I just finished this ridiculous audiobook (Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson) that I would have DNF’d so hard if I was reading it on my Kindle and now I’m laughing at how low my audiobook standards are. As long as I can stand the narrator’s voice and the story is somewhat interesting, it seems I’ll continue to listen, even if I’m not that into it. Even if I’m making a list in my mind of everything I can’t stand about the book.
Why?!
I’m always doing something else when I’m listening to an audiobook. Always. Running, driving, getting ready to go to work, painting, chores, shopping, etc. I never just sit and listen.
Audiobooks still feel like a bonus reading time life hack. If I wasn’t listening to an audiobook during those times I’d be listening to music, a podcast, or nothing at all.
So my brain is like, “you didn’t set aside time to listen to this, it’s background while you do other things.” Therefore, if it’s not my favorite, I’m more likely to continue, because it’s just keeping me company while I do some other task.
Whereas with my Kindle, all I’m doing is reading. It’s dedicated time before bed or on the train. Time I don’t want to waste with a book I don’t like that much because that’s where most of my focus is.
Is anyone else like this?
I wonder if this will change for me or if I’ll be continuing to add notes to my book reviews of “I never would have finished this on my Kindle but here we are.” 😂
I’m fairly certain that book is a post-death release of a partially finished manuscript by Crichton. The thing I’ve noticed is that any of his unfinished manuscripts suuuuuucccckkk. I read one about pirates shortly after his death and it was the worst thing to ever be released under his name. And this from a dude whose books otherwise dominated my younger life. Really sad.
Yeah, it is! That’s the general consensus on it (that it sucks) from what I read in Goodreads. So I knew that going in but have nothing to compare it to 😂
My thing is that I tune out most of what I listen to. So even though I listen to a decent amount of books and podcasts, I rarely remember them. And yet my story is that I really love most of the books and my podcasts. I guess I just like having people talk to me while I walk the dog, do chores, and drive.
lol! So you’d be a perfect candidate for this book because it deserves to be tuned out 😂