It's True For Me

According to FastCompany more and more of us are listening to books... I've blogged about it before. I started listening about three years ago and now half of my reading is hearing... Here's the FC interview with the owner of Audible.

And this is also true for me - is it for you? That reading a thriller gets my blood pounding as much as watching a thriller. Scientists have proves the books deliver chills and thrills as well as movies. The  anterior insula proves it. Read why here.

Comments

[Patti Abbott]

If the right person reads it,(someone who can do women's voices and accents, make different characters sound unique) it's far more exciting. Although I don't quite count it as having read a book because it's far more passive to me.

[Patti Abbott]

If the right person reads it,(someone who can do women's voices and accents, make different characters sound unique) it's far more exciting. Although I don't quite count it as having read a book because it's far more passive to me.

[David J. Montgomery]

I used to listen to audiobooks back when I often made long car drives. My preference was for high-concept thrillers and the like, the types of books I was interested in, but wouldn't necessarily read (e.g., Tom Clancy).

Now that I spend so little time in the car, though, I almost never listen to them. When do you typically listen? When I've tried to listen to an audiobook doing stuff around the house, it's never worked for me. I find that I stop paying attention and miss the plot.

[Mel-O-Drama]

I love listening to books. Especially when I'm exercising. If it's a good book, I'll walk longer because I don't want to stop 'reading'. I also listen while traveling. The Cracker Barrel checkout system is fantastic

However, a bad reader can ruin a good book.