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Old 10-20-2009, 10:42 AM   #1606
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Clinging to the Wreckage, John Mortimer
One of my favourite books of all time!

Am I being horribly patronising to wonder whether some of it baffled you due to your age & nationality? Profound apologies if that is so. I read it as an 18 year old Brit with a fondness for tales from my Grandparents, I just don't know if it travels well.

Please let me know what you think of it.
I used to carry that or Orwell's Homage to Catalonia with me in stressful situations, knowing I could dip into it and find comfort. Later on I revered Barry Humphries' More Please and David Niven's The Moon's A Balloon in the same way.
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Old 10-20-2009, 05:41 PM   #1607
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Yes, I was hopelessly lost with many of the references, especially to playwrights, actors, etc. As a nerd-child growing up in the 80s, my taste in reading material ran mostly towards American science fiction, leaving me very out of touch. I was similarly confused by a piece a friend of mine did on the life of Alistair Cooke a few months back.

I did pick up quite a bit about England, pre-WWII, from the Dorothy Sayers novels. It seemed like such a romantic period to me. I went so far as to buy and read "Conundrums for the Long Week-End: England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey" to flesh out my understanding.

I'm heading back to the USA for my next book -- Boom!, Tom Brokaw.
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:06 AM   #1608
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Old 10-30-2009, 08:42 PM   #1609
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks

Alien Hand Syndrome - Alan Bellows

Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran - Robert Spencer

Marley & Me - John Grogan

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson

Taking the Leap - Pema Chodron
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Old 10-31-2009, 09:22 PM   #1610
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Old 11-03-2009, 07:43 PM   #1611
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Geez. Audiobooks are a ripoff. Itunes wants $50 for HP and the Half Blood Prince.

Fifty dollars!

That would be a No Fucking Way.
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Old 11-04-2009, 03:54 AM   #1612
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Itunes is an expensive way to buy audiobooks. Audible is way better.
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Old 11-04-2009, 08:31 AM   #1613
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but how would I get it on my ipod, then?
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Old 11-04-2009, 10:15 AM   #1614
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okay, I looked at Audible.com. You have to sign up for a monthly plan.

Oh HELL NO.
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Old 11-04-2009, 11:09 AM   #1615
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True. But the first 3 months are only 3.99 a month (for which you get a credit exchangeable for pretty much any audio book) and after that 7.99. (or whatever the dollar equivalent is). given that the credits now carry over (they didn't used to) that basically means you are paying 7.99 a month for one audiobook. Any month you dont get a download, you can carry that credit to a maximum of 6 months. So you can just store up a few credits and then go on an audiobook bonanza when you fancy. That credit per audiobok is excellent value. If you want to buy other books on top of the one you pay for with your monthly fee, they're significantly cheaper than anywhere else. You can download them in various formats: mp3, enhanced CD, etc. You can download straight to your ipod, or to your computer. And your purchases are stored on your 'bookshelf' so if you want to redownload them at any time you can in a different format if you wish. It's waaay cheaper than any other way of getting audiobooks and there's a bunch of freebies too (podcasts and interviews with writers, reviews free sample chapters to help you choose etc). You can also cancel at any time, so you're not tied in for a contract.

Worth doing, I thought, just for the three months trial (at the lower price) it basically means you're getting three full price audiobooks for £12. That's what i decided to do anyway :P I may decide to keep it going at the full price (£7.99) when the trial runs out next month. I haven't decided yet.
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Old 11-04-2009, 11:13 AM   #1616
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I just have an aversion to "signing up" for anything that costs monthly money. Netflix, for instance, pisses me off royally because of their constant popup ads which don't seem to be avoidable, plus the monthly charge. I just want to rent ONE movie at a time; buy ONE audiobook, etc. Plus, I don't listen to many audiobooks anyway.

But I admit that for some people it looks like a good deal.
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Old 11-04-2009, 11:44 AM   #1617
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The other option, of course, is to buy audiobooks on cd from amazon or ebay. They can be a bugger to get onto the ipod, but if you set up a playlist folder then have each cd as a playlist within that folder it works just fine.
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:00 PM   #1618
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i have 2 audible accounts
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:07 PM   #1619
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i just checked, and I have 158 books on one account and 244 on the other. 402 books.

wow
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Old 11-04-2009, 12:08 PM   #1620
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wow, indeed. Great for commuting, but since my entire roundtrip commute is 5 miles . . .
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