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Website Wednesday
I'm going with this banner until I track down its source.
Two things come to mind re: my website choice this Wednesday. First, from the past: I was at a small party when I was a teenager (couldn't drive yet) and we wound up sitting around talking (I was in the artsy/brainy [at least we thought we were] gang) about trains. That was it, trains, and more trains.
The boy who drove me home said: I guess it was pretty boring if you weren't interested in trains.
Second, converts to a religion are usually much more devout than original believers. This is what I've heard. It sort of makes sense. Original believers just grow up doing what the rest of their herd does; converts, coming late to the game, make informed choices (usually.)
And, here's the website:
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/
Now why did I mention those two small items as a preface? Because I have become a fanatic for audio books and you may not share my interest so this may be one big bore to you.
You must realize, however, that two weeks ago, I would go to bed with my knitting and the TV. During the day, I would sit at the computer knitting, reading. and typing Or, very occasionally, I would sit in front of the big TV and knit.
You would think that I liked TV. I sure thought that I liked TV - but I didn't. However, I do love audio books. I would even be corny and say I "heart" them.
It's like the convert who sees the light. I saw the light and it told me that I like to use my ears and not my eyes.
Now, I have mentioned audio books before, I think on a Movie Monday, and the site I cited is:
http://librivox.org/
This is a Libri Vox streaming site (I don't know if that's the right term) but you don't download the books.
The site I'm recommending this Wednesday seems also to be a Libri Vox site but here you download the books.
Why am I recommending this new site? First, the book selections at BooksShouldBeFree download as iTunes or MP3.
I think a lot of people would like this feature. I don't but I'll still recommend it for others. Why don't I like downloading? Because I download to a laptop and it takes sooooo long. However, the audio quality is so much better with downloads as opposed to much of my streaming which often comes across as a recording caught at an extremely slow and wrong speed.
Now, you're not going to get copyrighted books here. In fact, all the recording start with: All Libri Vox books are in the public domain. (If you are interested in copyrighted books, most public libraries in the US allow you to hear these books for a limited amount of time.) But the assortment of public domain books (on both sites) is fantastic.
Right now, I'm hooked on Jacob Abbott, a prominent children's author from the 19th century.
Children's author? His biography of Charles II of England tracks at college freshman on Flesch-Kincaid! I'm reading his biography of Charles I of England (the other ones' son.) You know my dislike of the modern turn in biography where the author is practically "in bed" with his subject describing his thoughts and environment in minute detail. None of this with Abbott. I guess you would call him an old-fashioned biographer but definitely not an expurgating one.
So take a look at either site (streaming or downloading) for a great selection of audio books. You may become a convert.
I'm going with this banner until I track down its source.
Two things come to mind re: my website choice this Wednesday. First, from the past: I was at a small party when I was a teenager (couldn't drive yet) and we wound up sitting around talking (I was in the artsy/brainy [at least we thought we were] gang) about trains. That was it, trains, and more trains.
The boy who drove me home said: I guess it was pretty boring if you weren't interested in trains.
Second, converts to a religion are usually much more devout than original believers. This is what I've heard. It sort of makes sense. Original believers just grow up doing what the rest of their herd does; converts, coming late to the game, make informed choices (usually.)
And, here's the website:
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/
Now why did I mention those two small items as a preface? Because I have become a fanatic for audio books and you may not share my interest so this may be one big bore to you.
You must realize, however, that two weeks ago, I would go to bed with my knitting and the TV. During the day, I would sit at the computer knitting, reading. and typing Or, very occasionally, I would sit in front of the big TV and knit.
You would think that I liked TV. I sure thought that I liked TV - but I didn't. However, I do love audio books. I would even be corny and say I "heart" them.
It's like the convert who sees the light. I saw the light and it told me that I like to use my ears and not my eyes.
Now, I have mentioned audio books before, I think on a Movie Monday, and the site I cited is:
http://librivox.org/
This is a Libri Vox streaming site (I don't know if that's the right term) but you don't download the books.
The site I'm recommending this Wednesday seems also to be a Libri Vox site but here you download the books.
Why am I recommending this new site? First, the book selections at BooksShouldBeFree download as iTunes or MP3.
I think a lot of people would like this feature. I don't but I'll still recommend it for others. Why don't I like downloading? Because I download to a laptop and it takes sooooo long. However, the audio quality is so much better with downloads as opposed to much of my streaming which often comes across as a recording caught at an extremely slow and wrong speed.
Now, you're not going to get copyrighted books here. In fact, all the recording start with: All Libri Vox books are in the public domain. (If you are interested in copyrighted books, most public libraries in the US allow you to hear these books for a limited amount of time.) But the assortment of public domain books (on both sites) is fantastic.
Right now, I'm hooked on Jacob Abbott, a prominent children's author from the 19th century.
Children's author? His biography of Charles II of England tracks at college freshman on Flesch-Kincaid! I'm reading his biography of Charles I of England (the other ones' son.) You know my dislike of the modern turn in biography where the author is practically "in bed" with his subject describing his thoughts and environment in minute detail. None of this with Abbott. I guess you would call him an old-fashioned biographer but definitely not an expurgating one.
So take a look at either site (streaming or downloading) for a great selection of audio books. You may become a convert.
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