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The 5 Best Books I’ve Read This Year
Plus, how the Audible App helped me read more than I thought possible
This year has been unprecedented in many ways. 2020 has held its share of drama, but it’s also created an environment steeped in personal isolation, and time away from the usual grind of life. For some, dealing with this has definitely created new challenges, while for others, it has opened up unforeseen opportunities in creativity.
I decided early on during the strangeness of the pandemic world and the loneliness I was observing in the lockdown, even with being an “essential employee” who still had to attend work, that I was going to read more books to distract myself from the chaos. Even as an essential worker, I found myself with an unusual amount of downtime. As such, I decided to utilize that time to my advantage, and I began listening to audio books to help this time pass.
The Audible app, it turns out, is a great treasure trove of basically any book you ever wanted to read. It’s like having an entire library at your disposal, in your pocket. I had used this app before to help me listen to a book or two on long commutes. Now, in rediscovering it, I hoped to knock out many classic novels that I had wanted to read for years, but never seemed to find the time. As such, this has been one of the most rewarding…
