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Alicia GA	Book on Tape?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 17273 (03/20/09 02:44 PM) Librarian Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Do y'all want to listen to the same book while we walk? Which one? I don't know if we have a portable CD player... I'll look into it. And it'd need to be something my library has, but they have an extensive collection. I'd think one you can listen to in a few hours, so if someone walks, say, an hour a week, it wouldn't take forever.
tenzilkat		#1	[-]
A Bookshelf Posts: 964 (03/20/09 06:39 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	In my experience, shorter novels are about 5-7 hours of listening. If you want to listen to unabridged works, it would probably be hard to books that are only 3-4 hours long.
tina3031		#2	[-]
Posts: 821 (03/21/09 10:01 AM) Librarian Assistant Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	At my library system you can download books onto your MP3/ipod. I haven't done it yet--but it's an interesting idea! At another nearby library system, you download the books but only for a certain time period--like checking them out I guess. Many kids ago I listened to books on CD. But it's hard when kids are around--so many interruptions, distractions. I'd stop and start too many times, and I'd lose interest.
tenzilkat		#3	[-]
A Bookshelf Posts: 967 (04/07/09 02:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I started listening to audio books some years ago now, I bought an ipod specifically to pass the time while running on the treadmill at the gym. At first, I did have problems remembering what had happened, especially if I hadn't listened for a few days. (Didn't have this with printed books, unless I'd left one half-read for months.) But over time, I must have trained my auditory memory to be better, because I don't have the problem anymore. Right now, I'm listening to Bryce Courtenay's Sylvia, which is probably about 25 hours (give or take a couple), and I have been going on it since at least late February.

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