Not all of my reading requires the turning of a page. Several years ago now when the technology was cassette tapes listened to in the car or with a Walkman, I discovered audiobooks by Recorded Books at my local library. I fell in love with this form of "reading." I could read while driving. I could read while out for a walk or working in the garden. I could read while doing housework or cooking dinner. I could read while doing my cross-stitching. It was just so wonderful. The Audio editions publishers were the source of my all time favorite author Agatha Christie. You'd have thought I had died and gone to heaven.
Today the technology is more advanced, audiobooks for the iPod or iPhone. You can buy titles from iTunes or borrow titles from the library using Overdrive. There is certainly a different aspect to listening to a story being read to you. If you are an auditory learner it stimulates the brain in a different way than reading text does. One of the best parts of the audiobook experience is the narrator. Some can make you believe there is a whole cast of characters performing the book for you. Unfortunately, every once in a while you come across a dull narrator, most often when the author does his/her own readings (sorry authors that's why you write and not act). Can't wait to see what the future of audiobooks will be, but for now, they allow me to get even more reading done plus a whole lot more.
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