My audiobook choices are different from my reading choices. I like to listen to books that are enjoyable, but not too challenging. I listen for my unwinding time. My physical reading books are books that are more complex or interesting. Books I really want to pay attention to. Right now I'm reading "Goodnight, Vienna" by Marius Gabriel. I love his historical novels. His characters are so vibrant and his stories are really very powerful tales of the time. This one is set in Vienna just as Hitler is getting ready to annex Austria. My current audiobook is "Death of the Black Widow" by James Patterson. I thought it was a straight up crime drama, but it is looking more like a sleeper sci fi.
Sounds like we have similar attitudes about what to read versus listen to. I don't really have much what i would call recreational reading time.. about 10 minutes before bed to read fiction, although I read magazines like Discover, New Yorker, Science News in little bites throughout the day, so listening to the audiobook when walking has been useful. I keep saying I will finally get back to reading more straight fiction when I finally retire from writing, but not sure that will ever happen!
My audiobook choices are different from my reading choices. I like to listen to books that are enjoyable, but not too challenging. I listen for my unwinding time. My physical reading books are books that are more complex or interesting. Books I really want to pay attention to. Right now I'm reading "Goodnight, Vienna" by Marius Gabriel. I love his historical novels. His characters are so vibrant and his stories are really very powerful tales of the time. This one is set in Vienna just as Hitler is getting ready to annex Austria. My current audiobook is "Death of the Black Widow" by James Patterson. I thought it was a straight up crime drama, but it is looking more like a sleeper sci fi.
Sounds like we have similar attitudes about what to read versus listen to. I don't really have much what i would call recreational reading time.. about 10 minutes before bed to read fiction, although I read magazines like Discover, New Yorker, Science News in little bites throughout the day, so listening to the audiobook when walking has been useful. I keep saying I will finally get back to reading more straight fiction when I finally retire from writing, but not sure that will ever happen!