tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405557491810612722.post638130107068760681..comments2023-10-31T11:35:51.287-05:00Comments on Loving Books: The Trouble With AudiobooksSarah Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11116130581597537480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405557491810612722.post-1822207096658794322013-02-21T07:57:55.816-06:002013-02-21T07:57:55.816-06:00I love audio books, but I only listen to them in t...I love audio books, but I only listen to them in the car. While I agree that focus is different when you're driving and listening instead of reading, I also find that it's impossible to skim whilst listening!<br /><br />My library has an awesome collection and they get what they don't have via interlibrary loan. The price of audio books is prohibitive in my opinion.<br /><br />I started by choosing books I wanted to reread but somehow couldn't find time to get to, that and books that interested me but were outside my usual genres. If I hadn't listened to them, I might never have read them.<br /><br />I also have listened to books I knew I wouldn't be able to focus on enough to read--The Iliad, The Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Pilgrim's Progress are all better read aloud than read to oneself, again in my opinion!<br /><br />BTW, treadmills are for TV watching!JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405557491810612722.post-50132190768937287532013-02-20T10:30:42.250-06:002013-02-20T10:30:42.250-06:00Aww we both wrote about audiobooks today. Except m...Aww we both wrote about audiobooks today. Except mine was more a defense of them.<br /><br />I find I can pay attention to audiobooks IF I'm doing something else, like running or traveling (train or car or whatever). I can't just hang out around the house and listen cos, like you, if I start doing other things I get distracted.<br /><br />Bear claws are indeed the best.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.com