hello audiobook friend! ok, first let me tell you about all the places you can listen for free. you’re already using libby- does your library support the hoopla app too? my local system offers free content through Libby, Hoopla, and Kanopy. if you have a spotify subscription you get 15 hours of audiobooks per month for free, and they tend to have books not available through libby or hoopla. there’s also Chirp which tends to be smaller authors but contains tons of mystery/thriller and romance. Chirp isn’t specifically free but every friday they offer a new list of books you can download for free.
as to the DNF issue: i have never been a completionist and i’m happy to bail on stuff i hate. i wish books carried trigger warnings for animal/human violence and SA and those things are a no go for me. i tried the immensely popular book The Hounding three times before i called it quits for extreme misogyny and violence. if i mark a book DNF so i don’t try it again, i add a book to my yearly goal to keep myself honest. 🫶 hug that little sunbeam lover for me and keep reading.
Thank you for all of these recommendations! I utilize Spotify for the newer/more popular titles that are either not on Libby or have a miles-long waitlist. I wish they'd increase the free time to 20 or so, since lots of books are around the 15-16-hour mark and it's *really* annoying when I run out of time when I'm deep into a book!
I've used Hoopla and Kanopy before, but not nearly as much as Libby. I find that I get overwhelmed when I've got too many apps to keep track of!
hello audiobook friend! ok, first let me tell you about all the places you can listen for free. you’re already using libby- does your library support the hoopla app too? my local system offers free content through Libby, Hoopla, and Kanopy. if you have a spotify subscription you get 15 hours of audiobooks per month for free, and they tend to have books not available through libby or hoopla. there’s also Chirp which tends to be smaller authors but contains tons of mystery/thriller and romance. Chirp isn’t specifically free but every friday they offer a new list of books you can download for free.
as to the DNF issue: i have never been a completionist and i’m happy to bail on stuff i hate. i wish books carried trigger warnings for animal/human violence and SA and those things are a no go for me. i tried the immensely popular book The Hounding three times before i called it quits for extreme misogyny and violence. if i mark a book DNF so i don’t try it again, i add a book to my yearly goal to keep myself honest. 🫶 hug that little sunbeam lover for me and keep reading.
Thank you for all of these recommendations! I utilize Spotify for the newer/more popular titles that are either not on Libby or have a miles-long waitlist. I wish they'd increase the free time to 20 or so, since lots of books are around the 15-16-hour mark and it's *really* annoying when I run out of time when I'm deep into a book!
I've used Hoopla and Kanopy before, but not nearly as much as Libby. I find that I get overwhelmed when I've got too many apps to keep track of!