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<p>In my quest to kill time while driving long distances I have finally succumbed to the audio book - for those times when you just can't use a Kindle because you'd cause a car crash.  I've always thought audio books were kind of strange as a format (and kind of "cheating" because it's not really "reading"), but a recent radio show about the art of the audio book convinced me that I should give it a try.  I'm now half way through my first audio book and am in two minds.  I don't know if it's just that I don't like the particular book or that I don't like the person reading it - she does have a rather irritating voice and her attempt to make up specific voices for particular characters is kind of sad in parts, particularly when she's trying to channel a very blond aging Hollywood starlet-type in a whispy breathless voice.</p><p>Does anyone have thoughts on whether I should persevere?  In particular, are there specific types of books or readers of books that I should look out for?  The radio show I tuned in to suggested that a lot of the success of the audio book rests on the reader and that some people are extremely good at bringing a book to life on CD.  I guess I just don't know who those people are...</p>

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on February 05, 2010 (boomark / email).