My in-laws have asked for some audiobook support. They want to be able to play audiobooks using their TV.
They get audiobooks through Libby installed on an Android phone, and they have an iPad where they can install it as well. I think we should be able to just cast the audio from one of those devices to the TV.
However…is there an audiobook app out there for smart TVs? Or a better way to do this? Suggestions welcome!
[#]audiobooks #library #libraries #bookstodon
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@romancelandia Hey romance readers, I have a box of old category romances from the 1980s-2010s or so, left after a library book sale where I was volunteering. (See the first post in this thread.)
I would love for them to go to people who actually want them. I am happy to mail them, definitely in the US and maybe elsewhere if postage is not too expensive.
Please message me if there are some books you’d like me to send you - I’ll cover the postage and just ask that you please donate, if you can/what you can to your local public library.
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More old paperbacks, left to right, top to bottom.
Row 1: Top Marks by Gayle Corey, Hired Husband by Melanie Catley, Before Dawn by Terry Lawrence, One Love Forever by Christine King, The Missing Mom by Ann Evans, Flight of Magic by Jacqueline Diamond, With This Ring by Lee McKenzie.
Row 2: No Plan For Love by Ariel Berk, Take-Charge Lady by Alison Tyler, For the Children by Marin Thomas, A Randall Hero by Julie Christenberry, Sweet Promise by Ginna Gray, Doctor in Her House by Amy Knupp, Straight From the Heart by Mary Anne Wilson, Getting Even by Beverly Sommers, The Ideal Man by Naomi Horton.
Row 3: Made in Heaven by Suzanne Simmons Guntrum, There is a Season by Cara West, The Maverick and the Lady by Heather Graham, A Package Deal by Ariel Berk, The Perfect Tree by Roz Denny Fox/Ann DeFee/Tanya Michaels, The Baby Doctors by Janice Macdonald, One Man to Protect Them by Suzanne Cox, The Reluctant Bachelor by Kate Jenkins, Borrowed Dreams by Debbie Macomber.
Row 4: Serendipity Samantha by Jo Ann Algermissen, Everything But Time by Mary Lynn Baxter, Blue Moon by Dawn Stewardson, Dancing in the Aisles by Kathryn Blair, Can’t Say Goodbye by Janet Dailey, Sullivan’s Challenge by Sibylle Garrett, The Trouble With Twins by Nancy Warren, Words Unspoken by Suzanne Ellison.
Row 5: Beginner’s Luck by Dixie Browning, Over the Rainbow by Sandra Lee, A Living Legend by Nancy Martin, Morning Glory by Donna Kimmel Vitek, Someone to Hold by Mary Balogh.
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Old paperbacks, left to right, top to bottom.
Row 1: Traces of Indigo by Jena Hunt, A Hint of Splendor by Kathy Clark, Texas Rich by Fern Michaels, A Sparrow Falls by Marion Smith Collins, Honor’s Splendor by Julie Garwood.
Row 2: How to Trap a Parent by Joan Kilby, Pretend Honeymoon With the Best Man by Andrea Bolter, Ordinary Love and Good Will by Jame Smiley (not a romance?), Prince Charming by Julie Garwood, Jezebel by Katherine Sutcliffe, A Christmas to Remember by Kay Stockholm, Changes in the Wind by Connie Bennett, Full Circle by Karin Rafferty, Good Husband Material by Kara Lennox.
Row 3: Back to Claim His Italian Heir by Kate Hewitt, The Romantic and the Realist by Barbara Bartholomew, Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis (not a romance?), The Christmas Date by Michele Dunaway, Air Dancer by Deanna Lindon, Lovers and Strangers by Diana Chamberlain, Yesterday’s Child by Diana Whitney, Promises to Keep by Sally Garrett, Spirit of Love by JoAnn Ross.
Row 4: Added Delight by Mary Lynn Baxter, Lessons Learned by Nora Roberts, Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels, Star Light Star Bright by Naomi Horton, Dream Maker by Donna Kimmel Vitek, Mrs. Scrooge by Barbara Bretton, More Than Words by Elizabeth Glenn, The Way Home by Sandra Kitt, Take All Myself by Lucy Gordon.
