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Any partakers?

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@fmf said
Any partakers?
Tried them when on a long “drive” because although I much prefer the “feel” of an actual book, it’s hard to read a book and drive at the same time. I also bought an e-reader but just didn’t get that special feeling. I guess to each his/her own..but you did ask.

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Currently on the go [i.e. in my phone]:

A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household
Shakespeare - The Biography by Peter Ackroyd

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@great-big-stees said
Tried them when on a long “drive” because although I much prefer the “feel” of an actual book, it’s hard to read a book and drive at the same time.
Along with podcasts, audiobooks are a bit like listening to the radio.

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@fmf said
Any partakers?
I tried a few but they put me to sleep
there is a closeness that only a printed book can bring

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@fmf said
Any partakers?
Having read someone while driving long distances is very agreeable, otherwise i rather read myself.

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@ponderable said
Having read someone while driving long distances is very agreeable,
It's also a very good way to lull yourself into driving off the road. Do be careful.

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@fmf said
Any partakers?
I have a few. No complaints about them, but I prefer a paper book, no electronic gadgetry to mess with.

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@fmf said
Any partakers?
only because my wife is blind, so most afternoons we have a couple of hours on audible.

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@badradger said
only because my wife is blind, so most afternoons we have a couple of hours on audible.
One of the reasons I have shifted to audiobooks is because of a problem with my vision.

The ones I have on the go at the moment are:

Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity by J.Valiant & C.Fahy

The Battle for the Rhine 1944 by Robin Neillands [just the chapters about Operation Market Garden]

In God's Path The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert Hoyland

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@fmf said
One of the reasons I have shifted to audiobooks is because of a problem with my vision.

The ones I have on the go at the moment are:

Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity by J.Valiant & C.Fahy

The Battle for the Rhine 1944 by Robin Neillands [just the chapters about Operation Market Garden]

In God's Path The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert Hoyland
my wife is into crime thrillers so i am a bit hamstrung in what I listen too

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The funny thing is, I don't like audiobooks at all, but I do regularly listen to short stories on Youtube. Less than an hour or so, I'm fine with it. More than that, I much prefer reading it myself.