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Wow! My sentiments exactly. Although my commute has shrunk greatly with a move to a small city, I still hold on to my audiobook time to and from work. I also am able to tune out the voice of the reader and supply my own voices or tones after a short time. Most importantly, audiobooks made my non-reader a reader. When I first started listening to CS Lewis on CD, he was in the car and got so hooked, he just had to hear the next one but when it was not availble, he checked out the book and read away without being asked. Now he listens to audiobooks in the bath or anytime he is in the car and enjoys listening to the stories instead of watching tv.
My avocation of mountaineering requires me to spend an hour or two working out. I used to look contemptuously upon people running, biking, skating, paddling, etc. with plugs in their ears. Hmmph! They did not really appreciate Nature, if they weren't listening to natural sounds. In the gym I assumed a similar haughty attitude. Hmmph! Those people aren't really attuned to their bodies, because they aren't listening to the heart beat and the blood pulse. They're not really feeling the workout, because they're listening to an audible book or music.
On a road trip my wife put in a book on tape and turned off the music. I was hooked. Since then, I look forward to my next workout so I can hear the next chapter of whatever book I'm listening to. And a painful workout is not as painful when I'm caught up in a story.
It is a different experience than reading with a book in hand. But for some of us, audible books has increased the number of books we will enjoy in a lifetime, because our reading time has been enlarged.
We listened to Watership Down as a family as we drove all over Utah on a family vacation (national & state parks are far apart ;) ) and certain phrases are still part of the family lexicon.
Far better to listen as a family than to put the bell cone of silence around each ipod/dvd player/pick your isolating element
I agree. Audio books are a Godsend to those who have to do some physical work for a long part of the day, daily.
Yes I love the audio book, it's great when I am doing housework, gardening, and have down time at work! My libary offers free books to download to my ipad. I always have a book on the endtable.
excellent use of your awful commute. and way to avoid the statistical potential for mashing with all of the others who are possibly less alert. Keep up the storytelling promotion!
There is a definite downside to audio, tho'. I was once listening to a long Steven King. It was great because it was narrated by an entire cast. I was on a very long flat totally unadorned (as in zero, zip, nada to look at) dusty one lane road to Tucson. I was so into the book, I ran out of gas smack in the middle of no-where's-Ville, with not even a cactus or a pepper in sight... let alone a gas station. But, my karma was ripe that day, and with in * minutes * along came a cop. (laughing).
The other downside is audio doesn't improve your spelling. :)
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Dec 28, 2011 06:36PM
Wow! My sentiments exactly. Although my commute has shrunk greatly with a move to a small city, I still hold on to my audiobook time to and from work. I also am able to tune out the voice of the reader and supply my own voices or tones after a short time. Most importantly, audiobooks made my non-reader a reader. When I first started listening to CS Lewis on CD, he was in the car and got so hooked, he just had to hear the next one but when it was not availble, he checked out the book and read away without being asked. Now he listens to audiobooks in the bath or anytime he is in the car and enjoys listening to the stories instead of watching tv.
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My avocation of mountaineering requires me to spend an hour or two working out. I used to look contemptuously upon people running, biking, skating, paddling, etc. with plugs in their ears. Hmmph! They did not really appreciate Nature, if they weren't listening to natural sounds. In the gym I assumed a similar haughty attitude. Hmmph! Those people aren't really attuned to their bodies, because they aren't listening to the heart beat and the blood pulse. They're not really feeling the workout, because they're listening to an audible book or music.On a road trip my wife put in a book on tape and turned off the music. I was hooked. Since then, I look forward to my next workout so I can hear the next chapter of whatever book I'm listening to. And a painful workout is not as painful when I'm caught up in a story.
It is a different experience than reading with a book in hand. But for some of us, audible books has increased the number of books we will enjoy in a lifetime, because our reading time has been enlarged.
We listened to Watership Down as a family as we drove all over Utah on a family vacation (national & state parks are far apart ;) ) and certain phrases are still part of the family lexicon.Far better to listen as a family than to put the bell cone of silence around each ipod/dvd player/pick your isolating element
I agree. Audio books are a Godsend to those who have to do some physical work for a long part of the day, daily.
Yes I love the audio book, it's great when I am doing housework, gardening, and have down time at work! My libary offers free books to download to my ipad. I always have a book on the endtable.
excellent use of your awful commute. and way to avoid the statistical potential for mashing with all of the others who are possibly less alert. Keep up the storytelling promotion!
I feel your pain. I have a several hour commute myself and I think I would go nuts if it were not for audio books.
There is a definite downside to audio, tho'. I was once listening to a long Steven King. It was great because it was narrated by an entire cast. I was on a very long flat totally unadorned (as in zero, zip, nada to look at) dusty one lane road to Tucson. I was so into the book, I ran out of gas smack in the middle of no-where's-Ville, with not even a cactus or a pepper in sight... let alone a gas station. But, my karma was ripe that day, and with in * minutes * along came a cop. (laughing).
The other downside is audio doesn't improve your spelling. :)
