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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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I love listening to books by British authors read by British narrators. They supply a bit of atmosphere my American mind couldn't possibly supply reading print.
I listen for about 2 hours a day, driving to and from work. Occasionally I have to rewind a bit because something distracted me from the story, but overall, I think I get just as much or more out of listening compared to reading print.