Anybody else has a complicated relationship with big books? Some are all time faves but when I don’t love them… it’s a lot of time commitment to be underwhelmed 😂
The more I read the more convinced I am that for me most books over 500 hundred pages are just too long. That said I just finished a 630 page first book of a trilogy and really enjoyed it. :D I also become more resentful toward big books if I don't enjoy them because how dare they be not amazing when I have invested so much time.
Been reading Priory of the Orange Tree for a week now and I like it but I'm still finding it hard to read even 50 pages a day 😅 First time reading a book that chunky in almost a decade so that maybe doesn't help lol
I’m that b--h that always corrects people 😂😂. Born and raised in my happy little mountain state, also known as the prettiest place in the Western world 😁
Honestly I feel like the main reason the Dandelion Dynasty is so underrated is because of the first book. It really does read like a history book. It’s quite sad though since the rest of the series is soooo good.
As a historian, I am thrilled and a bit scared at the same time 😂 I read fantasy because it has all the fun parts of history and almost none of the boring ones
Clawdia's cute chirps 💙💙💙 also love the fact that you knew the cats so well and spot on!! (i know its obvious that you would know enough about your cats at that point) also charlie just going for the treats without sniffing them was so funny 💀
If you have a Lidl near your house my cats will go absolutely crazy for their little cushion-shaped crunchy snacks (a bit like the Whiskas ones in cat-shaped purple boxes)
One of my cats loves asparagus. I found out when he was maybe four months old and he stole a whole asparagus spear off my plate one night and ate it faster than a kid eating chocolate he's not supposed to have lmaooo. Also! That shirt you wear while doing the treat experiment is everything to me lmao
I like big books. I cannot lie. 😆 My TBR is full of them. But if I could only stop reading the other shorter ones instead and pick up a big one to read. 🤦♀️
I usually start my audiobooks at 1.5 for the first few chapters. I then go up to 1.75-1.8. I never go above 2x speed. That said, I don’t listen to fantasy or sci-fi via audio because I can’t understand them, no matter the speed! English is also my second language (French is my first!)
I agree with you about audiobook speed! I’m usually right around 1.5. However, I do think you can train yourself to listen to it faster because when I first started getting into audiobooks, I couldn’t listen to anything over 1 and now that sounds so slow to me.
App uh latch uh is correct. I have incredibly huge respect for the Appalachian people, the history of the region is rough and when the railroad and other forms of progress came to the area in the late 1800s, the people that were there were subjugated by the extremely wealthy. The people and the natural resources were used and abused, all the wealth was exported out of the state and everyone and everything was left in a worse position than they were when the ultra wealthy came in and disrupted everything. Very little resources were used to fund or support local infrastructure. To this day, the area is far lower than the poverty line than the rest of the country, and the area in the states where mining was possible the pollution has made giant swathes of those states toxic and uninhabitable. The biggest blessing that area received was the federal government stepping in and claiming chunks of wilderness for national parks, protecting those places from the same horrific fate.
I listen to most audiobooks between 1.5 and 2x speed. That’s perfect. Any faster than that and I would have to go back and relisten to parts that I missed 😂
I liked the audiobook of Grace of Kings but not enough to continue. I’m a quick, long time reader but I listen at 1.25, with non fiction sometimes at 1.5. I don’t want to miss anything and I like the “performance” aspect and feel like a higher speed ruins all that hard work. We all read how we read!
I usually listen at 2x speed, 1,5 if I need to get myself oriented in a new story and 2,5 when I just want to be done. I built it up from 1,5 gradually. English also is not my first language.
I started listening to audiobooks only last December, when someone here on comments mentioned that you can buy a subscription (a card) for Queens Public Library even if you are not an USA resident. English is not my first language, I read a lot in it and watch youtube but audiobooks was another type of experience -> the great one actually. I usually listen on 0.95 speed and I am okay with that. Tom Hanks narration of "The Dutch House" was too fast for me, had to slow down to 0.85 but he was amazing !
I read audio at 1.7-2x depending on the type of work. I tend to read memoir type books at 2x esp if narrated by author. But fantasy has to be slower or I just miss details as I listen to audio while I clean or play games
Clawdia doesn't like Churu but she did love another brand... but it gave her diarrhea so I had to cut her off lol Chunky/Charlie love them though! They literally fight and growl XD
I usually listen at 1.5-1.75x depending on the book. Fantasy or sci fi at 1.5, thrillers or more contemporary stuff at 1.75. Sometimes if I’m really really on board and really engaged and understanding the book super well, I can bring it up to 2. But if I am fortunate enough to be doing an immersive read (listening to the audio while reading with my eyes) I can speed it way up. I wish I could do immersive reads all the time.
