Audiobooks

FMF

General

11 Jul 22

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

11 Jul 22

-4

Any partakers?

Great Big Stees

Joined: 14 Mar 04
Moves: 186309

11 Jul 22

@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.

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

11 Jul 22

-4

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

Very Rusty

Treat Everyone Equal

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Joined: 04 Oct 06
Moves: 639811

11 Jul 22

Removed by poster

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

11 Jul 22

-4

@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.

Gertrude

santa cruz, ca.

Joined: 19 Jul 13
Moves: 376505

11 Jul 22

@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

Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

Joined: 22 Apr 05
Moves: 669930

17 Jul 22

@fmf said
Any partakers?

Having read someone while driving long distances is very agreeable, otherwise i rather read myself.

Shallow Blue

Joined: 18 Jan 07
Moves: 12477

17 Jul 22

@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.

mchill

Cryptic

Behind the scenes

Joined: 27 Jun 16
Moves: 3283

17 Jul 22

1 edit

@fmf said
Any partakers?

I have a few. No complaints about them, but I prefer a paper book, no electronic gadgetry to mess with.

~~Removed~~

Joined: 09 Sep 18
Moves: 20590

18 Jul 22

@fmf said
Any partakers?

only because my wife is blind, so most afternoons we have a couple of hours on audible.

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

18 Jul 22

-2

@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

~~Removed~~

Joined: 09 Sep 18
Moves: 20590

18 Jul 22

@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

Shallow Blue

Joined: 18 Jan 07
Moves: 12477

18 Jul 22

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.