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10-29-2007, 09:50 AM
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I'm doing unabridged audiobooks at the moment. I love to read, but don't seem to have the patience since I retired.
Audiobooks are wonderful. You have somebody reading to you, which is a very different experience, but really relaxing. I love it on the beach! I'm listening to [I]The Thirteenth Tale at the moment. It's so good. Very well written. It's not a horror story.
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10-31-2007, 04:17 AM
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I've never used them Judy but it sounds like a really nice idea. I do quite a bit of driving and Id like to try an audio book in the truck. Hmmm, now it's just a matter of figuring out what id like to hear.
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10-31-2007, 05:57 AM
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Tell me more about the audio books. Where do you get them, library? Buy them? I love to read, but would so love to be read to. Seems like when I read anything anymore...I get so sleepy.
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10-31-2007, 06:27 AM
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Our library has them and there is also a local shop that rents them out for about$3.99 when one doesn't want to wait for the library. And Cracker Barrel restaurant rents them for less than that, I believe. One pays the same rental fee there but gets most of it returned when one returns the audio book. Plus there are numerous sites where you can pay a fee - that is usually greater - and download the book to your computer.
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10-31-2007, 07:11 AM
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In NYC, our library has a net library and you can download them for free.
Sheryl, I usually go to Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble and see what's around that I want to read, and then I look for it. E-bay has some really cheap. I do hate to pay much for an audiobook. One thing - I never listen to anything but unabridged. They're great when you're driving. I have a little gizmo thingie that runs my mp3 player through my radio and I just listen to my book. The only thing is when I need to think about where I'm going, or read directions, I can't pay attention to the book. Rewinding is too distracting, so it's classic rock at those times.
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10-31-2007, 08:19 AM
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I've never listened to an audio book before. I'll have to try one sometime. I know our library has them...
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10-31-2007, 08:34 AM
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The 'unabrigded' is the long book...lol right?
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Ive managed to get a copy of The Help in large print - it has less people waiting for it than the normal one does. The other two books have a huge wait list for them
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