New - Book Reviews

As mentioned in my earlier post about social media I’ve deleted my Goodreads account, so I’m going to start doing some quick blog posts here about any books I’ve read/dropped/want to read.

I’ll post links to the authors’ sites instead of linking to Goodreads or Amazon or other online resellers. I’ll use a rating scale basically the same as with movies, though I’m admittedly much less likely to reread a book than rewatch a movie.

Also I’m generally listening to audiobooks these days, since it’s much easier to multitask – walking while reading a paper book is feasible (I did it a lot as a child) but not ideal, cleaning the house or mowing the lawn while reading a paper book less so.

This adds some additional nuance in that my enjoyment can be influenced as much by the performance of the audiobook reader as by the content. I suppose the physical format of a paper book can contribute to/detract from enjoyment as well, but I think the impact of performance of audiobooks is more significant. I’ll try to distinguish this if it’s a significant factor.

And I’m still going to say I “read” the books, since that’s how I still conceptually think of consuming audiobooks.

Hopefully will have the first review post up later this week!

Update: Similar to movies and tv, most of what I read is science fiction or fantasy, and with a few bits of historical fiction and non-fiction.