This week’s topic relates to three changes in my life:
Change # 1:
11 years ago I moved and took my current job. I have about 2 1/2 hours in the car each day commuting. When I started my old car had a cassette drive! Today I still love books on cd because I can get them much faster from the library, but I also listen to e-audio on my phone. So…..
Audiobooks are the majority of my reading now. Yes, I count that as reading!
Change # 2
A few years after that change, Downton Abbey and the fan fiction movement led me back to my lifelong desire to write. I have three works in progress and one “Facebook serial”. The WIPs are heading toward agent-shopping thanks to working with a developmental editor. One starts its journey in the new year. So….
Fiction is now the majority of my reading–I used to read mostly nonfiction, especially history.
Change # 3
When the Kindle Fire was introduced, a friend updated and gave me her Kindle Paperwhite. [I’ve since bought a Kindle Fire, too]. Sadly, I didn’t love the Kindle, but I DO love having the Kindle App on my large Android phone. I always have a book with me, but don’t have to carry a satchel of a purse to do so! So….
I now read e-format as well as print.
My reading has also been affected by a few decisions I’ve made regarding what I will no longer try to read.
Books I’ve Decided I’m No Longer Interested In Reading
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If I had a commute, I’d probably read more audio books.
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Listening to audiobooks is a great way to spend such a long commute. Good for you.
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I think you are fortunate to have that long commute each day. It is a great opportunity for you to listen to audiobooks.
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Agree! But gas….
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This was really interesting! I love that you’ve turned your long commute into something positive with audiobooks. I’ve tried them a time or two and just can’t — my mind wanders too much. Funny because a few decades ago I did listen to them while commuting to work with a friend and I did pay attention then. Kindle has changed my reading — also goodreads for suggestions. Gone are the days of browsing in the library shelves.
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To be fair, my library is a small one–best sellers and kids, but in Ohio we have regional libraries so almost everything I read comes from them. I miss browsing!
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That is awesome about your WIP’s!!! Best of luck!!!!!!
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Thank you!
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I’ve also become a big fan of audiobooks in the last few years. I think it was just a matter of finding selections that worked for me!
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That’s what it takes. I regularly toss ones whose reader doesn’t appeal about as often as those whose story doesn’t make it for me.
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My husband walks half of his commute now and gets through more books than ever before on audio. Sometimes we read the same book in different formats at the same time!
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That would be fun–to share a book. I live very rural–about 70 miles each way.
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Audiobooks definitely count as reading!! I listen to them every time I get in the car, and I try to get in a couple hours of walking each weekend, also with audiobooks. Can’t live without ’em!
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I’m a little bit jealous of your long commute! 😉 The only time I can listen to audiobooks is when I’m cleaning. I guess I’m more of a visual person. I need those words in front of my eyes.
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I used to always listen to audiobooks on my commute as well as on my sessions walking on the treadmill. But then I discovered podcasts so the time on audiobooks has reduced…..Still love them though
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