Oh my gosh your cats 😂 lately I have been really struggling with not being interested in books, if by page 50-100 it’s not interesting or gripping to me at all then I usually dnf and it keeps happening so much. It’s so frustrating! I didn’t used to be this picky but I think the book should at least have me getting emotionally attached or just interested by page 100
I have four cats lol and they seem to all love these little freeze dried shrimp. I live in Portugal, but I am sure that's also available elsewhere. But yea they are obsessed with them.
Google said it right! Appalachia is pronounced that way by those of us who live here. However, some of the country that doesn't live here pronounces it differently. (It's very upsetting. Lol)
I've been wanting to read Grace of Kings as well. I should check my library for it. Charlie is a long boi, my cat is a slug, she'd never use one of those wheels. Granted, she's a bit of an old lady now, about 10.
She was a sneaky one who would get on the table when your back was turned. Caught her lapping it up. She went nuts when she heard the can opener. I would give her a saucer of it since she loved it so much.
I love classics and most of them are really long. Les Miserables is my favorite book ever. Read it four times and wanting to reread it asap. Right now, my life is on pause because of work so short stories are saving my reading life. In the end, I think that a good book is a good book and if you can tell the story in 5 pages or a 5000 doesn't matter to me as long as it's needed. ❤
I usually read at 1.75-2.1x speed depending on the audiobook. The narrator of one audiobook I listened to recently was so slow I was able to get up to 2.4 with no issues, which was new for me! But I definitely had to build up to it. 1.25x felt super fast to me when I first started listening to audiobooks. Also your cats are so funny to me because all 3 of my cats will eat anything presented to them! I’ve never had an issue with them not liking anything 😂
I usually listen at 3-3.5x speed. My ADHD doesn't let me listen at lower than 2x speed, even before I engaged in any ear training. I also listen to youtube at 3x or more 😅But I've always been a fast talker/reader/etc. 3x speed is fairly close to my personal reading speed so I usually immersion read
English is my 3rd language, so I don't usually go beyond 1.5. Sometimes 1.8 if the narrator is slow and I'm fully focused. Beyond that is just me trying to be done and over with that book 😂
@@bee7160 I listen to English in normal speed, but also I can't listen to my native language faster than 1.5. I don't understand why people like to fast forward so much, nobody talks that fast irl
I recently read Demon Copperhead & again felt out of the bubble-gave it 3 generous ⭐️…wayyy too long & drawn out with an ultimate message of hopelessness despite hope.
big books are still intimidating to me, I usually take so long to read them because I'll read other books at the same time. loved the cat content and as usual my cats were so excited to see them! I would be so interested if you did a video on French classics you enjoyed doing your French minor! I'm curious which ones you think are the most worthwhile to read!
I listen to my audiobooks at x2.0 or x2.5 😅 and english is my second language. But I think is because it helps me focus on the book. Because I really need to pay attention to understand it
My cat is such a picky eater, but he LOVES the Greenies catnip dental treats. In the US they come in multiple sized packages, so maybe try a small pack of those to see if your babies are a fan.
I had some temptations before (to try and convince their mother to like them- didn’t work) and Clawdia wouldn’t touch them! Can’t have any in the house though because Charlie found them and chew through the plastic and ate the whole container 😂
I'm also from quebec and cannot listened to audiobook faster than 1.75x. One of my cat is a weirdo and goes insane when we buy salad and chick peas. Our more fussy cat loovees Delectables Squeeze Up. I don't know if it would be doable with multiple kitties and one human because my 2 cats go feral for them.
I listen at around 2.5x for most audios, but it really depends on the narrator bc sometimes I'm higher than that or a little lower. I was pretty bored with Grace of Kings, I tried but it did NOT play well with my ADHD. 😂
I tried to read Grace of Kings a few weeks ago, we basically had the same reaction, I only made it like 35% through and gave up. I had the same Issue with Ship of Magic series, too many perspectives usually ruins it for.
My favorite speed is usually 2.5, and it makes my brain purr 😂 adhd is fun like that, if the narrator reads faster I go down to 2. To me it does not aound as fast after about a minute.
I liked Dark Matter the book. But I only watched one episode of the series. Weird I didn’t like it more because the author Blake Crouch I believe wrote the show and is also the show runner. Husband likes it a lot! Demon Copperhead is in my night stand. I gave it to my sis for her birthday (She wanted it) and she DNF’d it. I wanted to try it and now I can’t bring myself to start. I have a lot of LONG books to read at my house! Love seeing your kitties! Always the highlight!
