Author: Bruce Burgess

I thought it might be interesting to think that audiobooks are far superior to books. I enjoy listening to audiobooks, it’s part of my job too, but you also see me browsing in bookstores or sitting with my mind on a novel. You can also enjoy listening to audiobooks from All You Can Books. Some people I’ve talked to about audiobooks don’t know much about them. So, let’s see why audiobooks are superior to regular books.

They Offer Extra Storytelling and Creativity

When you read a book, you have input from the author and publisher for your enjoyment. When you listen to an audiobook, you benefit from the creative storytelling ability of the author, publisher, stars or performers, and producer to bring the entire world of the book to life. This will enhance your experience, as the choices the star makes lift the words off the page and help your imagination produce the whole world even better for you. I’ve found this to be especially true with some brilliant non-fiction books where it’s hard to follow the analysis on the page, especially since my mind tends to wander.

They Solve Arguments

Whenever my two children get out of the car for a long highway trip, they transform from relatively well-behaved people into belligerent dynamos. Suddenly, while I’m dealing with the crazy driving of the others, they decide to try to kill everyone else around the car, arguing about everything from who has the ideal seat to who has the perfect music. Audiobooks have solved this problem.

With a little time and thought, we can choose books that all three people can enjoy (David Tenant’s recording of How to Train Your Dragon is a favorite). Immediately, all conversations subside and we find ourselves in a shared fantasy world that leads to a magical experience and I possibly avoid losing my mind or crashing or maybe both. There are instances when you can’t read a book, but you can listen.

You Can Listen When You Can’t Read

I am so tired at the end of the workday in London that sometimes I can’t concentrate enough to read a book. In those moments I’ve loved connecting my mind and allowing a professional narrator to take me off that train and into a new world. It’s captivating and relaxing, it expands the mind, but it also calms it down. There have been other times in my life when audiobooks have allowed me access to books and stories when I couldn’t see them. I spent much of my childhood in the hospital, as you probably know, and audiobooks also kept me company when I was too sick to stay awake and read.

They Expand Your Horizons

This one is my favorite, I think, and I saved it. I’ve used audiobooks to get to novels I don’t normally read, like Stephen King thrillers and classics like Middlemarch and Madame Bovary. I don’t find the time to pick them up in their paper form, but when I take the student for a walk, I immerse myself in their stories and enjoy every word. For my daughter, this has been immensely beneficial as she engages with books that are a resource for her classroom experience.

Days of flipping through seemingly turgid texts can be ended with the help of a skilled actor and an activation bead. The time you spend on the bus can be spent searching for the essential book and realizing that it may not be as boring as you thought. I don’t think you’re alone in this, there are several parents of maybe, resourceful teenage boys, so you realize this could be beneficial for them. After all, let’s remember that not everyone is warned that a narrative is enjoyable and children every second, why can it be that children should have all the fun?…