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What is your favorite audiobook
Williams12
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in The Rail
have you heard a good one?
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I've never listened to an audiobook in my life, in fact I'm not even sure I know what one is. Is it like a talking book?
I like my books "real", preferably hardcover, but paperback is fine, & I have read for at least an hour every single day of my life since I learned to read at the late age of 16. I probably have several thousand books, at least 98% of which are non-fiction.
Books may well have have been the greatest (material) joy of my life.
A colleague at work gave me a loan of Ultra Processed foods people.
When she handed it over she mentioned no-one she lent it to had ever finished it....
I read it, well started to read it and would discuss with colleague interesting points it raised, but it was a hard read as I'm out of the reading habit.
I breezed 3-4 chapters then started to wane, picking it up less frequently as weeks flew by.
I never really made the time to read and was worried I would fall into the group of people that didn't end up reading it.
So I bought the audio book and played it every time I was in the car, glad I did.
When I finished listening, I proudly handed the book back.
Im glad I did, It changed the way I shop for foods and what I eat.
I now make my own bread and avoid ultra processed foods when I can be bothered.
Interesting post by @mumsie
I'm sort of aware of the perils of processed food, but I cba to change my eating habits to exclude them. Largely speaking I avoid them, but not totally. Some processed food is just too good to resist. Is there a greater food pleasure in life than a nice, fresh, pork pie?
What you did here is planted a seed known as visual food cue-induced craving
Psychologically grooming me with the visual stimulation. Which will influence my behaviour.
It also falls under hedonic hunger which is the drive to eat for pleasure rather than genuine hunger.
This is an example of appetitive response, where images are used to stimulate cravings and influence consumer behavior.
I will be buying one today when Im going about my travels.
Its all in the book.
Seems I'm definitely a big fan of hedonic hunger, even though I'd never heard of it until today.
here is an example
https://stephenkingaudiobooks.club/stephen-fry-harry-potter-philosopher-sto/
Thank you, but please don't take offence as that's not my cup of tea at all. I'm long past the age where I read (or listen to) children's books, & I don't read "fiction" if I can help it.
Here's a book I'd recommend to anyone, it's jam-packed with fascinating stuff, it taught me more about life & the world than all my time at school, & Bryson is such an eloquent writer with a penchant for wonderfully cheery & well-chosen adjectives. It's SO well-written that I often read a page or a paragraph twice, just to soak up how good it is.
I currently pay £110, for 24 books per year.
I can also choose any amount of free books.
They have a system where you can follow particular authors.
I follow 40 odd.
They send me an email to notify me each time one of my authors releases a new book.
Although it is very easy to search for books in particular categories.
I often search in the "coming soon" category, for "mystery, thriller, and suspense" books, and pre-order anything that takes my fancy.
I currently have pre-orders booked up until May next year.
I have over 500 books in my library.
These are stored in my phone, rather than a load of bookshelves.
So it would be difficult to choose one as a favourite.
Before I joined Audible I used to purchase the books on cassette, or cd.
I find it much easier listening to a book, rather than reading one, while driving my car, playing online poker, and lying in the sun.
I think that audio books have evolved over the years.
These days an audio book can be a performance, rather than merely read out to you.
I am a Michael Connelly fan.
Titus Welliver who plays the Harry Bosch character on Prime also narrates the Bosch books on Audible, and narrates his part in the Connelly books led by other characters.
His daughter on Prime does the same.
Some quite famous actors do a really good job narrating books on Audible.
Some audio books have up to half a dozen narrators these days.
I also find Audible pretty fair.
You can return a book for any reason.
So if you hate the narrators, dont like the book, or it didnt turn out to be what you thought it was, you can return it, and they replace your credit.
They dont make a fuss.
The other handy thing they do, is make it impossible for you to mistakenly buy a book twice.
When you are searching for books, any book that you have previously purchased is listed as being "in your library".
This is very handy as it is often difficult to remember every book that you have ever purchased.
I have bought two books, where the author has re-issued them under a different title, and on both occasions I have returned them with no problem.
I use the timer, if I listen to a book in bed, and usually set it for one hour.
So if I fall asleep part the way through, I can just rewind it for an hour, and I am back on track.
I will never go back to reading books.
Audible usually have a free trial on, where people that are unsure can give it a go, without spending any money.
@HAYSIE
pfft, you kids with your talking books.
Reminds me of "Listen With Mother" every afternoon on the BBC Home Service.
Unless of course you have been listening to it recently.
If I am not listening to a book, I am watching telly.
I have seen players reading proper books, and gaming on their phones while playing live.
On the Edge
The Autobiography
By: Martin Keown
Narrated by: Martin Keown
Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 31-10-24
Summary
Brought to you by Penguin
Over three revolutionary decades, Martin Keown played football at the highest level. He witnessed the birth of the Premier League, the arrival of the millionaire player and was a key player in one of the best sides of all time – Wenger’s Arsenal. So why has he always felt like a man battling on the edge?
In this autobiography, Keown recounts how a son of working-class Irish parents, raised in a hostile England during the unrest of the 1970s, rose to be an automatic and enduring pick for club and country; the outsider who stayed the distance while so many insiders fell away.
Over his career, Keown played alongside some of the world’s finest footballers – including Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Tony Adams, David Beckham – and under inspirational managers – Arsène Wenger, Kevin Keegan, Sven-Göram Eriksson, Howard Kendall. He was the backbone for many years of the invincible Arsenal team that went on to win the 2003/4 Premier League title without losing a match.
Known as “The Rash” by friend and foe alike for the intensity of his man-marking, Keown always played as if he had more to prove. But his teammates knew he was fast, skilful, tough and loyal, a leader on and off the pitch. Fearless too, as you’ll discover – he doesn’t pull any punches here.
On The Edge is the story of one of Arsenal’s all-time greats – a man whose commitment put him at the centre of the pitch, a place he dominated like almost no other footballer of his generation.
@Williams12 @HAYSIE
Yes, he was a good player, & he's a bright, interesting character. I don't need an "Audiobook" to tell me that though, I can read it in a proper book, with pages and a nice bookmark.
A part-read book, with a bookmark in place, with a nice tassle on the bookmark, is a source of happiness in itself.
Meh to talking book shite.
Well that's very kind of him but I'm well able to read.
He appears regularly on TalkSport, & I enjoy his musings, but I definitely don't need him to read a book to me, as if I'm some elderly & incapacitated care-home resident.
You are being particularly argumentative this morning. (Even by your exalted standards).