Booksandbeer55 t1_ja6cqlu wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:11 AM

Reply to comment by Auspicious-Octopus in Does this mean audiobooks aren't for me? by IAmNotAFetish

I love what you said about it being a learned skill. I think this is so true. When I first started listening to audiobooks, I was very particular about which I chose. Memoirs worked well for me- or books that are short and not very dense. Agatha Christie for example. Now I can listen to most things on audio but I do pay attention to length still.

Auspicious-Octopus t1_ja6ehtd wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:27 AM

Yes, short and easy, a favorite genre or rereading a book from childhood are all good ideas for starting. If SPQR had been my first audiobook I wouldn’t have made it to a second one.

FlyingPasta t1_jabrt3n wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:55 AM

Agreed re learned skill. I think most people pigeonhole themselves saying so and so doesn’t vibe with them, but it’s likely that their brain is just new to it and needs to habituate

That said, I can’t hang onto an audio narrative to save my life and it would likely take a lot of practice to do so