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Books on Tape-ish

Journal Entry: Wed Jun 18, 2008, 10:46 PM
  • Mood: Spidey Sense
  • Listening to: The Bravery - Fearless
  • Reading: Sea Princess Azuri
  • Watching: Doctor Who
  • Playing: Patty Cake
  • Eating: Stuffed Peppers
  • Drinking: Water
Moving on to happier things.

I haven't been able to read books in ages because of the nature of my job and what I do. I used to be a veracious reader, so much so that my family told me that I read too much and needed to watch more TV (If you knew my very pro-education-pro-books parents, that is a VERY funny statement).

A friend of mine has suggested I invest in Audiobooks. The problem is it's not exactly a situation that I can go to a bookstore and thumb through an audiobook to see if it's something I want to read. Not unless I hunt down the prose version I am interested in reading, look at it, decide I like it and THEN by the book. Which honestly is far too much work and takes up way too much time that I just don't have. Also, I'm so out of the loop on books, that I haven't really kept to the trends on what's good anymore. And going to audiobook websites can be very intimidating without having a starting point.

So I guess, to the handful people that read this. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations? I usually like Sci-fi/Fantasy books or classic horror creatures books (Vampires, Werewolves, etc.) I also like books in the vein of Christopher Moore and his quirky sense of humor. Unabridged is preferred. I'm open to anything at this point.

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Devious Information

  • Current Age: 27
  • Current Residence: Phoenix, Arizona
  • Interests: Ask and You Shall Receive
  • Favourite movie: Dark Crystal
  • Favourite band or musician: Poe, The Killers, Garbage, Franz Ferdinand
  • Favourite genre of music: Anyting but Rap, R&B and Country
  • Favourite artist: Ai Yazawa, Miki Aihara, Yoshitaka Amano, & Alphonse Mucha
  • Favourite poet or writer: Robert Jordan
  • Favourite photographer: George Hurrell
  • Favourite style of art: Comic Books
  • Operating System: XP
  • MP3 player of choice: Winamp
  • Wallpaper of choice: Changes Often
  • Favourite game: RPG Games
  • Favourite gaming platform: PS2 (Because that's what I have)
  • Favourite cartoon character: My Own
  • Personal Quote: Support American Manga!
  • Tools of the Trade: Pen & Ink and my computer

Devious Comments

*lpspalmer:iconlpspalmer: Jun 6, 2008, 12:10:59 PM
Thank you very much for the fav :heart:
*skullez:iconskullez: Jun 6, 2008, 5:25:48 AM
thanks for the fave!!! your art is super cute!

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~Garurumon6:iconGarurumon6: May 27, 2008, 9:17:29 PM
Hi Erica, it's Butters, the dorky liaison for Armand! You guys were nice and cool, and you were totally understanding with my constantly bumping your table and generally getting in the way with my goofery. >.>

Anyway, I hope to see you, Marra and Jordan at PCC!

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*sakuraiyuuto:iconsakuraiyuuto: May 27, 2008, 8:33:35 PM
Hiya! It's Jordan, your liaison at Saboten! Just popping in after finally making a dA profile. Your stuff is awesome. I completely forgot to buy that page of DMD. Maybe I'll just buy the manga instead. :P

Oh wait... I did. ^^
~Loverofpiggies:iconLoverofpiggies: May 13, 2008, 8:13:46 PM
Thanks for the watch! I hope my art wont dissappoint ^^

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~fullmoonhowler:iconfullmoonhowler: May 7, 2008, 2:47:10 PM
thanks for the favs! I really appreciate them!

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~LauraSue:iconLauraSue: Mar 22, 2008, 8:19:21 AM
Thank you for your support! <33
*Mesoputina:iconMesoputina: Mar 20, 2008, 6:01:29 AM
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~kianahsaro:iconkianahsaro: Mar 17, 2008, 8:54:17 PM
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~riccochete:iconriccochete: Mar 10, 2008, 7:40:30 PM
Bring back the Thundercats!!!
=xxPaperflowersxx:iconxxPaperflowersxx: Mar 6, 2008, 10:10:27 AM
Thank you very much for faving my work :)

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*midnightstouch:iconmidnightstouch: Feb 13, 2008, 9:09:40 PM
Hi! :wave: Thank you so much for the :+fav:! :)

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*bheware:iconbheware: Feb 9, 2008, 12:11:25 PM
Thanks for fav!!! ;)

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~froggy-chan:iconfroggy-chan: Feb 6, 2008, 6:39:22 AM
Thanks for the fav *o*
=kjherstin:iconkjherstin: Jan 26, 2008, 5:25:57 AM
Thank you for the :+fav:. It is much appreciated. :love:

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~ymnazif:iconymnazif: Dec 31, 2007, 6:33:06 AM
hanks for :+fav: :)
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*Nefrititi:iconNefrititi: Dec 19, 2007, 7:37:47 PM
Thanks for the :+fav:!

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=Inqy:iconInqy: Dec 19, 2007, 11:30:04 AM
thank you for the fave! you have a lovely gallery. :D

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~ShidoVicious:iconShidoVicious: Dec 19, 2007, 6:07:17 AM Mood: Joy
Thank you for the fav!

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=Mariyumi:iconMariyumi: Dec 19, 2007, 1:49:54 AM
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~n-th-green:iconn-th-green: Dec 19, 2007, 1:07:53 AM
thx for the fav on [link] :)

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