Audiobooks.

[trekkiedane]

I've been trying, time and time again, to listen to them... I just can't concentrate and keep having to 'rewind' and see if I can find the spot I last remember actually hearing.

I'm a very visual person and think that might have something to do with it; maybe other people are better at concentrating on the subject matter while being read to than when reading themselves? and of course then there's bound to be people that can do both -or what?

How about you people of the TBBS?

 

[Saga]

i've only listened to one...Who On Earth Is Tom Baker? Tom reads the book himself and it was great. but i'm like you, i need a physical book in front of me. i've tried reading a few public domain books on the internet and i can't do that either.

 

[trekkiedane]

^I cant read books off my computer monitor either -perhaps when I have some slate computer I should try again.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Yeah, the only one I've listened to is Hitchhiker's Guide (the whole radio drama series), and I had a hard time getting into it. Got a Kindle two years ago and I've been enjoying it very much. It's very much different from reading it on a computer screen.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

I'm a very visual person and think that might have something to do with it;

Probably. I'm very visual, too, and I have trouble concentrating on audio books, talk radio, etc. Lectures are okay if I take notes to keep me focussed and to refer back to.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I love the HHGTTG radio series. That's the only thing audiobook-like that I have.

Unless you count Garrison Keillor, but in that case I just have spoken word recordings which are not really audiobooks.

"Bananaphone"?

 

[Kirkman1987]

I listen to audio books on long drives sometimes, but usually very light reads (comedy or lecture kind of thing). I don't think I could handle anything complex and really get much out of it.

 

[trekkiedane]

"Bananaphone"?

Well, there always needs to be a third option.

 

[Kirkman1987]

"Bananaphone"?

Well, there always needs to be a third option.

Catchy Song

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5C6X9vOEkU[/yt]

 

[Owain Taggart]

Unless you count Garrison Keillor

I actually saw A Prairie Home Companion in concert at Wolftrap two years ago when I visited D.C. The audience interaction makes it quite different to just hearing it. In fact, my sister's boyfriend happened to take a picture as Garrison Keillor walked by during his performance.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ RIP Tom Keith..

 

[Miss Chicken]

I can't listen to audiobooks. I have a slight hearing problem and I miss too much when listening to an audiobook. I use subtitles if I can while watching a movie or TV show.

 

[Lumi]

I don't like them either. I need to be holding a book in my hands. It's nice to turn the pages, etc.

I have a friend who has to read along with an audio book or she gets bored. Thinking it would encourage her to read more, I made my own Catching Fire audio book for her to listen to... she has not listened yet. Le fail.

 

[auntiehill]

I don't mind the short-form storytelling of Garrison Keillor on the radio, but listening to a whole book out loud is just torture to me.

I can't stand it; I have to read it in order to really enjoy it.

 

[Mike Farley]

Audio books bore the crap out of me.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Unless you count Garrison Keillor, but in that case I just have spoken word recordings which are not really audiobooks.

Ah, another Prairie Home Companion fan! I don't have trouble concentrating on GK's monologues, because they're short enough and interspersed with enough music.

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

I love them. However, I more often find myself listening to old-time radio dramas on my mp3 player.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I can never retain the same amount of information from audiobooks as I can after reading, even if I'm trying to concentrate on it. So if it's a light, breezy novel I can listen to on a road trip, that's fine. But if it's a more complex story where you need to keep track of a large number of characters or events, or important historical/political/biographical nonfiction, than I'm better off reading it.

 

[Spot's Meow]

I enjoy audiobooks, but only for light reading. For things like mystery novels (which is mostly what I read), I'd rather read the book myself because I tend towards having a photographic memory, so seeing the actual words on the page helps me remember clues and names.

"Bananaphone"?

Well, there always needs to be a third option.

Catchy Song

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5C6X9vOEkU[/yt]

Oh geez, seeing this reminds me of another song from that time that was annoying as hell...why do I suddenly have images of dancing badgers stuck in my mind? And then there was the Harry Potter version (Snape, a Snape, oooh it's a Snape!).

 

[Mary Ann]

I like to listen to audiobooks when I'm crafting, cooking or ironing. If I can hold a book and read it myself, though, I'll do so.