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Red, White and Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston

Crime scenes was a great book 5 🌟
Red, White and Royal Blue is a very funny book I'm currently reading 📚

#Cambodia
#queerbooks
#reading
#audiobooks

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kaysworld1

Coast Guard Rescue One | Natalie Debrabandere

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Its been a while since i read a queer book this is a gentle lesbian book. This book was better than expected, great story, a bit over descriptive in area's but over all I enjoyed it a lot.
The story didn't have a happy ever after ending which I did like. 4 🌟

#queerbooks
#audiobooks
#Cambodia
#readingontheroad

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SomedayAlmost

Come Closer: A Novel | Sara Gran

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A creepy, Satanic short horror listen that kept me under its spell. Strong voice. Stronger demon. Well narrated. it‘s a hard look at one NY professional woman‘s possession & bloody unraveling. #horrorfiction #demons #murderouswomen #audiobooks

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CSeydel

Dead Inside (A Kelsey Hawk FBI Suspense Thriller�Book One) | Kate Bold

Oh, yuck. #spotify #audio #audiobooks #robotoverlords

Librarybelle 😔 2w

DGRachel Absolutely not. 🤬 2w

julesG WTAF??? 2w

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CindyMyLifeIsLit So they‘ve named the AI? 🙄 2w

Christine ☹️ 2w

Deblovestoread Ugh! 😣 2w

Leniverse 😦 Nope, nopety nope 😒 2w

Meshell1313 Whaaa???? That‘s insane. 2w

KathyWheeler They gave the synthesized voice a name?! I won‘t listen to these. (edited) 2w

GingerAntics I‘m intrigued to know what this sounds like… but I won‘t listen to an entire audiobook of it. @KathyWheeler synthesised voices have had names for a long time. I don‘t know how to look it up on android, but on iPhone you can choose which voice is “Siri.” There is the “Siri” voice, then “David,” “Oliver”… it depends on what accent you want it to speak in and if you want it to be male or female as to what the names are. I have mine set to Oliver. 2w

GingerAntics @KathyWheeler Oliver is a lovely sounding British bloke! Anytime I use Siri (which is rarely) people always ask what it is. He has a very pleasant voice. I‘ve even had me read books in the past. I wouldn‘t pay for an audiobook made with one (even Oliver) though. That‘s ridiculous. There are plenty of voice actors looking for work to get a real person. 2w

CSeydel @GingerAntics Exactly. Most of us are also familiar with “Alexa”, Amazon‘s voice-activated AI assistant (although my family uses “Echo” as our wake word). Funny, I use the British male voice for Siri too, but I never knew he had a different name. He still goes by Siri on my (old) phone. Anyway, this audiobook is “free” - that is, included in my Spotify subscription - and I‘m assuming it‘s a book that wouldn‘t have an audio version otherwise. 2w

CSeydel (Cont‘d) … but it‘s the camel‘s nose, isn‘t it? If people get used to AI audiobook narrators, it‘s inevitable that they‘ll expand to mainstream books that would ordinarily hire a professional narrator. 2w

GingerAntics @CSeydel that‘s true… it‘s a slippery slope. I went and checked… the names have apparently gone away. Depending on what iOS your phone is running, it might still have names. I don‘t think it really matters either way. It‘s a slippery slope we need to be careful of. 2w

KathyWheeler @GingerAntics I know that about Siri and Alexa. To me, that‘s different than giving an audiobook synthesized voice a name. I don‘t really know why . Maybe because I‘m not listening to something long and involved with them, so I don‘t care. But it almost feels like with naming virtual voices, the companies are trying to humanize them to make it more acceptable. I heard some books using those voices and haven‘t liked one yet. 2w

GingerAntics @KathyWheeler that is a fair point. 2w

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kaysworld1

Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World | Elinor Cleghorn

Currently reading Unwell Womanby Elinor Cleghorn

Finally got my hands on it and back into my female authors.
I am starting to get into my reading again. Thanks to audio book's

#audiobooks
#femaleauthors
#Cambodiabound
#unwellwoman
#booksaremyworld
#readingontheroad

