I've finished: The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Well, that's it I've finished T. Kingfisher's audiobook catalogue up to 11.2025.

I kept The Hollow Places in reserve because it was the most horror coded of her novels, and while it is full of horror and creepiness, it also has Kingfishers human touch. Softening the hard edges with humor and self reflection.

Trust Kingfisher to write horror that I can thoroughly enjoy.

P.S.
As someone living outside the US, one of the most alien aspects of the novel is the constant angst about the cost of medical treatment. That is truly horrifying.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/828dc8ee-3669-46c8-84b2-7f0077ad2d05

@bookstodon @audiobooks #ScienceFiction #horror #humor #TKingfisher #bookstodon #amReading #AudioBooks

I've finished: The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Well, that's it I've finished T. Kingfisher's audiobook catalogue up to 11.2025.

I kept The Hollow Places in reserve because it was the most horror coded of her novels, and while it is full of horror and creepiness, it also has Kingfishers human touch. Softening the hard edges with humor and self reflection.

Trust Kingfisher to write horror that I can thoroughly enjoy.

P.S.
As someone living outside the US, one of the most alien aspects of the novel is the constant angst about the cost of medical treatment. That is truly horrifying.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/828dc8ee-3669-46c8-84b2-7f0077ad2d05

@bookstodon @audiobooks #ScienceFiction #horror #humor #TKingfisher #bookstodon #amReading #AudioBooks

Off the Grid was just released, and is about me living as a blind man without the internet. This page has links to get the audio and the eBook. https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/2808/ #FediBookFair #Books #EBook #Book #Audible #Audiobooks #Nonfiction

Off the Grid was just released, and is about me living as a blind man without the internet. This page has links to get the audio and the eBook. https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/2808/ #FediBookFair #Books #EBook #Book #Audible #Audiobooks #Nonfiction

Off the Grid is out! Go get it!

EBook. https://compassiviste.com/product/off-the-grid-living-blind-without-the-internet/

Audiobook. https://www.audible.com/pd/Off-the-Grid-Audiobook/B0FV3R8MJM?qid=1761210015&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=JVYVM67KD8F3S8CSQB16&plink=ivwUXWj0UxXlaFVF&pageLoadId=M2Qiz0J9z96uXvFE&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1

#Books #NewRelease #Books #Audible #EBook #EBooks #Audiobook #Audiobooks #BookSky

Off the Grid is out! Go get it!

EBook. https://compassiviste.com/product/off-the-grid-living-blind-without-the-internet/

Audiobook. https://www.audible.com/pd/Off-the-Grid-Audiobook/B0FV3R8MJM?qid=1761210015&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=JVYVM67KD8F3S8CSQB16&plink=ivwUXWj0UxXlaFVF&pageLoadId=M2Qiz0J9z96uXvFE&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1

#Books #NewRelease #Books #Audible #EBook #EBooks #Audiobook #Audiobooks #BookSky

Audiobook request: Queer vampire romance series.

masc and/or nonbinary preferred. Cause it's me. I'm masc and/or nonbinary.

I refuse to believe none of you have recommendations for this.

#vampire #audiobooks

Audiobook request: Queer vampire romance series.

masc and/or nonbinary preferred. Cause it's me. I'm masc and/or nonbinary.

I refuse to believe none of you have recommendations for this.

#vampire #audiobooks

I haven't narrated new audiobooks in a while. The field is hard hit by big corporations pushing for computer generated voices. It's hard to find jobs that pay a reasonable rate and I have ethical qualms about taking work away from the handful of narrators who still manage to work at it as a full time job.

However, it is work that I have greatly enjoyed, which draws on my background in acting and singing. I regret that big companies are wrecking it for all of us.

@audiobooks
#Audiobooks

I haven't narrated new audiobooks in a while. The field is hard hit by big corporations pushing for computer generated voices. It's hard to find jobs that pay a reasonable rate and I have ethical qualms about taking work away from the handful of narrators who still manage to work at it as a full time job.

