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Old 12-29-2014, 09:14 PM   #21353
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe View Post
I've always had a place for audiobooks in my life, but since my fall last March when I fractured my skull in two places I have appreciated them more than ever. Although I continue to improve, even now I get sinus headaches sometimes from reading too long. If it weren't for audiobooks, 2014 would have been a major bust. Audiobooks are different, but they still require a degree of concentration that other media such as television and modern movies don't. People being read to as well as reading to others has a long and honorable history.
I hope you get better. I'm sorry you had such a major injury.

As for reading, I find I don't always have to concentrate as much as I would with an audiobook. I can read while watching TV sometimes. It does depend on the book. Some books do require a lot more concentration then others. And some books require a lot of stamina to not fall asleep.

The book I am reading now is a combination of bits are OK, bits are good, and bits are dull. I'm reading it for a book club or I would have stopped reading it.
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