Audio Books: What's the Jackanory?
Posted by Nicodemus on 13 August 2008 - 1:11am.
Just had a 2week holiday in Italy and, while my skin was toasting, listened to Dylan's CHRONICLES vol.1 [read by Sean Penn] on my player.
This was my first time "reading" a book this way and I have to say it was damn enjoyable (especially in the blistering sun).
Couldn't help feel guilty for not exercising my brain more though. It just seemed so damn easy!
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me too
italy that is. Puglia - 100+ degrees most days...
(i read the Nikki Sixx book - it was, literally, quite good despite me not having the slightest interest in Motley Crue)
I can't do...
books that way I'm afraid! I always find that my mind drifts off, and I have to 'rewind' to where I was! That probably says a lot about my attention span, or the books I listened to!!
Reading is easy
I love talking books and quite often listen to them. It's difficult to do late at night though as I always end up falling asleep half way through.
Mind you I tried listening to some Tolkein recently and it was deathly boring.
I've grown to like
talking books since I got into podcasts - great on a long car journey, the 2 mile walk to work or walking the dogs in the woods. I'm listening to Wind In the Willows at the moment - it's a book I meant to re-read for years, but never found the time, so a free version on iTunes was welcome.
I usually fall asleep..
and then wake up with a start, terrified as there's a strange voice in my bedroom!
Darkroom
one of the jobs I had involved a couple of afternoons a month processing archive films and prints and was deathly boring and repetitive, a talking book was the perfect companion