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ValyrianJedi t1_isog5yd wrote

In terms of the "who has time" for it part I really can't recommend audiobooks enough. I was in the same boat, in the office from like 7 to 7 or 7 to 8 with most of my free time full. I hadn't read a book for fun in years. Started listening to audio books and now manage to go through 1 or 2 a month.

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Msaeachubaetssss t1_isqdm64 wrote

I used to listen to long YouTube videos at work since we can’t have books in a sterile room but we could have headphones. When I got home after a long shift I’d be up and moving around cleaning and cooking so I never got a chance to just sit down and read. It took me three months to read Circe by Madeline Miller. Loved the book but I barely had time for it.

Realized in mid-August I could listen to audiobooks for free on Libby. It’s now October and I’ve gone through 45 books

It’s a game changer.

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movieball t1_isoh5bg wrote

Audio books are for philistines

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ValyrianJedi t1_isoho84 wrote

If you're out the door at 4:50 am and not back home til after 8 or 9 most days you take what you can get! The alternative isn't paper books its nothing.

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PazuzuPazuzuPazuzu t1_isorox0 wrote

Hell yeah dude. Audiobooks save me on long drives and busy days. They're easier to consume. Herder to concentrate on, but that's simple enough to work around.

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theory_of_crows t1_ispr2dg wrote

I have about 600 listening hours in Audible. I often get the audible add on when I buy a kindle book as the price is sometimes very reasonable.

I have to say that some books are just better in audiobook format. Especially when you’re driving and reading your kindle is frowned upon.

But seriously, this is nonsense shaming.

If you are looking for good narrators (a bad one can kill a book) then I can’t recommend Sean Barrett highly enough.

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wasabi_weasel t1_isols74 wrote

Broad take. Spare a thought for the visually impaired.

Audiobooks aren’t always a matter of preference, not that that should matter.

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