My comfort speed is 1.2/1.25, sometimes I go up to 1.5 if it's really slow. I can comprehend 2, but honestly its just too intense and draining so it doesn't stay enjoyable.
2.25x speed is my sweet spot for audiobooks. English is not my first language either, but it's just the speed that works well for me. It depends on the book too though.
My go to speed is 1.5 but some books are better at 1.25 and some I can listen to at 2. But I have never listened to faster than 2. Anything above that is gibberish to me too 😅
If a book is over 500 pages, I usually listen to it via audiobook at 1.5- 1.75 speed (depending on how complex the writing is). I find it's easier for me to get invested that way, and much easier to continue if I'm waffling about doing so.
Nooo, please do not give up on Grace of Kings. I also felt it read like a history book, but the series in total is the very best series I have read in years! By book three you will look back and laugh that you ever felt this way about bok one. Please, please give it another shot. The audiobook is great btw.
Is the characterwork getting any better in book one? I didn't mind the choppy, dry writing that much but the characters are so one dimensional and lack any realistic motivation for me.
I know you hate hearing that the latter books are better, but it really is true with regard to the dandelion dynasty hahahaha. Book 1 feels like a prequel and books 2-4 like a really tight trilogy. Speaking bones is one of the best books I've ever read, a finale I'll carry with me forever
Two of my friends have read Demon Copperhead and they hated it. When they were talking about the book to me I got so bored. So I think I won't try reading that one.
I'm quite cautious about big books, they either have to be highly recommended by someone I trust, have the most amazing premise or come from a trusted author. The Grace of Kings has had quite a bit of hype but I soft dnf'd at page 236. I might come back to it, we'll see...
Over the past few days I've heard nothing but good reviews from people about the TV show Dark Matter. They are all just delighted! But they are all from those who have not read this book... 😅
The Grace of Kings was a huge letdown. I'm into historical fantasy, not history textbooks. And I'm seriously not feeling the idea of wasting my time on Book 2. But hey, maybe one day I'll give it a shot.
I usually listen in normal speed. Sometimes, I go up to x0.5. Mainly because I want to be emersed in the story, and I don't want to listen to a chipmunk 🐿😅 One time, I wasn't invested, but still wanted to know the conclusion of the trilogy, I diled it up to 2×speed. Wich to me was the audio version of skim reading 😅
I find big books can live or die by their endings - the entire time I was reading A Book Of American Martyrs, it was only a 2 star experience for me, but then the payoff at the very end so justified the journey that I ended up giving it 4 stars. Compared to Under The Whispering Door where I enjoyed the journey very much, but ultimately it had no reason to be as long as it was and so I only ended up giving it a 3 star because it was so bloated (and that was like, half the length of ABoAM). For audiobooks I default to 1.75x, which goes down to 1.5x if it's something more complicated/literary or up to 2-2.25x speed if the narrator is slower
I finished The Grace of Kings... it never got better. (Spoilers) It's just endless fighting, betrayed, politics, and mass SA in every city any army conquered. There was a woman general I liked but she wasn't in it much. There were also submaines they built to look like the sea monsters and that went way past my suspension of disbelief. I still have my 0 dnf book club record but that was a worst experience than Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment
I also can't focus when i listen to books faster than 1.5, and English is not my first language either but I don't think it's because of that. I'm surprised you didn't like the dark matter show. I'm really enjoying it, especially the last few episodes because he added so many things that aren't in the book
You can also call the Appalachian Mountains the Blue Ridge Mountains if you have a hard time saying it. I'm from near the area and people will know what you're talking about.
I also DNFed The grace of kings. I don't like fantasy books with very infodumpy worldbuilding and that was definitely one of them. Also did not like the MC I do like big books, but they have to be good. Even more so then short books I think. So haven't found that many I have enjoyed
I default start an audiobook at 1.5 speed and usually speed up to 1.7 or 2 depending on narrator and how I’m feeling. Sometimes I’ll even speed up further than 2 times if the narrator is especially slow or I just want to get through a section of book or the whole book faster. On the rare occasion I slow it down but usually to 1.3 if the narrator has a thick accent that my brain struggles with at faster speeds. My old boy, he just turned 16, has always been a bit picky but has gotten pickier with age. He tends to get bored of chicken, turkey and any fish real fast. If I buy any of those flavors I have to have a backup of a different flavor for when he inevitably gets bored. He really likes quail but his favorite flavors are pretty much anything red meat, he goes nuts over it and if I’m eating anything with beef he will be very determined to steal it from me. It’s gotten better in recent years to be able to find treats for cats being made with red meat but it’s still not that common and it’s usually just beef so I’ll occasionally buy some dehydrated treats from the dog section so he can have bison and other flavors.
