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June is Audiobook Month #jiam
Since this truly has been the year I fell in love with audiobooks I felt like I should do something, well I felt like I should do something after I saw Jen's month that she had planned ;) So I quickly decided that hey, at least on every Sat I will try to write something :) I really should have thought of it sooner, I mean I was even asked to name a fav narrator, but I still did NOT remember that June is audiobook month. Oops. But let us celebrate now
If it had not been for audio then this would have been a bleak year. I manage one book a week, but with audio I manage more! And my brain would die from just one book a week. It would be a drought, I need books.
But the road here was long. Before 2017 I managed a few a year. At first it was 1 a year, then I managed 2, then a few more, until I was up to a one a month. I liked audio, but I sure did not love it. I mostly just listened when I could at work and never anywhere else.
Then came Baby S. Suddenly I had no time for books so I said what the h. And I did send an email to a publisher just to see if I could review audiobooks. I was accepted and my road began. I dled apps and found the best one (I still miss that first one though, but it was only free for a month). Then I started to play around with speed and realised that I MUST listen at a fast speed. Yup 1.8. Only when I am doing something else where I have to think I go slowed, usually 1.5. I need the speed to not go insane.
And then, then I was an audiojunkie. Breathing audibooks! I need them on my walks with S, cos else I would clearly go insane. I need them when I am putting her to bed, or when I have woken in the night with insomnia. Or when I wake early and do not wanna wake her. I need audibooks. I could no longer live without them.
And that is how I fell in love with audio. How about you. Fallen in love yet? Or still not been bitten by the bug?PS. If you did not know already, then check out Audiosync! They offer 2 free audiobooks each week all summer. It is a good way to get started and that is how I got started. All thanks to freebies from audiosync (even if it did take me a year to finish some)
