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Originally Posted by haertig
I don't really care if making use of an audiobook is called listening or reading. It's just a word.
I just wish I could enjoy audiobooks more. I find it very hard to keep my concentration up when listening to one in a car (the only place I've ever tried one). Maybe I just have stumbled across poor narrators. But many of then just seem to drone on and on. Others place emphasis on words, or do voice tricks (try to speak in a high pitch, etc.) that I find extremely annoying. Several of the books I've tried have British narrators. I have nothing against the British, but the accent is distracting to me.
With audiobooks, my mind wanders, and I find I've missed a lot of the story as time goes on. I could never finish an audio novel. Short stories are challenge enough. I wish this wasn't the case. But it is for me. So I prefer reading with my own eyes.
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The best thing to do is listen to them at "me time" find a comfortable place, stick ear buds in, close your eyes and escape into the story. It's the same way you listen to music you want to absorb. Every note, every beat, every lyric. You listen to audiobooks the same way and you'll see why we love them.
A good narrator goes a long way. My first audiobooks was Harry Potter and The Half-Blooded Prince but my first beloved audiobook was One for The Money by Janet Evanovich narrated by C.J. Critt. I have never stopped since then.
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