I'm an avid reader as many of you probably are. I've got stacks of book waiting to be read on book shelves in every room! I belong to a group of readers on yahoo whose latest thread has been about audio books. I've never gotten into audio books, as I felt that I needed to actually read the book to make it "legitimate" in my mind!
While hooking recently, I was listening to my Ipod and thought about audio books and decided to give it a try. I went to our local library (which has a large selection of audio books), found a book on my list that I wanted to read, and signed it out. I loaded it on my Ipod and found that I loved it! I not only listen while hooking, but also while cleaning up, doing dishes, ironing, etc. I was a little concerned I wouldn't be able to concentrate, but I've had no problem at all.
Audio books can be expensive to purchase, so I'm lucky the library has such a great selection.
So, I guess I'm highly recommending this idea of "killing two birds with one stone." I will say that sometimes in the early morning, I find that just sitting in the quiet and hooking has a meditative quality to it, and I wouldn't want to give that up. But the books-on-CD have turned out to be a nice alternative to the TV.
Give it a try!
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Michelle, glad to learn that you "found" audiobooks. I got hooked on audiobooks about 8 years ago when I made a road trip all by myself from New Brunswick, Canada to Florida then to New Orleans and back. On the way home, I was tired of listening to all the same CDs over and over again and I saw an audiobook store advertised on a billboard in Alabama. I stopped for a rest and went inside. I bought "The Horse Whisperer" and have never stopped listening since. I belonged to a rental service for a time, but now I borrow from libraries, buy on eBay and re-sell them once I listen to them, andoccasionally download from audible.com.
I now draw no distinction between "reading" a book and "listening" to a book. Mind you, I find some genres lend themselves better to audiobooks than others and some narrators are much easier to listen to than others. And I am a choosy now about the reader as I am about the author.
For instance, I occasionally enjoy a Nora Roberts novel, but there is one particular narrator that I cannot stand. There is one Irish series that sounds so good, but I won't take it because of the narrator. She reads like a third grader. You can almost tell where the line ends on the page she is reading from.
I hope you continue to enjoy the books. Who are your fav authors? What genre do you like? (I am a mystery/murder fan, myself.)
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