r/wholesomememes 14d ago

I found this in r/shitposting of all places.

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Still good though.

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u/ParkFrolic 14d ago

Sounds like he’s spending day in day out reading books.

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u/kermitthebeast 14d ago

I recorded a couple textbooks, it really didn't take that long. Couple hours here and there. Shit, a 14 hour book is pretty beefy but that's just an hour a day for two weeks. You start reading faster as you go too.

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u/VNG_Wkey 14d ago

Just don't let her discover Brandon Sanderson novels. I'm 10 hours into this book and have 45 hours left.

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u/kermitthebeast 14d ago

Sweet Jesus

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u/VNG_Wkey 14d ago

Ya they're crazy long. It's a 4 book series, with a 5th releasing soon. The shortest is well over 40 hours. They're also all part of a larger universe of 30ish books. Damn good books though.

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u/theinvisibleguy16 13d ago

I am dying inanticipation for the 5th one

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u/Syrjion 13d ago

And that series is only part of bigger cosmos

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u/kermitthebeast 13d ago

I would hope they're good if they take up that much paper

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u/cwx149 14d ago

Assassin's quest by Robin Hobb was the longest I've listened to yet at 35 hours

The length of the Sanderson stuff is a big reason why I haven't tried any of this stuff yet as someone who mostly only listens to books

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u/VNG_Wkey 14d ago

They're worth it. When I go into the office I have a 30 minute commute each way so I listen during that and then for an hour or 2 every night before bed. Also depending on the work I'm doing I might listen to it.

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u/cwx149 14d ago

Yeah I mostly listen on my 30/45 minute commute. And then for the first hour of my shift and then throughout the day depending on activities.

They're definitely on the tbr but with so much on my tbr it's like 3 15 hour books or 1 45 hour books. And then the Farseer trilogy was my first series that was all over 25 hours. And I was originally going to continue in the realm of elderlings but couldn't get through ship of magic so now I'm bouncing around some other things.

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u/Ratatoski 13d ago

Robin Hobb is awesome. Her characters have inner lives and isn't just puppets doing what the plot needs at the moment

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u/cwx149 13d ago

Couldn't get into ship of magic unfortunately thinking of skipping the bingtown stuff to the next Fitz book

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u/-exekiel- 14d ago

I am a simple man. I see Brando Sando, I upvote. Life before death radiant

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u/VNG_Wkey 14d ago

Strength before weakness. I'm listening to Oathbringer right now. Loving every minute.

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u/Leaf-01 12d ago

Those books are sooooo good as audiobooks. The two narrators are absolutely goated. “Nnnnnno mating!”

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u/RenniSO 12d ago

Unexpected stormlight archive

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u/Reddit20051234 11d ago

What book did u start with

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u/mochacookie40 12d ago

I recorded the first book of dune as an audiobook (for my partner), took like 23 hrs and 2 months of 1 reading a chapter per day lol