Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Benefit from 50 books every year

The first time a friend of mine said - "I benefit from reading 50 books each year... in my spare time", I didn't believe it .
Knowing how demanding her time was because of her top position in her job and because she is a single mom, I was certain she was exaggerating ..She insisted that it was the truth ! I would have continued arguing with her until she pointed out to me that she didn't have to actually "read" them , but they were "read" to her while she listened... in her spare time.
She then went ahead and played an audio book on her CD player for me to listen to .She told me that this was how she had almost any book she wanted "read" to her as audio books while she prepared for work in the morning , while she prepared her daughter for school , while she did her exercises each day , while she commuted to and from work and any free time she had on hands that didn't involve using her mind .

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Friday, June 1, 2007

Six great places to enjoy an audio book

The advances in technology have certainly given us a lot to be grateful for . Who would have ever believed that not only would we cut down on the way we use up our vegetation for making hardcover and paperback books, thus helping to protect the environment, but we would also be able to "listen" to our books instead of "reading" them.

Ironic? - Not with the introduction of audio books.

With audio books, we now have the unique advantage of doing other things that take up our hands, but not our minds. We now can do other things like household chores, exercise, etc etc while still having the book read to us. And not just "anyone" reading to us but in many cases the actual author !More people are embracing the wonders of audio books and are buying their favorite books in audio book version. If you are considering buying an audio book, below are 6 of the great places you can enjoy an audio book:

Six great places to enjoy an audio book