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Originally Posted by pidgeon92
... which is what makes audiobooks great for those of us that struggle with some insomnia. I often wake up in the middle of the night, with my mind racing over multiple topics. I put on my headphones, crank up my audiobook, set the sleep timer, and more often than not, I can fall asleep within 10-30 minutes.
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Works for me as well. But it makes listening to books I haven't read before in my bedroom more difficult.
I agree with everybody who said that the reader is very important when listening to an audiobook, and there are some really great readers out there (like Stephen Fry, Katherine Kellgren, Stefan Rudnicki or George Guidall to only mention a few).
The speed of an audiobook doesn't bother me because I have always been a fairly slow reader who likes to savor every word, so to speak. In English the speed of an audiobook matches exactly the speed with which I read. I read a bit faster in German, but I still like to listen to German books. Unfortunately, I find that most readers (even professionals) aren't nearly as good over here as some of the anglo-saxon narrators.