#i'm ~2 hours in. i find nona and her gaggle of younger friends very cute so i'm sure terrible calamities will befall them

[crimeronan]

oh i've started listening to nona btw, my audiobook hold went thru at the library after many weeks of waiting. i also realized part of why i'd been putting it off was because i know i'm gonna miss a lot of important details and characterization and implications and have no idea what's going on during the first read and embarrass myself, which is silly. not knowing wtf is happening is a Vital Feature of these stories. i do not need to retain every single page of a book with perfect clarity or absorb every single thematic implication as i read it in order to enjoy it. <-desperately chanting this sentence while gripping the sink staring wild-eyed into the mirror

SO the plan is to just casually let it play through once so i get the vague shape of the story & then, if i have enough time left on the hold, to do a second listen wherein my brain will Actually Pay Attention. we'll see.

#i'm ~2 hours in. i find nona and her gaggle of younger friends very cute so i'm sure terrible calamities will befall them #the only thing i'm sure of plotwise is that their names are just weird bc she's literally translating them due to speaking Every Language #but i can't imagine that will have plot relevance it's likely just st the reader is supposed to put together naturally #i AM loving the occasional mentions of horrific atrocities peppered casually thru the narration #feels similar to book 1 where the narrator has no clue about the important political plot machinations and does not care to know #which is hilarious and fun. we'll see where it's going #nona the ninth #nona the ninth spoilers #i won't retain as much w two audiobook listens as i would with one sit-down paper reading session BUT #audio can be played while falling asleep. i don't have enough concentration or time to devote to a sit-down reading #bc i will struggle not to read each paragraph at least 4 times & think about every individual sentence. #audiobooks hum right along without my brain stalling out which is ideal for when i want to just. Experience The Damn Story. #the locked tomb #once i finish this book theres the murderbot audiobook and i gotta get my hands on hell bent