dschaffner;73373 said:
If you value your time, consider getting audio versions of one or both books.
Not directed at you but in general to anyone who uses audio books. I guess I just plain don't get it.
The more useful and interesting a book is the more likely it is that I will need to write down things to look up later or collect the ideas reading it spawns.
I also often go back to sections before and re-read them after just reading the next section.
I make notes, now on my kindle I make them attached to the book file. Previously I made them on separate paper but I always take notes on books that interest me, even fiction books. No I am not a margin writer, to me that is defacing a book ;-) but I still take lots of notes and in many cases they are filed in reference and get used later.
How can you do all that with an audio book?
I've never been able to listen to something else and drive at the same time, we don't even talk much in the car as it's too distracting. Some music works but we often don't have a radio on at all at home or in the car. I'm never walking anywhere that I don't have something to do when I get there that takes my full attention and our walking is typically very short so there isn't time to listen to much of anything.
To me it seems like listening to audio books when you are doing other stuff is like the worst sort of multitasking. You can't really focus on the book so you may miss important parts and waste time both listening and trying to give attention to what else you are supposed to be doing.
So can someone who really loves audio books explain their appeal to someone who can't really even see a need unless you are blind and cannot read other sorts of books?
