I’m looking for easy-to-listen-to fiction audiobooks. Something I can tune in while doing other stuff without getting distracted.
I find some authors have styles that are a bit more sophisticated than others. The more thought-provoking, the more difficult I find to enjoy an audiobook while doing something else. I catch myself stopping whatever I’m doing to pay attention to the book, which is not what I want.
So for example I’ve found The Witcher books very easy to listen to, it wouldn’t matter if I missed a few seconds and I never found myself stopping to ponder about the text itself. The narrator was great too. Also bonus points as it was a long saga of books.
In contrast I would never want to listen to a Terry Pratchett book while doing something else. He’s probably my favourite English author but I find he’s too much of a genius, and my poor brain wouldn’t be able to digest it all if I’m not giving it my attention 100%.
I hope this makes sense?
How’s your experience with audiobooks?
I listened to the extended version of the stand.
It was 48 hours long and has a diatribe about people complaining about him being verbose.
Excellent storyteller, but he is long winded.
And it really didn’t make the ending any better… I didn’t feel rewarded after that slog. Personal victory maybe?
Yeah… Me neither.
I like audio books because they are slower than I read, which is more peaceful. I read words all day. I’m just done with that in my personal time, aside from the fact that I can listen to books when doing other things.