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The first few times I tried audiobooks, I was not at all a fan of them because I can read much faster than the average narrator speaks and I’d much rather get to know characters through the written word instead of the spoken one.
My attention span tends to waver fairly quickly if I’m listening to something which is why I also am generally not a fan of podcasts or listening to lengthy speeches of any sort if I’m not physically present in the room at the time the speech is going on.
What shifted my perspective on this topic was when I tried rereading old favourites in audiobook form. This was something I originally did so that I could have something fun to focus on while cleaning or doing chores around the house, and it was key for me to find a way to enjoy this form of entertainment.
These books were amusing rereads in audiobook form for me. Will they also be a good option for you? That’s something each one of you will have to decide for themselves.
1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
2. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
3. All seven Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis
4. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
5. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
6. All of the Ramona Quimby books by Beverly Cleary
A Christmas Carol is a great listen. Also, I love The Chronicles of Narnia. For some reason I find the audio versions more compelling. The Snow Child sound interesting!
I think you might like The Snow Child! And, yeah, the audio versions of the Chronicles of Narnia are the best.
Using audiobooks to make doing chores entertaining is something I do too. I especially like to listen to nonfiction, but I’m thinking listening to books I’ve already read and enjoyed might be a way in to listening to fiction.
Thank you for sharing 💚
You’re welcome. I’ll have to try more nonfiction audiobooks. That’s a good idea.
I loved the Narnia series I did last year with different authors for each book. I think you’d done that one as well?
I am not quite sure, but it sounds fun. 🙂
What a wonderful list, Lydia. I like to use Chirp for this reason as well. One of the first books I listened to was Christmas with Anne by L. M. Montgomery, which is also a printed book that I own. It takes Christmas stories from her books set in Avonlea and compiles them. I don’t recall if it features new stories as well. Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog.
You’re welcome. I’ll have to look Chirp up. It sounds interesting, and so does that book.
Those (all but “The Snow Child,” which I’ve not read/heard) are such classics that most of us would have to like them even as audiobooks. (I’m not very patient with audiobooks, either.)
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I love the Narnia audiobooks! And I have several copies of A Christmas Carol in audiobook form, read by different celebrity narrators, so I have fun switching them from one holiday season to the next.
Oh, that’s awesome!
My son recently started reading the Narnia books and is really enjoying them. Did you know C.S. Lewis also wrote a Sci-Fi trilogy? I tracked down copies and can’t wait to read them!
Yes, I did know about that trilogy. I have not read it yet, though. Hope you like it.