Oh no 😭Dandelion Dynasty is like my favorite series of all time! The first book does feel segmented for sure but I think the audiobook definitely improves the overall enjoyment. Sorry it didn't work for you tho
I have NO idea how people listen at 3x speed lol. I listen at 2x or sometimes for romance I can do like 2.2x. If the person has a different accent than mine, like British or Irish or something, I might have to slow it down. I had to listen to Harry's audiobook at 1.5x speed because it was too hard for me to understand at 2x with his accent!
I always feel very weird because, even though I am from the area, Appalachuh sounds incredibly wrong to me because I've always said/say it Appa-lay-shuh. I have Grace of Kings to try and I'm looking forward to it so I hope I have a better time than you did :D Also, I've been struggling to put a name to the type of fiction that my book club is constantly picking and STRUGGLE FICTION is the absolute best description. Just constantly what is picked.
You try to do 100 pages a day of reading??? That’s amazing and I now aim to work my way up to that. 🎉 Also, Clawdia’s zoomies sound like a race car going fast. Myoooowm. 😂
Tbf in the last year it’s been more like 100 pages when you combine the audiobook and physical books I’m reading lol She loves doing that at my door in the morning 😂
Anybody else has a complicated relationship with big books? Some are all time faves but when I don’t love them… it’s a lot of time commitment to be underwhelmed 😂
Exactly! Same ...
Not with big books per se but I am currently afraid of starting Jade legacy...You told us it broke your heart and now I am scared 😭
The more I read the more convinced I am that for me most books over 500 hundred pages are just too long. That said I just finished a 630 page first book of a trilogy and really enjoyed it. :D I also become more resentful toward big books if I don't enjoy them because how dare they be not amazing when I have invested so much time.
Been reading Priory of the Orange Tree for a week now and I like it but I'm still finding it hard to read even 50 pages a day 😅 First time reading a book that chunky in almost a decade so that maybe doesn't help lol
I feel like I'm more likely to DNF a big book. If I'm not enjoying myself, I don't want to commit the time.
"Ok. Those are words." 😂 this is indeed the best description of that feeling
“I know some of them. Most I don’t.” 💀
Some fantasy and sci fi books really throw you right in 😂
Charlie does look like a panther 😂😅
He’s so happy with that wheel! 🏃♂️🐈⬛
Horns and Cujo in the background as your black cat chomps down on hearts is so perfect 🫀😺 lol
That is indeed how to say Appalachia. 😂 My husband was born and raised there and spent the first year of our relationship correcting my pronunciation.
I’m that b--h that always corrects people 😂😂. Born and raised in my happy little mountain state, also known as the prettiest place in the Western world 😁
Honestly I feel like the main reason the Dandelion Dynasty is so underrated is because of the first book. It really does read like a history book. It’s quite sad though since the rest of the series is soooo good.
I loved the first one, but the second somehow was even better!! I am on my way to read the third one)))
As a historian, I am thrilled and a bit scared at the same time 😂 I read fantasy because it has all the fun parts of history and almost none of the boring ones
That’s good to hear because I bought the TBB special editions and this vlog made me so nervous
Claudia might like freeze-dried minnows - my cats loved them
You can buy thin slices of fish in vacuum packed bags. They're still wet and everything, my older cat loves them
Oh I have a feeling Clawdia might go for that!
Your cats are THE BESTT 🥹🥹🥹 they are so adorable! Love their personalities! You can certainly have lill shorts of the gorgeous babies 🥰
Your Mother of Cats Tshirt is perfect! 🤣
I listen to all my audiobooks at 1.25 speed. I can't handle listen to chipmunks reading my books too me. 😂
Yes! I don't get how people listen at higher speeds. The voices get distorted!
😂😂😂 great point
😂😂😂 great point
Charlie is like a little vacuum cleaner lol!
He got me to finally start using my waterpik because he kept trying to eat floss (that he would open the trash can for!!)
Clawdia's cute chirps 💙💙💙 also love the fact that you knew the cats so well and spot on!! (i know its obvious that you would know enough about your cats at that point) also charlie just going for the treats without sniffing them was so funny 💀
If you have a Lidl near your house my cats will go absolutely crazy for their little cushion-shaped crunchy snacks (a bit like the Whiskas ones in cat-shaped purple boxes)
Your babies are so beautiful!
One of my cats loves asparagus. I found out when he was maybe four months old and he stole a whole asparagus spear off my plate one night and ate it faster than a kid eating chocolate he's not supposed to have lmaooo.
