I really enjoyed this guest post. As an avid reader, I've never used audio books, but have always wondered if I'd enjoy them. I must admit, it took me a while to enjoy my Kindle....there's just something about holding a real book in your hands!
With this newfound knowledge, I might give audio books a try. Thanks for the education, AdriAnne....and thanks for inviting her to post, Gayla. 💚
Reading with young kiddos is *really* hard. We have 3 young ones between 2-8 and we rely on two things: waking up early (5am for us; 7am for kiddos pretty reliably) and reading for ~30 minutes before we go to sleep at night. Those don't always work for folks, though, for a variety of reasons. Audiobooks are a great way to get more reading in when that dedicated time becomes less and less available. :)
Thanks for a terrific guest post, AdriAnne and Gayla! I’m a huge fan of audiobooks, which I discover and listen to these days via the Libby app. I haven’t got young kids to distract me from reading actual physical books anymore, but I’m always cooking, walking or traveling, it seems, so audiobooks keep me greet company and stimulate my mind. Excellent narrators make ALL the difference. I’ve enjoyed many over the years--especially those who capture accents well. I agree that long books pose a challenge--sometimes serious ones too. I will check out those you recommend here. They all sound great!
Those are great tips. I use all of them, but I especially like turning up the speed to finish faster. Also, a great narrator is James Masterson formerly Spike on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." His rendition of "Storm Front" was awesome.
This is a great post — thank you AdriAnne and Gayla. I have always wanted to get into audio books, without too much success, but this post really offered some great next steps (specifically: Libro.fm and Libby). Now I just have to give things another try. (Can't see myself doing 1.7 speed though!)
I've been sticking almost exclusively to non-fiction on audiobooks recently as I kept finding fiction hit and miss. I now realise it's the length of fiction that's been the tricky bit! You're absolutely right that it's hard to keep track when it's a long one. Thanks for the tips, I'll be getting back to shorter audiobook fiction now!
What a delightful guest post, and some great tips! I have gone back and forth with trying audiobooks, and I feel myself finding my way when I can have a book on hand with my audiobook to help me though parts of might have zoned out. Something about having the tangible book helps keep me in the right frame when listening.
What a nice profile AdriAnn. So many ways to enjoy a book. It always strikes me in my book club when someone says they read it on Kindle or listened on Audible, the old guard is protective of the old-fashioned physical book. Why not love them all?
My old friend, the legendary writer Meridel LeSuer, radical Midwest writer of the Great Depressison and afterwards, after also being blacklisted during the Mcarthyy Period, tolld me and others at various writers conferencs in the late seventies and eighties( she gave one of the keynote speeches at the founding convention of the National Writer Union in 1983 icity cciyn NYC, coming to the city at age 83 on the Greyhound Bus from her home in St. Paul Minnesota,
told some of her fervid fan when asked about her "time to read and write" while raising five kids, "Well, I didnt have a wife so after my girls fell asleep I stuck my head under the faucet then wrote or read for two to three hours every day for about almosst every day and every night."
Great post. I am a person who does not process information well through hearing only so I've never been able to listen to stories--I lose track too easily. I sure wish I could, though! This is such a helpful rundown of options.
I really enjoyed this guest post. As an avid reader, I've never used audio books, but have always wondered if I'd enjoy them. I must admit, it took me a while to enjoy my Kindle....there's just something about holding a real book in your hands!
With this newfound knowledge, I might give audio books a try. Thanks for the education, AdriAnne....and thanks for inviting her to post, Gayla. 💚
Reading with young kiddos is *really* hard. We have 3 young ones between 2-8 and we rely on two things: waking up early (5am for us; 7am for kiddos pretty reliably) and reading for ~30 minutes before we go to sleep at night. Those don't always work for folks, though, for a variety of reasons. Audiobooks are a great way to get more reading in when that dedicated time becomes less and less available. :)
Thanks for a terrific guest post, AdriAnne and Gayla! I’m a huge fan of audiobooks, which I discover and listen to these days via the Libby app. I haven’t got young kids to distract me from reading actual physical books anymore, but I’m always cooking, walking or traveling, it seems, so audiobooks keep me greet company and stimulate my mind. Excellent narrators make ALL the difference. I’ve enjoyed many over the years--especially those who capture accents well. I agree that long books pose a challenge--sometimes serious ones too. I will check out those you recommend here. They all sound great!
Those are great tips. I use all of them, but I especially like turning up the speed to finish faster. Also, a great narrator is James Masterson formerly Spike on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." His rendition of "Storm Front" was awesome.
This is a great post — thank you AdriAnne and Gayla. I have always wanted to get into audio books, without too much success, but this post really offered some great next steps (specifically: Libro.fm and Libby). Now I just have to give things another try. (Can't see myself doing 1.7 speed though!)
I've been sticking almost exclusively to non-fiction on audiobooks recently as I kept finding fiction hit and miss. I now realise it's the length of fiction that's been the tricky bit! You're absolutely right that it's hard to keep track when it's a long one. Thanks for the tips, I'll be getting back to shorter audiobook fiction now!
What a delightful guest post, and some great tips! I have gone back and forth with trying audiobooks, and I feel myself finding my way when I can have a book on hand with my audiobook to help me though parts of might have zoned out. Something about having the tangible book helps keep me in the right frame when listening.
What a nice profile AdriAnn. So many ways to enjoy a book. It always strikes me in my book club when someone says they read it on Kindle or listened on Audible, the old guard is protective of the old-fashioned physical book. Why not love them all?
My old friend, the legendary writer Meridel LeSuer, radical Midwest writer of the Great Depressison and afterwards, after also being blacklisted during the Mcarthyy Period, tolld me and others at various writers conferencs in the late seventies and eighties( she gave one of the keynote speeches at the founding convention of the National Writer Union in 1983 icity cciyn NYC, coming to the city at age 83 on the Greyhound Bus from her home in St. Paul Minnesota,
told some of her fervid fan when asked about her "time to read and write" while raising five kids, "Well, I didnt have a wife so after my girls fell asleep I stuck my head under the faucet then wrote or read for two to three hours every day for about almosst every day and every night."
Great post. I am a person who does not process information well through hearing only so I've never been able to listen to stories--I lose track too easily. I sure wish I could, though! This is such a helpful rundown of options.