Audio books. Anyone listen to them?

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Ive got one in the car at the moment. I listen to it on the way to and from work.

I have had it on my pc for months but never tried it out. After chatting to Enzo (Sams mechanic) at Symmons about books, he was telling me he would rather listen to a book than watch a movie so I thought id give it a go.

In listening to Seal Target Geronimo, a story about the Bin Laden. Not too bad (average I guess) but I dont know how much I am taking in as I concentrate while I drive.

Anyone do it?
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Yes, a few of us do.
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I enjoyed listening to the new Reily book whilst in transit to Leeton...passed the time well...
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Lots.
All of Terry Pratchet Discworld series, Carl Hiaasen,

Just finished Craig Ferguson's Autobio, Halfway through the History of Salt.
I listen when I'm at the Gym, or when forced to do gardening, or cooking.
They make a long car trip great.
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Yep, I'm a big fan of audio books because I can keep a mess of books on my tablet and listen to them on the train or bus or when flying. Can't when I go to bed, because they make me drowsy very quickly and i miss lots.

Favourites include:

Flann O'Brien - The Third Policeman
Charles Portis - True Grit
Larry Macmurtry - Lonesome Dove (possibly the greatest audio book I've listened to - not all stories are good to listen to rather than read, and the narrator makes a huge difference)
P G Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves
Robert Graves - I, Claudius
Patrick O'Brian - the Aubrey Maturin series (21 books)
Stanislav Lem - Solaris (Excellent)
Henning Mankell - the Wallander novels
Neal Stephensen - Reamde (just finished this)

And just about to get started on:

Richard Miles - Carthage Must be Destroyed
Tina Fey - Bossypants
Roy Porter - English Society in the Eighteenth Century

Love a good audio book. But, the narrator must be professional. I made the mistake of downloading an audio book from some independent group and the difference between someone who knows what they are doing and some knucklehead who just thinks they do, is enormous.

Also, some books that are great reads in print, can fall short in audio.

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smithcorp wrote:Yep, I'm a big fan of audio books because I can keep a mess of books on my tablet and listen to them on the train or bus or when flying. Can't when I go to bed, because they make me drowsy very quickly and i miss lots.

Favourites include:

Flann O'Brien - The Third Policeman
Charles Portis - True Grit
Larry Macmurtry - Lonesome Dove (possibly the greatest audio book I've listened to - not all stories are good to listen to rather than read, and the narrator makes a huge difference)
P G Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves
Robert Graves - I, Claudius
Patrick O'Brian - the Aubrey Maturin series (21 books)
Stanislav Lem - Solaris (Excellent)
Henning Mankell - the Wallander novels
Neal Stephensen - Reamde (just finished this)

And just about to get started on:

Richard Miles - Carthage Must be Destroyed
Tina Fey - Bossypants
Roy Porter - English Society in the Eighteenth Century

Love a good audio book. But, the narrator must be professional. I made the mistake of downloading an audio book from some independent group and the difference between someone who knows what they are doing and some knucklehead who just thinks they do, is enormous.

Also, some books that are great reads in print, can fall short in audio.

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Reamde is an awesome book. I listened to it on the drive to and from melbourne last year. Loved it.

Bossypants is another ripper. Some of it is piss funny, some, a little forced.

I listen to Podcasts more than audio books now. Most books I read on the Kindle.
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Being the Dyslexic person that I am, I find audiobooks fantastic. One of the more interesting parts for me is retention. I remember an audiobook far better than I do if I read a book. One book I would recommend is "The Cleaner" which tells the story of a guy who's job it is to clean up after special ops, criminals etc etc.

Plenty of free audiobooks form Podiobooks which promotes new and unpublished authors.
Of course there is Audible which is great for $20 a month for 2 books.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/audiobooksonyoutube/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Is there an easy way to grab them in one lump?
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Are you meaning to grab the audio? something like http://dirpy.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; will do it.
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Spot on, big thanks!
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I need a good crime novel. Unlike film, where I can tell if its going to be good, I can't quite get a handle on the print / audio form. So I need some recommendations
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Nige - Brighton Rock (Graham Greene); The Troubled Man (Mankell).
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Ta.
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