However, it is work that I have greatly enjoyed, which draws on my background in acting and singing. I regret that big companies are wrecking it for all of us.

@audiobooks
#Audiobooks

Thanks to a tip from @neurovagrant, I have cancelled my audible subscription and I have created an account with libro.fm.

As I listen to audiobooks alsmost exclusively in English, any Dutch services do not cover my audio/listening needs and wishes.

To check if libro.fm was a good fit for me, I compared my wishlist at audible (currently at about 30 titles) with the libro.fm catalogue: apart from 1 title it was a complete fit.

Next up: copying over my wishlist from one to the other, check out the specific membership options (probably going for a 2 credit/month version again) and get ready to listen.

Biggest perk: you can Download Your Purchased Audio Books!
Second biggest perk: supporting an independent bookstore, unfortunately only in the USA at the moment.

Join me? https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm951239

#DeBigTechMyLife #LibroFM #AudioBooks

Thanks to a tip from @neurovagrant, I have cancelled my audible subscription and I have created an account with libro.fm.

As I listen to audiobooks alsmost exclusively in English, any Dutch services do not cover my audio/listening needs and wishes.

To check if libro.fm was a good fit for me, I compared my wishlist at audible (currently at about 30 titles) with the libro.fm catalogue: apart from 1 title it was a complete fit.

Next up: copying over my wishlist from one to the other, check out the specific membership options (probably going for a 2 credit/month version again) and get ready to listen.

Biggest perk: you can Download Your Purchased Audio Books!
Second biggest perk: supporting an independent bookstore, unfortunately only in the USA at the moment.

Join me? https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm951239

#DeBigTechMyLife #LibroFM #AudioBooks

A James Baldwin book read by Jesse Martin? Hell yeah! #audiobooks

If you like audiobooks, or if you dislike Amazon and how predatory it is, please check out this petition to try to get Audible to change their new proposed payment model to pay authors fairly. Robin Sullivan, wife and business partner of fantasy author Michael Sullivan, does a good job of explaining the new system and showing how bad it will be for authors not in the "Plus" program. Daniel Green just did an interview with Robin on YouTube that does a deep dive into the changes, that's where I found the petition. It's also linked below. Please share the petition with your reader friends!
#Bookstodon#Audiobooks#Audible#Amazon#Books#Authors#WritingCommunity

https://www.change.org/p/convince-audible-to-revise-it-s-new-royalty-model/actions

https://youtu.be/xhTmMv_s578

If you like audiobooks, or if you dislike Amazon and how predatory it is, please check out this petition to try to get Audible to change their new proposed payment model to pay authors fairly. Robin Sullivan, wife and business partner of fantasy author Michael Sullivan, does a good job of explaining the new system and showing how bad it will be for authors not in the "Plus" program. Daniel Green just did an interview with Robin on YouTube that does a deep dive into the changes, that's where I found the petition. It's also linked below. Please share the petition with your reader friends!
#Bookstodon#Audiobooks#Audible#Amazon#Books#Authors#WritingCommunity

https://www.change.org/p/convince-audible-to-revise-it-s-new-royalty-model/actions

https://youtu.be/xhTmMv_s578

PRO TIP3: you can make requests! https://lnk.to/LibrariesRock

#libraries #books #audiobooks #ebooks

PRO TIP3: you can make requests! https://lnk.to/LibrariesRock

#libraries #books #audiobooks #ebooks

I have a bunch of new followers who seem to be mostly in tech (hello!) so I should point out that I narrated an audiobook that may be of interest to some of you:

Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track
by @lethain

If you are reaching the top of the tech ladder in a large organization but don't want to go into management (and who could blame you), this may be the book for you.

https://geni.us/StaffEngineer

@staffengineer @audibooks @bookstodon

#StaffEngineer #Audiobook #Audiobooks