Also! That shirt you wear while doing the treat experiment is everything to me lmao
I like big books. I cannot lie. 😆 My TBR is full of them. But if I could only stop reading the other shorter ones instead and pick up a big one to read. 🤦♀️
This is a mood. But also so me as well XD
I usually start my audiobooks at 1.5 for the first few chapters. I then go up to 1.75-1.8. I never go above 2x speed. That said, I don’t listen to fantasy or sci-fi via audio because I can’t understand them, no matter the speed! English is also my second language (French is my first!)
I agree with you about audiobook speed! I’m usually right around 1.5. However, I do think you can train yourself to listen to it faster because when I first started getting into audiobooks, I couldn’t listen to anything over 1 and now that sounds so slow to me.
I like big books when I like the subject. 📚
Charlie on the wheel is like a panther. 🐈⬛
App uh latch uh is correct. I have incredibly huge respect for the Appalachian people, the history of the region is rough and when the railroad and other forms of progress came to the area in the late 1800s, the people that were there were subjugated by the extremely wealthy. The people and the natural resources were used and abused, all the wealth was exported out of the state and everyone and everything was left in a worse position than they were when the ultra wealthy came in and disrupted everything. Very little resources were used to fund or support local infrastructure. To this day, the area is far lower than the poverty line than the rest of the country, and the area in the states where mining was possible the pollution has made giant swathes of those states toxic and uninhabitable. The biggest blessing that area received was the federal government stepping in and claiming chunks of wilderness for national parks, protecting those places from the same horrific fate.
I listen to most audiobooks between 1.5 and 2x speed. That’s perfect. Any faster than that and I would have to go back and relisten to parts that I missed 😂
I liked the audiobook of Grace of Kings but not enough to continue. I’m a quick, long time reader but I listen at 1.25, with non fiction sometimes at 1.5. I don’t want to miss anything and I like the “performance” aspect and feel like a higher speed ruins all that hard work. We all read how we read!
1.5 speed for audiobooks too! English is also my second language, too!
I usually listen at 2x speed, 1,5 if I need to get myself oriented in a new story and 2,5 when I just want to be done. I built it up from 1,5 gradually. English also is not my first language.
I listen at either 2.0 or 2.5 I do understand it helps me process it quicker.
I started listening to audiobooks only last December, when someone here on comments mentioned that you can buy a subscription (a card) for Queens Public Library even if you are not an USA resident. English is not my first language, I read a lot in it and watch youtube but audiobooks was another type of experience -> the great one actually. I usually listen on 0.95 speed and I am okay with that. Tom Hanks narration of "The Dutch House" was too fast for me, had to slow down to 0.85 but he was amazing !
I read audio at 1.7-2x depending on the type of work. I tend to read memoir type books at 2x esp if narrated by author. But fantasy has to be slower or I just miss details as I listen to audio while I clean or play games
My cat doesn't usually go for treats like Clawdia, except I discovered she LOVES those liquid treats that look like a little gogurt
Clawdia doesn't like Churu but she did love another brand... but it gave her diarrhea so I had to cut her off lol Chunky/Charlie love them though! They literally fight and growl XD
I usually listen at 1.5-1.75x depending on the book. Fantasy or sci fi at 1.5, thrillers or more contemporary stuff at 1.75. Sometimes if I’m really really on board and really engaged and understanding the book super well, I can bring it up to 2.
But if I am fortunate enough to be doing an immersive read (listening to the audio while reading with my eyes) I can speed it way up. I wish I could do immersive reads all the time.
Oh my gosh your cats 😂 lately I have been really struggling with not being interested in books, if by page 50-100 it’s not interesting or gripping to me at all then I usually dnf and it keeps happening so much. It’s so frustrating! I didn’t used to be this picky but I think the book should at least have me getting emotionally attached or just interested by page 100
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if you’re in a reading slump or if we just keep picking underwhelming books :/
@@BookswithEmilyFox yess
I have four cats lol and they seem to all love these little freeze dried shrimp. I live in Portugal, but I am sure that's also available elsewhere. But yea they are obsessed with them.
Oh thanks for the rec! I think they would love that!!
Google said it right! Appalachia is pronounced that way by those of us who live here. However, some of the country that doesn't live here pronounces it differently. (It's very upsetting. Lol)
OMG at 7mins one of your cats meows and I was so sure it was one of mine and it sounded so different than usual so I panicked 😂
I always think they’re meowing when I’m editing 😂
Without watching the video I can say I agree wholeheartedly with the title (most of the time).
Some of them are all time faves but I often feel like they could have been edited a bit more!
