift Books
Free Ebooks
Project Gutenberg
Libby/Overdrive (libraries)
The Internet Archive
Alternative Audiobook Apps
Audiobooks.com
Libby/Overdrive
Chirp
Libro.fm
Using a Kindle without Using Amazon
If you’re like me, you have a kindle and you’re not financially in the position to buy a new $130 ereader from a different brand. So what are you to do? The best thing you can do is use Libby/Overdrive. It’s very simple. The Libby app has an option to link your Amazon account to the app and so when you borrow a book from your library, it’ll automatically go to your kindle.
You can also sideload books onto your kindle if the file is compatible and DRM free. Here’s an article listing DRM free book sources.
Supporting Indie Authors
Now this is where things get tricky. Most indie authors make the bulk of their sales on Amazon. It’s awful, but that’s the nature of the beast. Use your own discretion when buying indie books from Amazon. Check and see if that author sells their books on other platforms or buy their book physically (if the option is available) so that you actually own the book you buy.
My mom is a librarian so i use the study stuff from the bpl and it’s great. It’s my savior fr. And whenever we go on road trips and such we get audiobooks. I love libraries
“Public libraries are such important, lovely places!” Yes but do you GO there. Do you STUDY there. Do you meet friends and get coffee there. Do you borrow the FREE, ZERO SUBSCRIPTION, ZERO TRACKING books, audiobooks, ebooks, and films. Have you checked out their events and schemes. Do you sign up for the low cost courses in ASL or knitting or programming or writing your CV that they probably run. Do you know they probably have myriad of schemes to help low income families. Do you hire their low cost rooms if you need them. Have you joined their social groups. Do you use the FREE COMPUTERS. Do you even know what your library is trying to offer you. Listen, the library shouldn’t just exist for you as a nice idea. That’s why more libraries shut every year
🚀 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 🌐💬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎+ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝐱 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 📣💡 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝟏-𝐭𝐨-𝟏 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 🎤📈 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞
Do your followers know about Libby? It's an app where, at least in the United States, you can listen to as many professionally recorded audio books as you'd like for FREE, so long as you have a library card. You don't even need to visit the library, you can just borrow the audiobooks from your phone.
I don't know. I hope they do. But perhaps a few more of them will after reading this.
