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Originally Posted by issybird
I can't argue with your points. I like quiet myself, which is one reason I don't watch television. But in particular when I'm swimming, I find that audiobooks help a lot to keep me going after boredom would ordinarily have had me calling it quits. Similarly, a walk around my neighborhood has little to engage me and an audiobook helps keep me in the zone, not dislodge me from it. But I must admit I'm unlikely to resort to one when I'm walking along a beach, say.
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We're all agreed on the value of audiobooks. It's simply a matter of when they work best for each of us. If I walked regularly around the neighborhood, or did something repetitive (like laps around a track or pool, or the treadmill) then, yes, an audiobook is a great asset! Probably necessary.
A good reader can bring out shades of meaning or emotion that I might miss when reading on my own. It's like listening to an old radio show. My imagination can be engaged in a different way than when I read in silence. As a rule, though, I best enjoy an audiobook in smaller portions, a little per day.