Okay, I freely admit that the title might seem a bit misleading, but hear me out! It is related to what I actually want to ask about, please give me the benefit of the doubt and let me explain.
Right now I have a relatively simple job. It's a bit hectic at times but generally it is monotonous (and more importantly, simple) enough so that I can listen to stuff while working. I usually go with podcasts or some educational stuff (the TTC lectures, while cost an arm and a leg, are pretty good), but from time to time I like to listen to audiobooks to mix things up a little.
And here is the crux of my problem and the inspiration for this thread: I have been listening to a bunch of "modern fantasy classics" (as one obscure blog described the list featuring most of them) lately, stuff that gets recommended everywhere, and I am getting sick and tired of gritty dark fantasy, yet whenever I try to look up any other lists on some audiobook sites or blogs, I see the very same recommendations everywhere. In other words, I am stuck.
As such this thread serves a dual purpose: On one hand I am genuinely curious if I am in the minority of this regard, being fed up with the grimdark that seems to pervade the top seller lists, but I would also like to see whether you guys could actually recommend me something more, for the lack of better word, ligthearted to listen to in order to make the work-hours seem even just a tad less grueling.
For the record, the series' that I either listened to or read are as follows:
-The Night Angel books
-The Way of Kings
-The Name of the Wind
-The Abhorsen books
-The Discworld books (all of them)
[Edit:]
-The Dresden Files (I forgot to mention these the first time around, sorry..)
-The Codex Alera books
The books that I will definitely not read:
-The Game of Thrones books (I tried reading the first book but it's not my cup of tea)
-The Mistborn books
-The Lightbringer series (got my fill of Brent Week's style with the Night Angel books already, thank you very much)
For reference, the last actually lighthearted and relaxing audiobook I listened to was David Weber's War God series (which I only found by total chance), which was pretty meh when it came to the prose and narration, but it was extremely witty with the dialog and just generally a lot of fun without all the grimdark I was getting tired anyways.
Please help me out and I thank you very much in advance. Now all I need is a miracle so that this thread wouldn't be swallowed up by the raging sea of GG and related threads... >_<
Right now I have a relatively simple job. It's a bit hectic at times but generally it is monotonous (and more importantly, simple) enough so that I can listen to stuff while working. I usually go with podcasts or some educational stuff (the TTC lectures, while cost an arm and a leg, are pretty good), but from time to time I like to listen to audiobooks to mix things up a little.
And here is the crux of my problem and the inspiration for this thread: I have been listening to a bunch of "modern fantasy classics" (as one obscure blog described the list featuring most of them) lately, stuff that gets recommended everywhere, and I am getting sick and tired of gritty dark fantasy, yet whenever I try to look up any other lists on some audiobook sites or blogs, I see the very same recommendations everywhere. In other words, I am stuck.
As such this thread serves a dual purpose: On one hand I am genuinely curious if I am in the minority of this regard, being fed up with the grimdark that seems to pervade the top seller lists, but I would also like to see whether you guys could actually recommend me something more, for the lack of better word, ligthearted to listen to in order to make the work-hours seem even just a tad less grueling.
For the record, the series' that I either listened to or read are as follows:
-The Night Angel books
-The Way of Kings
-The Name of the Wind
-The Abhorsen books
-The Discworld books (all of them)
[Edit:]
-The Dresden Files (I forgot to mention these the first time around, sorry..)
-The Codex Alera books
The books that I will definitely not read:
-The Game of Thrones books (I tried reading the first book but it's not my cup of tea)
-The Mistborn books
-The Lightbringer series (got my fill of Brent Week's style with the Night Angel books already, thank you very much)
For reference, the last actually lighthearted and relaxing audiobook I listened to was David Weber's War God series (which I only found by total chance), which was pretty meh when it came to the prose and narration, but it was extremely witty with the dialog and just generally a lot of fun without all the grimdark I was getting tired anyways.
Please help me out and I thank you very much in advance. Now all I need is a miracle so that this thread wouldn't be swallowed up by the raging sea of GG and related threads... >_<