Related: The 10 Best Sites to Buy Audiobooks, Ranked 1. If you've never checked out an audiobook before, here are several reasons why audiobooks are better than "real" books. Still, there are some very real benefits that come with the medium and not many downsides. And at the end of the day, that's what it is: a preference. But me, personally? I do prefer audiobooks over paper books and ebooks. Some people are pretty fierce about this-even going so far as to say that anyone who listens to an audiobook hasn't actually "read" the book at all. You’re blocking the squirrels.Talk to anyone about audiobooks for long enough and you're guaranteed to touch on the "paper books versus ebooks versus audiobooks" debate at some point. Oh! You’re just asking me to wrap up my rant, are you? Fine.
The fact that you are still hiding behind your book like a coward leads me to believe that you have yet to get it through your head that I’m making some excellent points here. The only real option is to stroke your chin constantly. The one time I tried clapping to express my enjoyment of “White Teeth” while listening to it in a crowded café, Zadie Smith herself threatened to knock mine out.
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Occasionally I use my free hands to cup my ears, thereby signifying that I am listening to something, but that just feels like showing off. Not having a physical book to hold is another blessing bestowed on us by the audiobook gods, but I’d be lying if I told you that it’s not sometimes also a curse. They’re too busy looking at me and wondering what exactly it is that I’m doing with my hands. But allow me to let you in on a little secret: the people around you are not impressed. You’d rather be caught holding a Nook than an unimpressive novel. Because the only books that traditional readers ever bother to pick up are the ones that make them look smart. Have you read Harry Hamlin’s memoir? I’d double down and again bet all of the Audible credits in the world that the answer is no. I want to yell it from the top of the mountain that I hiked while I listened to Harry Hamlin’s memoir. There’s no better way to take in a great work of literature than by aurally lapping up the audiobook. Although, sometimes, wires do get crossed, and you end up referring to items you saw on a Chinese-takeout menu while the book club is discussing “Madame Bovary.” Which I can also look at while listening to an audiobook, by the way. The only thing you can look at while reading is words. Which, I understand, isn’t that many times, but my point is that the possibility is always there for me, as a result of my eyes being free to gaze at whatever, whenever. How many times have I seen a squirrel nibble on a discarded piece of pizza from the pointy end, like a fluffy little human, while I was under the spell of some stranger’s mellifluous voice? Once. How many times have you seen a squirrel nibble on a discarded slice of pizza from the pointy end, like a fluffy little human, while you had your eyes focussed on some stupid page? I’d bet all of the Audible credits in the world (way more expensive than you’d think, F.Y.I.) that the answer is not even once. In fact, listening to an audiobook is better. So, you don’t think that listening to audiobooks is the same thing as actually reading books? Well, you win this round, buddy, because it’s not. Otherwise, I’d be too busy consuming literature through my ear canals to hear you talking smack. That way, I’ll know you’re speaking to me and I can take my headphones out. Kind of like you just did, but more animated. If you have something to say to me about audiobooks, say it to my face.
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