![]() I realize that there’s absolutely no reason why I need to adapt to audio books. Though I sign audio books out of the library intermittently, then, I almost never manage to actually read (listen to) them all the way through. But even innocuous tasks to keep my hands busy while I listen (crochet, for instance) can occasionally take my mind off the words long enough to throw me off, and there are far too many distractions and interruptions when I’m walking or driving for me to stay focused. I don’t feel comfortable simply staring into space while I listen, which would be the audio equivalent of the total concentration I give most books when I read them in print. I really like the idea of listening to audio books, but I have always found it difficult to concentrate on them. ![]() They often report what they’ve been listening to, and in addition to my interest in the books they discuss, I’m always interested too in their comments on the narrators - who make a big difference, of course, to the overall experience, adding a dimension that’s not present when we read books to ourselves “silently.” (I put “silently” in scare-quotes because I wonder if we are in fact “hearing” the words in our heads in some way, if that makes sense - we do always talk about “voice” and “tone” in fiction, after all.) ![]() I seem to know a lot of people who read (listen to) audio books. ![]()
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