What do you think about audio books?

bookbandit

I am a make an effort to watch more TED talks. I promise. (I have watched a few. but they intimidate me!)

Meself

TED talks are great. They have such amazing narrators and the topics they choose are fantastic as well.




My all time favourite has to be Dr. Seema Anand's Art of Seduction. The way she spoke and the topic that she spoke about was both beautiful.

bookbandit

Meself 4-5-2018 06:51 AM
TED talks are great. They have such amazing narrators and the topics they choose are fantastic as we ...

I'll check her out.

Didn't come out right, did it?

Ahem! I meant, I will check that talk out.

I was gonna ask y'all. Do recommend some more or any interesting ones you might across in the future. (I'll do the same).

I got a bunch of them downloaded but I never did get around to listening to them. The other thing I'd like to get around to are TTC (The Teaching Company) lectures (sometimes goes as TGC - The Great Courses). The torrents are awash with them. If you have data to spare, you should totally get 'em!

Meself

bookbandit 4-5-2018 06:53 AM
I'll check her out.

Didn't come out right, did it?

I hope you check her work out. Anything other than that can be a little too much of information. LOL.


Anyway I don't really have a very scientific way of looking into topics and listening into the lectures. I simply click on whatever I feel would be good. In this way I have discovered some gems while others were, let me put it subtlely, bullshit.




I would definitely share some good ones as and when I come across it.

CaptSandy

Audiobooks are fantastic. Great when I work out, drive, cook, do other activities.

bookbandit

Meself 6-5-2018 07:11 AM
I hope you check her work out. Anything other than that can be a little too much of information. L ...

I think that's exactly the reason why I gave up on TED talks. But, yeah, separate the wheat from the chaff, and voila! easier said than done, though!

bookwormsnm

The charm of reading the written word is different

bookbandit

bookwormsnm 7-5-2018 10:13 PM
The charm of reading the written word is different

People usually play audio books on their way to work, in their cars. I can imagine them playing self-help and motivational books setting the tone for the day, as it were. Anything else besides will just not work, I agree. For one, you can't back up easily on these mp3 players if you miss something - especially while driving or jogging - I mean it's not a tape. Hit the rewind button and the chapter begins again on these thingamajigs. There's a whole lot of disadvantages to audio books.

SamarG

Audio as you said works best in the car when you're alone, but I prefer listen to podcasts like War Nerd and Razib Khan. So books are for reading and I can't imagine them being read to me.

andf224

Audio Books  definitely not my kind of books... Mine are either good old print book or e-book. Had tried once audio book once and slept off