Do you like audiobooks?

That's another thing. I tend to read fast, as well. Thanks.

You must be a very fast reader.

I think I read at an average speed, but it's faster than many.

I agree. It takes a certain amount of patience to listen to a story, I don't have that patience either. Even though you can do something else at the same time, I really couldn't because I would end up not listening and miss something. And then, how do you go back? It is not like flipping back to another page in a book to reread something.
I've always enjoyed books, but I like to hold them in front of me and read them. I just happened to find that an actor I like who also has a nice voice has done some audiobooks and was thinking of getting some. However, a couple are on subjects that would require more concentration than I could give an audiobook, and I think the others are children's books. Perhaps I'll check those out next time I have a really drive somewhere, and stick with regular books otherwise.

You can go back if it's a CD or mp3. A lot of them have tracks every 3 minutes.

If you have a computer program where you can make your own audiobooks, you can set the speed. I'm learning how to "read" faster right now in a study and I'm up to 200 words a minute now listening to the computer read to me. But I don't like the computer voices as much as real audiobooks. It doesn't bother me that they aren't speed reading it, I think that would be annoying. They still read much faster than I do.

Audio reading is still reading. Some people read in different ways than others. You can train yourself to become better at audio reading too. So since I read almost everything on audio, that's why I'm learning to read with a computer too so that way I can "speed read". But for you, it would probably sound too fast because you have to get an ear for it.

That's what I am thinking, that it might be good when driving, at least long distances. Last year I had a commute of anywhere from 20-45 minutes, I never knew how long it would take, and audiobooks might have been nice in the car.

Wow really? I haven't had many that are monotone except for the classics like Shakespeare. Most of them are full of excitement, some even have sound effects. It's almost like watching a movie.

This was a long time ago, can't even remember what book it was. Yours sound much more interesting.

I think it depends on who reads the book. Some people are just better readers for reading out loud. I've listened to a lot of clips online, and some are really good, and some put me to sleep before the 30 second clip is over!

Some library's have audio books. You might want to check to see if yours does. I understand about the annoying chore. I feel that way reading in my 2nd and third languages.

Ours only has a few. About 10 of the classics, mostly Shakespeare. I think all but 1 of the books were on tapes instead of CDs too. We have a very old library here and there really isn't much selection in anything. The computer books they have are from 1994 and those are possibly the newest books there.

But renting isn't too bad. Usually each book costs me between $5 and $10 that way. I rarely would read any book twice anyway, so it works out pretty good.

I just found out that my library "loans" audiobooks through a web site. I am not entirely sure how it works, I think you download it and then it only works for a certain period of time, then they let someone else download it. The site had a lot of books. I don't remember the site, but I think you have to belong to a library that participates, anyway. It's worth looking into.

I like the idea of buying them on ebay, I'll have to look into that.