Savannah Watson

I have never really been one for audiobooks. I remember getting one or two from the local library as a kid (one of them was Coraline, which I ADORED), but beyond that, I could never really “get into them”.

As a person who processes information better visually, audiobooks have always posed a concern for me; I always worried that I wouldn’t absorb as much information from the book if I were listening to it instead of reading it.

I have had one other major problem with audiobooks… it is very common knowledge (among people who know me personally) that I mark up my books like a LUNATIC! I highlight and write in my books when something resonates with me (which I know is sacrilegious to some people… sorry if you are one of those people) and tab the pages. So, obviously, I can’t do that when I am listening to an audiobook.

So, jumping forward a little bit to get to the point of this post… I have recently discovered that I LOVE audiobooks.

I have found that I have no problem absorbing the information. And better yet, audiobooks actually help me stay better focused on certain tasks.

I will say that one of the only drawbacks I have noticed so far about audiobooks is that you have to really like the narrator’s voice or you may zone out.

Another thing that I have noticed is that I can keep separate the print book that I am reading (I am still working on The Princess Bride – it’s been a slow process even though I am greatly enjoying it). I have also been listening to books in varying genres and on various topics.

I have made it through SO many audiobooks in the past couple of weeks (all of them were on Youtube for free, by the way 😉), including a handful that have been on my To Be Read list for a long time. As of today, I have completed:

• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
• The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
• The Power of Concentration by Theron Q. Dunmont (William Walker Atkinson)
• The Theory of Everything by Stephen Hawking
• Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
• The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

If you are interested in audiobooks – either new to it like me or looking for free options – I highly recommended looking on Youtube.

If you are a fan of audiobooks, I am looking for suggestions; please feel free to leave some in the comments (thank you)!

Now, I must return to my audiobooks 😁

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