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Topic: Bookish Superpowers I wish I had.
I don’t think I’ll reach a list of ten but let’s try it nonetheless!
I wish I could recall most of the details of what I have read in a book. Even the characters name are forgotten once I close the book so let’s not speak of the tropes, side characters etc!
I wish I could listen to more than 1X speed my audiobooks! Alas, speeding just alter the narrator voice so much that I don’t like it at all.
I wish I could read anything any time! That would be handy when I have ARCs due for a certain date.
I wish I could magically expand my house to have more shelves and keep more books. Instead I just get to unhaul several times a year as I hate clutter!
I wish I could write impactful and meaningful short reviews. Even in French I tend to digress and write long texts so imagine in a foreign language! Yet I’d love to use just a few words to convey exactly what a book made me feel and think.
I wish I could reply every day to all comments left on my blog and blog hop daily too. Instead in winter I am so exhausted by the end of the day that I seem to catch up on the weekend.
I wish I could beautifully annotate my books with color coded tabs, each color having its purpose. Instead I tab randomly, using the colors to match the cover!
I wish I could choose a top 5 favorite books at the end of the year but instead I come up with a list of about 30 favorites (minimum).
And finally, I wish I could possess a gorgeous booknook instead of “just” my couch, blankets and my dog ;-)
“I wish I could reply every day to all comments left on my blog and blog hop daily too.” Yes, I’m feeling this one so hard right now (I say as I’m about 3 weeks behinds on comments…) But yes, love all of your chosen superpowers!
My go-to reading speed for audiobooks is usually 1.50 or 1.60 depending from narrator to narrator. And weirdly enough I can’t do this with podcasts, with them it needs to be regular and not sped up. Why am I so weird!
Yeah I wish I could listen faster to books to. It depends on the narrator, but on average the fastest I can do is 1.5-1.75 and 2 is pushing it but if the narrator is super slow then I can get it that fast. But I can’t do it faster than that. And if they have accents I have it at 1.25. But when I see readers do 4x I am like they have superhero hearing lol
I am always looking up the character’s names when I finish a book. How can I not remember?! I agree with the audiobooks. I cannot go more than 1.3x. The high pitched voices are really bad when you go faster, and I miss too much stuff too.
Ugh, the internet ate my first comment. :( I actually recall many details long after a book. Names, plot points, etc. Hooray for listening at 1X! You’re the only other person I know who does that, Sophie. Everyone seems to listen at warp speed. I can’t do it, it doesn’t sound natural. People don’t speed talk to the point that it’s a garbled blur. It would take me right out of the story.
“I wish I could reply every day to all comments left on my blog and blog hop daily too.” Yes, I’m feeling this one so hard right now (I say as I’m about 3 weeks behinds on comments…)
But yes, love all of your chosen superpowers!
Pfew I feel so much better that I am not the only one Lindsey!
My go-to reading speed for audiobooks is usually 1.50 or 1.60 depending from narrator to narrator. And weirdly enough I can’t do this with podcasts, with them it needs to be regular and not sped up. Why am I so weird!
I have no idea LOL I need the pauses and to follow the narrator’s rhythm to properly appreciate the story to be honest.
Yeah I wish I could listen faster to books to. It depends on the narrator, but on average the fastest I can do is 1.5-1.75 and 2 is pushing it but if the narrator is super slow then I can get it that fast. But I can’t do it faster than that. And if they have accents I have it at 1.25. But when I see readers do 4x I am like they have superhero hearing lol
And the voice is so altered when the audio is sped up!
I wish for all these things too, plus I’d love to be able to stop time so I could read a complete book every day
Ha that would be fancy!
These all are amazing!! And if I have to choose only one I’ll go with the one about memory, because I forget everything!!
Same Susy! Even the character’s name! Such a pity!
I am always looking up the character’s names when I finish a book. How can I not remember?! I agree with the audiobooks. I cannot go more than 1.3x. The high pitched voices are really bad when you go faster, and I miss too much stuff too.
Yes I hate the high pitched voices. The book loses all its charm to me.
Ugh, the internet ate my first comment. :(
I actually recall many details long after a book. Names, plot points, etc.
Hooray for listening at 1X! You’re the only other person I know who does that, Sophie. Everyone seems to listen at warp speed. I can’t do it, it doesn’t sound natural. People don’t speed talk to the point that it’s a garbled blur. It would take me right out of the story.
Exactly! And I am so envious of your memory Tanya! I have an amazing memory at work but not for books.
Expanding room for more shelves is the dream!
Isn’t that right Caro!