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"If you’ve never experienced their wonder, it may seem like a strange concept, this listening to someone read a book. But for me, my first introduction to audiobooks was the Fry recordings. And let me tell you, I was captivated. It felt to me like my English grandfather (if only I had one!) was reading me a bedtime story. It was soothing and magical, and I haven’t stopped listening since. If you’ve never listened, or yes, READ a book on audiobook (it’s still reading!), then allow me to convince you with a few amazing benefits of audiobooks: They’re highly entertaining There’s nothing like a great audiobook reader (though a bad one can really make a book awful). Luckily, in my years of audiobook reading, I have only come across one or two in the thousadds of readers I’ve listened to that I just didn’t like. Most are fabulous. Most are actors. Which means! They do voices and actually act out the book a bit, when it comes to dialogue. Suddenly, the story is even more alive than it was on the page. cat_headphone Can help you engage with a book better (maybe) I have heard many people say that their mind wanders when they listen to a book. They can’t focus and they lose the story. Well, this happens to me on occasion, but honestly, it happens to me no matter how I read. Just like I can swipe or turn a page to go back if I started planning dinner mid-story, I can easily tap the back button and go back 15-30 seconds at a time (depending on the software or app). I find that a good reader can bring me into a story faster because they can usually do voices better than what I imagine in my mind. I engage better with an audiobook, I think. I know that when it comes to some of the more tedious books on my TBR, I wouldn’t dare consider paper or e-reading. The only way to get through those books for me is to read it on audio. You can listen while you do other things One of the reasons I feel like I don’t do as much reading as I want to is because it’s so exclusive. You have to have your full attention on the book. Not with an audiobook! Obviously, not every task lends itself to thoughtful listening, but there are plenty of things that can be done while listening to an audiobook. I like to listen when I’m doing things like graphic design projects, where it’s more of a visual concentration."