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AroundTheBookWorld

The Collide | Kimberly McCreight

#book #books #audiobook #audiobooks #bookmark #bookmarks #bookmarket #bookmarkets #bookmoment #bookmoments #bookquote #bookquotes #bookqueen #bookquirk #quote #quotes #bookworm #bookworms #bookwormlife #bookwormproblem #bookwormproblems #bookworld #bookword #epicreads #bookend #bookends #bookending #bookendings #bookedit #bookedits #bookeditor #reading #bookreport #Mystery #Thriller #YoungAdult #Fantasy #ScienceFiction #Suspense #MysteryThriller

mcctrish Depends - every book has its purpose 1mo

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kaysworld1

Audiobooks on the Go | Audiofile, Robin Whitten

I finally caved and started audible.
I have missed audio books ever since borrow box stopped working.
It's a bit interesting but not in a good way although I've signed up it keeps asking me to to join.

Anyway I've got it now and I have found some good book's 👍

#audible
#audiobooks
#booksontheroad
#readingislife

monalyisha Some Audible exclusives I‘ve loved are Jodi Taylor‘s Chronicles of St. Mary‘s series, starting with the tagged.

Just One Damned Thing After Another

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monalyisha And Mark Lawrence‘s Book of the Ancestor series, starting with the tagged.

Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, Book 1)

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monalyisha I don‘t know if they‘re up your alley…but if you‘re doing Audible already (which I am, too, regrettably), you can‘t get them anywhere else! 1mo

kaysworld1 @monalyisha I'll look into them thank you 😊 🙏 1mo

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Lindy

Book of Records | Madeleine Thien

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I haven‘t been posting links to my booktube videos lately, mostly because the Litsy app no longer works properly on my iPad, making its use inconvenient. Anyway, Madeleine Thien‘s remarkable book is in the latest episode. (Please let me know if you want me to continue posting links.)
Hope & empathy are the hallmarks in this 07/04/25 episode — #LGBTQ #kidlit #CanLit #WomenInTranslation #audiobooks

https://youtu.be/tdG6Vf4k_NE

LeahBergen Keep posting links! Have you tried to reload the app? 1mo

AnneCecilie Can‘t wait to watch this video and your views on Thien‘s latest (edited) 1mo

Butterfinger Yes, I was thinking of you the other day. Children at camp were being taught about folk art. I was giving examples of weaving and dying the wool. 1mo

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Lindy @LeahBergen Thanks for your encouragement. 😊 Yes, I have tried deleting and redownloading the app. No luck. It‘s partly functional but I can‘t include images in Litsy on my iPad. 1mo

Lindy @AnneCecilie Thanks! I even have a Norwegian author included in this episode. 🇳🇴 1mo

Lindy @Butterfinger Hi Tammy! It‘s nice to hear that you think of me. ☺️ 1mo

marleed Oh yes, I enjoy your posts! 1mo

Lindy @marleed Thank you Marlee! ☺️ 1mo

Butterfinger The concept of claiming empathy hurts civilization. That is the scariest thing I have heard. 1mo

Lindy @Butterfinger I know! 👿 1mo

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S3V3N

Untitled | Unknown

Audiobooks.
#audiobooks #reader #litsy

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!! 🙌🏻 1mo

Eggs 😂🤣 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼😂...that shouldn't be funny, yet I'm laughing 😂👌🏼🤣. 1mo

S3V3N @AnnCrystal I agree and almost didn‘t share. I mentally made it positive.😂🤣 (edited) 1mo

AnnCrystal @S3V3N 💝💝💝. 1mo

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uncommonlycozies

The Midnight Library | M. Haig

so-so

feels like this was designed to be an easy read & emotionally soothing, but it lingers on the idea of suicide & regret without fully honoring the complexity of depression.
at times, it felt more dismissive than healing.
though the writing stays calm & hopeful, it could be a tough read if you‘re emotionally vulnerable.
Nonetheless, I love self-help fiction with a bit of magic realism #magicrealism #hopeful #audiobooks #bibliophile #librarybooks

uncommonlycozies ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars from me because the idea of the book will stick with me for a long time 1mo

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