Audio books

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MrGrumpy

Huge Member
Location
Fly Fifer
Anyone on here listen to audio books . I used to like reading but find I have little time to sit on my bum and read . I do however walk a lot and thinking it might kill two birds with one stone !
 

EltonFrog

Legendary Member
I listen to loads of audiobooks, mainly because I have to as part of my job.

Two most recent ones are
Coffee first and then the World by Jenny Graham https://jenny-graham.com/book/

And

Where the Crawdads Sing.

Both excellent books.
 

FishFright

More wheels than sense
I like a good audiobook , not as involving as a decent read (what is ?) but enjoyable non the less.
 

annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
I listen to audio books while I sew in the evenings. I get them from the library via the BorrowBox app. There are one or two I've abandoned because I didn't like the narrator but usually it doesn't bother me. I listen to (and read) a lot of crime novels but I find that sagas work well for listening. I'm listening to a Kate Mosse novel at the minute.
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
I listen to audio books while I sew in the evenings. I get them from the library via the BorrowBox app. There are one or two I've abandoned because I didn't like the narrator but usually it doesn't bother me. I listen to (and read) a lot of crime novels but I find that sagas work well for listening. I'm listening to a Kate Mosse novel at the minute.

I use borrowbox, it's excellent. While the more popular ebooks often have a long waiting list, the audio version ( if available ) is usually an immediate download.
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Mrs D is a big fan of audiobooks and podcasts. She has a 35 minute drive home and uses them as a means of unwinding after a hard day doing managerial stuff (I dunno, counting paper clips or something.)
 

Electric_Andy

Heavy Metal Fan
Location
Plymouth
I have listened to a few in my time, but only autobiographies read by the author. Stephen Fry (2 of them) and Clarissa Dickson Wright. All 3 were superb, as it feels like the person is telling you their story in your ear.

My partner has just been listening to Matthew Perry's audiobook as well.

I think I have only listened to a few pages of fiction read by someone else, I find most of them are american males whose voices don't really do it for me.
 

tyred

Legendary Member
Location
Ireland
If you like the classics, there are countless audiobook versions of Dickens, Hardy, etc to be found on YouTube. If you don't like the narrator, just try a different one.
 

Conrad_K

unindicted co-conspirator
I'm a heavy consumer of audiobooks. I have a lot of time during an average day where I can listen while doing something else that doesn't require a lot of attention.

My main complaint is that, particularly with older titles, the audio quality is often very poor. For that matter, so are some of the readers. My hearing isn't so great any more, so properly enunciated English is sort of important.


The ones that are good tend to be very, very good, though. I've listened through a few several times, just because it was a pleasure listening to the reader.
 

Electric_Andy

Heavy Metal Fan
Location
Plymouth
I know what you mean; I listened to autobiographies read by the author - Stephen Fry and Clarissa Dickson-Wright. Both were a pleasure to listen to. But the last one I listened to was just read by a generic American accent and it didn't do anything for me at all
 
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