I have not written a post that is just general bookish talk in a while. I shared a post last year on Printbooks vs. Ebooks. So, I thought I would write a similar post about audiobooks. Admittedly, I don’t have a lot of experience with audiobooks. I usually only listen to them on long road trips. I know a lot of people love them because you can multitask, but it’s never worked well for me. My mind wanders too much and soon I don’t know what’s happened. (This is why everytime I get off an exit I don’t know what’s happened). I’ve always been a person who has music or even TV on while reading and can tell you what’s happening in both. But, try to clean the kitchen and listen to a book and I get lost. I think it’s because different parts of the brain are being activated. Even though I might know what song is playing in the background when reading, my brain is primarily focusing on transferring the words on the page to images. When someone else is doing the work for me, my mind is too free.
What are your thoughts on audiobooks? What are other bookish topics you’d like to read about at Nicole’s Nook?