I just though I'd ramble for a bit here today since I just studied for 6 hours in the afternoon. Such dedication deserves reward, no?
I've just discovered the joy of audiobooks today, and i managed to get my hands on a few and loaded them into my iPod. I initially thought they were a lazy man's alternative to reading. Well, I still stand by that point. It's been, what, 6 years since I've had a stories read to me? I used to listen to the CDs my mom brought home for her lessons at the British Council. Sherlock Holmes. Those were really good times.
Anyway, now that work is starting to pile up and I'm beginning to embark on the road of intensive studying, there simply isn't time for the simple pleasures in life - like reading a book. So what better way to get around this problem than listening to a story being read aloud to you?
Literature is food for the soul. Well, not really since I can survive without reading...but that's not important here. Besides I'm not really partial to great literary classics like Dickens and his pals in afterlife. Self-improvement books, fantasy/sci-fi novels, and mystery thrillers are more my type. Not Harry Potter though, went downhill starting from the Order of the Phoenix.
What did you say? Romance Novels?
*grimace* People actually READ those things? I shudder at the concept of the idea.
Boy meets girl, boy likes girl, girl likes boy, boy and girl are separated by some circumstance, boy and girl pine for each other, boy and girl suffer in misery...blah blah blah. Same old, same old. I mean, they could try to get back together instead of squatting in the corner and emo-ing, right? Right!
Now, the fantasy genre appeals to me, but the storyline of "farmer's son is actually the long lost heir to the throne and saves the world" storyline is getting a little stale. I mean, why do most fantasy books involve royalty anyway? Are they THAT integral to the plot that the whole book will fall apart without them? Why couldn't they involve like a, I dunno, city council or something? Maybe a Prime Minister, or even a President?
I think this is enough griping from me...yep. I'll see you guy 'round.
Blackmage