I've been wanting to read Grace of Kings as well. I should check my library for it. Charlie is a long boi, my cat is a slug, she'd never use one of those wheels. Granted, she's a bit of an old lady now, about 10.
"Appalachia?.. that sounds wrong... Da Mountains" lmao
My cats go absolutely feral for the fancy feast chicken savory treats! (The one that looks like chocolate bars)
My late cat was crazy for canned asparagus juice. She was my little weirdo.
Wth 😂 not something I would have expected! How did you find out they liked it?
I had 3 cats (sisters) and they all went crazy for olives. 🤷♀
She was a sneaky one who would get on the table when your back was turned. Caught her lapping it up. She went nuts when she heard the can opener. I would give her a saucer of it since she loved it so much.
I love classics and most of them are really long. Les Miserables is my favorite book ever. Read it four times and wanting to reread it asap. Right now, my life is on pause because of work so short stories are saving my reading life. In the end, I think that a good book is a good book and if you can tell the story in 5 pages or a 5000 doesn't matter to me as long as it's needed. ❤
In Spanish (mother tongue) I listen to it at 2, sometimes and really specific getting to 2.3… but a good speed is 1.75!
I also go for 1.5 maybe upto 1.7 but when I start I usually start at 1.3 just to get used to the world/names
I usually read at 1.75-2.1x speed depending on the audiobook. The narrator of one audiobook I listened to recently was so slow I was able to get up to 2.4 with no issues, which was new for me! But I definitely had to build up to it. 1.25x felt super fast to me when I first started listening to audiobooks.
Also your cats are so funny to me because all 3 of my cats will eat anything presented to them! I’ve never had an issue with them not liking anything 😂
I usually listen at 3-3.5x speed. My ADHD doesn't let me listen at lower than 2x speed, even before I engaged in any ear training.
I also listen to youtube at 3x or more 😅But I've always been a fast talker/reader/etc. 3x speed is fairly close to my personal reading speed so I usually immersion read
So I used to agree with you about the audiobook speed but now I’m more use to it and I can listen to books at 2x speed.
Haha my dog loves chicken hearts too
English is my 3rd language, so I don't usually go beyond 1.5. Sometimes 1.8 if the narrator is slow and I'm fully focused. Beyond that is just me trying to be done and over with that book 😂
english is my first language and yet i can only go up to 1.25. ik it’s a little crazy but my brain can’t process words that quickly 😂
@@bee7160 I listen to English in normal speed, but also I can't listen to my native language faster than 1.5. I don't understand why people like to fast forward so much, nobody talks that fast irl
I recently read Demon Copperhead & again felt out of the bubble-gave it 3 generous ⭐️…wayyy too long & drawn out with an ultimate message of hopelessness despite hope.
big books are still intimidating to me, I usually take so long to read them because I'll read other books at the same time. loved the cat content and as usual my cats were so excited to see them!
I would be so interested if you did a video on French classics you enjoyed doing your French minor! I'm curious which ones you think are the most worthwhile to read!
I listen to my audiobooks at x2.0 or x2.5 😅 and english is my second language. But I think is because it helps me focus on the book. Because I really need to pay attention to understand it
Demon Copperhead was a DNF for me but I might try it again later. I was just not in the mood for it.
My cat is such a picky eater, but he LOVES the Greenies catnip dental treats. In the US they come in multiple sized packages, so maybe try a small pack of those to see if your babies are a fan.
I had some temptations before (to try and convince their mother to like them- didn’t work) and Clawdia wouldn’t touch them!
Can’t have any in the house though because Charlie found them and chew through the plastic and ate the whole container 😂
I second this! The catnip Greenies are our cat’s favorites! They get a few for a bedtime snack and even picky princess calico will always eat them 😂
I'm also from quebec and cannot listened to audiobook faster than 1.75x. One of my cat is a weirdo and goes insane when we buy salad and chick peas.
Our more fussy cat loovees Delectables Squeeze Up. I don't know if it would be doable with multiple kitties and one human because my 2 cats go feral for them.
My cat loves the Catit jerky and Catit grills. I have to cut them up to make them last longer
I listen at around 2.5x for most audios, but it really depends on the narrator bc sometimes I'm higher than that or a little lower. I was pretty bored with Grace of Kings, I tried but it did NOT play well with my ADHD. 😂
I tried to read Grace of Kings a few weeks ago, we basically had the same reaction, I only made it like 35% through and gave up. I had the same Issue with Ship of Magic series, too many perspectives usually ruins it for.
1.5x in Spanish, but the maximum for me is 1.25x in English and depend on the accent of the narrator.
I love the experiment with the cats.