Row 5: Flashpoint by Patricia Gardner Evans, Baby Makes Three by Molly O’Keefe, When Lightning Strikes by Lori Copeland, Looking For Sophie by Ron Denny Fox, Gallagher’s Lady by Brittany Young, The Family Next Door by Jacqueline Diamond, Next Door Daddy by Debra Clopton.
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Old category romance novels (because I needed somewhere to put these pictures so I could share with the intended recipients.) I will work on adding all the titles/authors!
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@klairelockheart I got to see the Fibers and Figures exhibit today! So fun to see the paintings in person - the colors are so vivid in a way they’re not on a screen, and your pieces are a lovely counterpoint to Laura Wennstrom’s. 🎨
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My spouse, just now: what’s that ceremony we went to for your friend?
Me: Ordination?
Him: that’s it! I couldn’t think of it. My first thought was coronation, but I knew that was wrong. Then I thought he was finishing seminary, so maybe it was insemination, but that’s not right. And it wasn’t dissemination either.
Me: 🤣
Language is fun, y’all!
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Does anyone else’s family use “Mister Rogers” as a verb to describe the act of changing clothes before doing or after completing an activity? Just us? @bryan
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OH: “I have argued about code on the internet, and now I must go make sawdust.”
This is probably a solid choice for my dear spouse. He has to finish someone’s birthday present. And outside air is smoky today, so I doubt we’re going outside.
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I got a second pair of glasses in a slightly different prescription specifically for all the time I spend staring at screens. They’re great, A+, much improvement to my screen reading experience.
However, this means twice the lenses to smudge and smear, and this is even more likely because I’m putting them on and taking them off so much more often. 🤷🏽♀️
The person who invents truly unsmudgeable lenses will deserve every bit of their success.
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@bryan “You have to go make LSC socks now. They should sell them. Check the COOP.”
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Just now, as we were getting ready for bed…
Me: socks
@bryan : LSC
both of us:
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Strange noises come from @bryan ’s laptop at the other end of the couch. I ask, “What are you doing over there on the internet?”
He says, “Watching cats be surprised by toasters.”
Okay, fair enough. 🤣
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Update: brownies are also good with apricots and rosemary.
Hmm, maybe @bryan should add apricots and rosemary to his next sourdough loaf?
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Things I might do differently next time: soak the dried apricots in some liquid to rehydrate them a bit, grind the dried rosemary rather than try to chop it (it flew all over the counter), maybe add some oats for a bit more texture in the muffin. (As always when I make muffins, I used the Betty Crocker cookbook, blueberry muffin recipe and tweak from there.)
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Someone I follow posted a recipe recently that combined apricot and rosemary (a cookie, maybe?) I didn’t make the specific recipe and haven’t been able to find the post again, but the flavor combination stuck with me, so I made apricot rosemary muffins - and they turned out really well! A+, would recommend! Thanks for the suggestion, random internet friend!
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A moment of silence for the expiration of one of my library cards. I used it only for digital materials after I moved in 2020…and four years later, they have finally shut off my access, which can only be restored in person, with proof of residency which I can no longer provide.
It was a good run, and I appreciate everything that public library (and ALL public libraries) provided.
Maybe now I will find a library that will let me pay a fee for access as an out-of-area patron.
[#]library #libraries
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OH: “Something about that tastes like the inside of a Jiffy Lube. It’s a very smog check experience.”
(My spouse, describing the cup of instant coffee he just drank.) 🤣
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December 9: Mamma Mia! (The Movie Soundtrack)
I can't remember why I wanted this album. However, there is something particularly endearing about the actors in the movie who are less-than-polished singers, and the way they give it their all anyway.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/mamma-mia-the-movie-soundtrack-feat-the-songs-of/1440767912
[#]AdventCalendar
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December 8: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Facing Future
When we lived in the Boston area, there was a radio station that had a mellow music show, and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's version of "Over the Rainbow" was always the final song of the show. When we were picking through the remaining CDs at the end of the local library book sale this summer, this is one of the ones we grabbed.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/facing-future/6920356
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