Love 'em!
Audiobooks are essential in our household, having a totally blind husband. I got into audiobooks shortly after he lost his sight 10 years ago. He was very reluctant to listen at first, having been an avid reader before, but I got hold of a Terry Pratchett book and played it out loud. Gradually he got into it and then asked for another one, so it went on from there. We now have an annual Audible account of 24 credits at a time, which is renewed every 4 months or so. He listens almost exclusively to audio but we have now invested in a Victor Reader Stream, which is an audiobook player for the blind which can also read epubs via OCR and electronic voice so that has now opened the way for him to read other formats.
Up until recently I listened to audiobooks on my 3 hour daily commute but I also listen to audiobooks late at night when my eyes are too tired to read a book or if I'm doing mundane chores around the house. The reader does make such a difference. I'm currently reading the Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamorra read by Michael Page, and he's brilliant. He really brings the book to life.
I equate audiobooks with being read to at bedtime by my Dad, which I always loved. I've never really grown out of the love of being read to so audiobooks are just a continuation of that.
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