My favorite speed is usually 2.5, and it makes my brain purr 😂 adhd is fun like that, if the narrator reads faster I go down to 2. To me it does not aound as fast after about a minute.
I liked Dark Matter the book. But I only watched one episode of the series. Weird I didn’t like it more because the author Blake Crouch I believe wrote the show and is also the show runner. Husband likes it a lot! Demon Copperhead is in my night stand. I gave it to my sis for her birthday (She wanted it) and she DNF’d it. I wanted to try it and now I can’t bring myself to start. I have a lot of LONG books to read at my house! Love seeing your kitties! Always the highlight!
My comfort speed is 1.2/1.25, sometimes I go up to 1.5 if it's really slow. I can comprehend 2, but honestly its just too intense and draining so it doesn't stay enjoyable.
2.25x speed is my sweet spot for audiobooks. English is not my first language either, but it's just the speed that works well for me. It depends on the book too though.
My go to speed is 1.5 but some books are better at 1.25 and some I can listen to at 2. But I have never listened to faster than 2. Anything above that is gibberish to me too 😅
If a book is over 500 pages, I usually listen to it via audiobook at 1.5- 1.75 speed (depending on how complex the writing is). I find it's easier for me to get invested that way, and much easier to continue if I'm waffling about doing so.
Nooo, please do not give up on Grace of Kings. I also felt it read like a history book, but the series in total is the very best series I have read in years! By book three you will look back and laugh that you ever felt this way about bok one. Please, please give it another shot. The audiobook is great btw.
Is the characterwork getting any better in book one? I didn't mind the choppy, dry writing that much but the characters are so one dimensional and lack any realistic motivation for me.
The best way to remember how to say Appalachia is think “ I’m going to throw an Apple-at-yah”
Yeah that's why I started DNfing like 90% of books I read. Life's just too short. I try to stick to what I'm enjoying.
English is my first language and I prefer 1.25-1.5 speed. I also get distracted so if I were listening faster I would miss way too much.
I know you hate hearing that the latter books are better, but it really is true with regard to the dandelion dynasty hahahaha. Book 1 feels like a prequel and books 2-4 like a really tight trilogy. Speaking bones is one of the best books I've ever read, a finale I'll carry with me forever
Ma chatte aime beaucoup les Gâteries de poisson blanc séchées à froid de Vietdiet. Je les achète chez Mondou et elles sont excellentes pour la santé!
Two of my friends have read Demon Copperhead and they hated it. When they were talking about the book to me I got so bored. So I think I won't try reading that one.
My cats go crazy for the same chicken hearts! 😂
What do they put in these?? Nothing else seems to compare
I'm quite cautious about big books, they either have to be highly recommended by someone I trust, have the most amazing premise or come from a trusted author. The Grace of Kings has had quite a bit of hype but I soft dnf'd at page 236. I might come back to it, we'll see...
I'm literally about to tackle A Day of Fallen Night today... This video feels like a bad omen 😂
That one was good!!
Over the past few days I've heard nothing but good reviews from people about the TV show Dark Matter. They are all just delighted! But they are all from those who have not read this book... 😅
Ive only seen the first three episodes so my opinion might changed! I’ll try and finish it to see
The Grace of Kings was a huge letdown. I'm into historical fantasy, not history textbooks. And I'm seriously not feeling the idea of wasting my time on Book 2. But hey, maybe one day I'll give it a shot.
I usually listen in normal speed. Sometimes, I go up to x0.5. Mainly because I want to be emersed in the story, and I don't want to listen to a chipmunk 🐿😅
One time, I wasn't invested, but still wanted to know the conclusion of the trilogy, I diled it up to 2×speed. Wich to me was the audio version of skim reading 😅
I find big books can live or die by their endings - the entire time I was reading A Book Of American Martyrs, it was only a 2 star experience for me, but then the payoff at the very end so justified the journey that I ended up giving it 4 stars. Compared to Under The Whispering Door where I enjoyed the journey very much, but ultimately it had no reason to be as long as it was and so I only ended up giving it a 3 star because it was so bloated (and that was like, half the length of ABoAM).
For audiobooks I default to 1.75x, which goes down to 1.5x if it's something more complicated/literary or up to 2-2.25x speed if the narrator is slower
My cat goes feral for freeze dried minnows! I break 1 minnow into about 4 treats for him lol
The boys do love those! This is how I stayed alive without chicken hearts in the house lol Clawdia won’t touch them though.
I finished The Grace of Kings... it never got better. (Spoilers)
It's just endless fighting, betrayed, politics, and mass SA in every city any army conquered. There was a woman general I liked but she wasn't in it much.
There were also submaines they built to look like the sea monsters and that went way past my suspension of disbelief.
