tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post1861161734966025738..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Audiobooksundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-54974619081534563092010-09-20T14:08:07.806-07:002010-09-20T14:08:07.806-07:00I don't know why this seems to be so for me, K...I don't know why this seems to be so for me, Katrina. I can't do that with all of them--Gordon-Reed's is easier than Schama's, for example, because she has fewer characters and repeats significant points.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-44244300365163025882010-09-20T11:04:31.694-07:002010-09-20T11:04:31.694-07:00I already commented on this over at Tenured Radica...I already commented on this over at Tenured Radical. But I'm interested in your experience that it's easier to mentally retain a place in an audiobook. I haven't found that at all - if I haven't listened regularly, I find myself wondering who the characters are: "was she the wife, or the cousin?" etc. Whereas with print books, even those I can't even remember starting to read, once I open them at the old bookmark, it emerges from somewhere in my memory and I follow the plot fine.Katrinahttp://www.katrinagulliver.comnoreply@blogger.com