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In reply to the discussion: Anybody have monthly gift subscription suggestions? [View all]cwydro
(51,308 posts)I like a lot of British authors, whose books generally have British narrators. My parents were both British, as are all my surviving family, so that accent is wonderful to me. Only one narrator has distracted me so far in the British selections.
For sleeping, Ive chosen some old favorites from childhood. Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, Winnie the Pooh, the Jungle Book, etc. (I was raised on those British books lol). Find your old childhood faves. Im a Harry Potter fan too, so those are fun to go to sleep to, not the later ones so much though. Biographies are good for sleep, Ive found.
They also have selections from the Great Courses, which I already was familiar with. So you can choose lectures on pretty much anything...even if theyre interesting, at bedtime usually they put me to sleep! Ive been listening to one called How the Earth Works, and that put me right out lol. That narrator does irk me a bit. No idea why.
Some really light reading that I love are the M.C Beaton books. They take place in England and Scotland. The Agatha Raisin series and the Hamish MacBeth series. Ostensibly detective stories, but funny as hell with lovable main characters and only bad people get murdered! Theyre great to listen to go to sleep to, but I always have to listen in the daytime again because I fall asleep and miss it all. I love those books, and have read them in print again and again. Now Im listening to them all even if Ive read them. Kind of soothing in these effed up times. Great characters.
One of my sources for books besides Audible are the free library services. Audible of course we have to pay for, but if youre a library patron wherever you live, theres a great free audible (and print) service called Hoopla. Completely free. Also Libby. The selections on Libby depend on your library, but Hoopla has a really large selection. Check it out.
Well, that was probably more than you wanted, but Ive really been enjoying it. I have to watch myself not to get carried away buying everything I want at one time. Let me know how it goes.
Meantime, Ive enjoyed this thread with all the great suggestions. Especially intrigued by the socks of the month club!