I still have my 0 dnf book club record but that was a worst experience than Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment
I’m sorry you went through this but thank you so much. This reassured me that I made the right choice!
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For the record I voted for Grace of Kings, I wanted to read it... just didn't work out but at least I know.
i'm usually reading audiobooks at between 1.5 and 1.85 speed, 2 is usually too fast and under 1.5 waaaaay too slow
I also can't focus when i listen to books faster than 1.5, and English is not my first language either but I don't think it's because of that. I'm surprised you didn't like the dark matter show. I'm really enjoying it, especially the last few episodes because he added so many things that aren't in the book
I haven’t given up on it! I’m going to continue now that I’m done with Brigerton!
You can also call the Appalachian Mountains the Blue Ridge Mountains if you have a hard time saying it. I'm from near the area and people will know what you're talking about.
I also DNFed The grace of kings. I don't like fantasy books with very infodumpy worldbuilding and that was definitely one of them. Also did not like the MC
I do like big books, but they have to be good. Even more so then short books I think. So haven't found that many I have enjoyed
I default start an audiobook at 1.5 speed and usually speed up to 1.7 or 2 depending on narrator and how I’m feeling. Sometimes I’ll even speed up further than 2 times if the narrator is especially slow or I just want to get through a section of book or the whole book faster. On the rare occasion I slow it down but usually to 1.3 if the narrator has a thick accent that my brain struggles with at faster speeds.
My old boy, he just turned 16, has always been a bit picky but has gotten pickier with age. He tends to get bored of chicken, turkey and any fish real fast. If I buy any of those flavors I have to have a backup of a different flavor for when he inevitably gets bored. He really likes quail but his favorite flavors are pretty much anything red meat, he goes nuts over it and if I’m eating anything with beef he will be very determined to steal it from me. It’s gotten better in recent years to be able to find treats for cats being made with red meat but it’s still not that common and it’s usually just beef so I’ll occasionally buy some dehydrated treats from the dog section so he can have bison and other flavors.
Most people who didn’t like The Grace of Kings say the rest of the books are really good. But yeah the first is supposed to be not great.
Oh no 😭Dandelion Dynasty is like my favorite series of all time! The first book does feel segmented for sure but I think the audiobook definitely improves the overall enjoyment. Sorry it didn't work for you tho
Google is correct on the pronunciation of Appalachia.
Pronunciation depends on what part of the mountains you're from. Where I'm from it's pronounced App-uh-lay-shun.
I swear it goes right through one ear, right out the other 🤦♀️
Claudia’s zoomie noises 😂🥹
Have you tried Churu? They have the tubes and the bites, my cats go crazy for both
Yes! The boys love it but she won’t touch it lol We had tried another brand that she did like but it gave them all upset stomachs so no more :/
I have NO idea how people listen at 3x speed lol. I listen at 2x or sometimes for romance I can do like 2.2x. If the person has a different accent than mine, like British or Irish or something, I might have to slow it down. I had to listen to Harry's audiobook at 1.5x speed because it was too hard for me to understand at 2x with his accent!
The few times I was able to listen at 2x, the narrators had excellent enunciation. Otherwise it becomes gibberish 😂
I DNFed The Grace of Kings too.
I prefer big books cause I kind of find it harder to get into the story when it comes to thin books.
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I always feel very weird because, even though I am from the area, Appalachuh sounds incredibly wrong to me because I've always said/say it Appa-lay-shuh.
I have Grace of Kings to try and I'm looking forward to it so I hope I have a better time than you did :D Also, I've been struggling to put a name to the type of fiction that my book club is constantly picking and STRUGGLE FICTION is the absolute best description. Just constantly what is picked.
Where is Mama Cat? We haven't seen her in a while
I address it here at ~17mins
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You try to do 100 pages a day of reading??? That’s amazing and I now aim to work my way up to that. 🎉
Also, Clawdia’s zoomies sound like a race car going fast. Myoooowm. 😂
Tbf in the last year it’s been more like 100 pages when you combine the audiobook and physical books I’m reading lol
She loves doing that at my door in the morning 😂
I go at 2,5 speed and I am German, so yeah also not my first Language. But Usually it works out fine for me.
2.5 😳 it barely makes sense to me at that point haha I’d go through way more books that way tho!
I have to slow down my audiobooks a bit. English is not my first language and my brain is even slower when I listen to english vs reading it. 😂
same here 🙃
Other youtubers: What’s happening to Epic Fantasy? I want our big Fantasy books. This is horrible.
Emily:
💀 I’ve been burned too many times lately! When I love the book though I don’t want it to end