Escape to another world in surround sound

Jan 092010

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Since going back to work full time, I drive nearly 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening childless for the most part. I miss the time I used to read as I enjoy escaping to another place every once in awhile. To help compensate for loss of physical reading time, I’ve started listening to audio books in the car and even while working at my desk.

The thing I love about listening to an audio book is that I can really get into it when the narrator uses the right accent and vocal expression. The only thing I wish would be more frequent with audio books is the use of a male AND female narrator. It’s kind of odd listening to a female voice speak for the male and vice versa. And sometimes I feel as if a story takes me longer to get through when I’m listening to the story versus when I read it myself. Perhaps because I’m a faster reader??

Last week I picked up some audio CD’s from the library and I’m now scrubbing through my downloaded audio books to decide which to transfer to my MP3 player instead of toting CDs around with me.

I did however pick up these titles that I can’t wait to get through:

The Lady in Question by Victoria Alexander (Fiction-Historical Romance) - Been listening to this one this past week.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Fiction-Suspense)
Rebecca’s Tale by Sally Beauman (Fiction-Suspense)

I honestly can’t decide which one to get to next after I’m finished with The Lady in Question…the other two look so good!

My library is a member of Netlibrary which I personally think is awesome. You can “check out” e-books and audio books for like 3 weeks to download to a PC or MP3 player. It is filled with TONS of GOOD TITLES…not just the classics or books nobody’s ever heard of. Although…I’ve just literally discovered that they no longer have audio books, just the e-books. Boo…

Places you can download audio books for FREE include:

Places to “Rent/Check Out” an audio book for a fee include:

Audiobookworm
Booksfree.com (kind of like a Netflix for audio books)

Places to PURCHASE audio books include:

Have you listened to any good audio books lately? Please share with us your latest!

http://bermudaonion.wordpress.com Kathy

I’m listening to What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell. It’s a series of essays, and as you’d expect, some of them are totally fascinating and others aren’t.
.-= Kathy´s last blog ..Our Life in France – the train =-.