#readingposting

if i do anything else while listening it does Not work.

so i mostly listened, ~20 minutes at a time, before and after naps, or when i was resting eyes closed open to sleep but not trying for it

unexpected: having the audiobook associated with naps made me more excited to rest

relistening to chapters was necessary when they were first listened to as i was too close to sleep. but this was fine. and i tried not to worry too much about comprehension anyway

but thank you also chapter summaries on the internet

have to listen at 1x or slower. tbf i even listen to podcasts at 0.85 (the perfect speed where everything sounds basically normal - unless someone has a particularly musical laugh - but you have the lovely cocoon of extra time. which makes me feel safe :-) )

enjoyed occasionally having the audiobook on and reading the text with my eyes at the same time. normally i read very fast but not always feasible with tiredness migraine etc. and it's hard fsr to slow down my pace (opposite experience to audio) but i liked having the words wash over me and picking up with my eyes bits i might've missed otherwise

guy who has read 5 arthurian texts: aughhhhhh aughhhhhh awoooooo lancelot oh my god

guy who has read 10 arthurian texts: lancelot is so fucking annoying it cannot be borne

guy who has read 30 arthurian texts: lancelot is a complex and fascinating character who is immensely changeable depending on the era and author, and through examining lancelot we can actually determine a lot about the context of this particular work and how the author is interacting with this literary tradition as a whole

guy who has read 100 arthurian texts: lancelot is so fucking annoying it cannot be borne