Reading is great but it eats up a lot of time. Every now and then it would be a treat if we could absorb a great book without having to go through all that hassle of sitting down and quietly reading. In a world that now encourages multi-tasking and getting more and more stuff done within a single day, there's nothing finer than an audio book.
I'm not preaching the merits of audio books because I'm lazy or anything, well maybe partially, but audio books are a completely different experience unlike any other form of story telling. They harken back to the primitive age when verbally communicating stories was the only way to share an idea. There's definitely something exciting about this method and it works rather well today. Thanks in large part to the internet, radio dramas are even having a come back, and guess what? You can purchase those dramas on CD or download them to your apple products.
Even if you have a friend who is not too keen on the whole idea, or is a snob who refuses to put down their books, you might as well give the audio format a try. They complain now, but when they are driving to work, are on their lunch break, or when they are working on their computer at home, they will at some point load up that audio and start playing it in the background. Life is sadly too busy for books, so get them a format they can use anywhere.
with my hands busy crocheting and my reading being nonexistent these days, i have been yearning for a book on tape. aaaaahhh
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