audiobooks – Appreciation Magic

What books do you want to read?

Today’s writing prompt made me laugh. I laugh because I couldn’t possibly list all the books I want to read because there are too many!

I am on Goodreads and my current list of “want to read” books totals 142. Currently, I am reading the Harry Potter books because I just never got around to reading them but have seen all the movies. I’m on the second book. I usually read more than 1 book at a time, and I’m also reading Good Morning, Monster.

I appreciate a good book and have a lot of different interests in the genre. I would say that my favorites tend to be ones that keep me turning the pages or have some sort of historical reference The pandemic time really increased my reading as I had a ton of time at home to do so.

I have taken advantage of my local library and have been checking out ebooks on a regular basis and reading them on my Kindle app or listening to them on audio. When I traveled a lot, I would listen to books to pass the time in airports, but I find it takes me so much longer to listen to a book than to read it. Now I’ll listen if the wait is too long for the ebook or physical book at the library. I also recently discovered that audio books are available on the premium version of Spotify so I listened to Brittney Spear’s memoir on that I really appreciate these free ways of reading books as I don’t spend money buying the actual books anymore.

Being at home for months on end during this pandemic certainly gave many of us opportunities to pass the time in different ways. I have found great pleasure in reading this year and appreciate all the authors and books available. I appreciate learning how I could easily borrow ebooks from my local library and send them to the Kindle app or my Kindle for reading. How easy and cost-free it is to check out books for free, and I don’t take this for granted!

I appreciate the Goodreads community, for all the reviews and suggestions on books to read, too. I like seeing what my friends are reading and appreciate the reviews. And I recently won one of their book give-a-ways! I love reading and burying myself into a good book. Burying myself into a thrilling novel and into the characters is such a pleasure for my soul.

What fun it is to listen to an audiobook, narrated by the author, too! While it usually takes me longer to finish an audiobook than by reading it myself, listening to audiobooks is a great way to pass time while driving or traveling somewhere.

Reading as a child really fostered my imagination and I appreciate my small town library where I think I read every book I could. The librarian knew me well and would tell me about new books available when I went there. I loved reading when I was a lot younger and had to get permission slips from my parents to read some books that were considered out of my ‘age-appropriate’ category. I appreciate my parents for giving me that permission.

I’ll never forget the scandal in my high school when a parent of one of my classmates picked up a book his daughter had at home. We were reading it for an English class at the time. He was outraged by the language in the book and successfully lobbied the school board to remove the book from the school and from our class curriculum. We had to stop reading it, even if we hadn’t yet finished. We were all shocked by this censorship. I appreciate that this censorship only inspired me to read even more. Often the unwanted contrast of life creates awesome results. It definitely serves as a way to discover what we want out of life.

I appreciate discussing books I’m reading with my friends here where I live, who are all avid readers. They give me suggestions of books to read and my reading list gets longer and longer everyday. I really appreciate these discussions, but I also appreciate that my opinion is my own, and we don’t all have to like the same books. I know that there’s a book for everyone’s tastes and that’s a wonderful thing to appreciate.

Note: I never did finish reading that book that was taken from us decades ago. I’ve added it to my reading list and will read it this year. It’s such a long list, and I’m ready for it!