I have been getting more into the idea of fiction audiobooks lately. I’d listened to a couple before, on long car trips at night, but wasn’t really “hooked” or anything. Recently, though, I found the Achemist
Paulo Coelho
This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure… $16.99
.Well, I couldn’t let that go without a try. I listened to it and then purchased 3 more from my own site, how sad is that – mainly in the evenings while lying down with my cat and at the gym when doing the light exercises.
It’s really convenient and entertaining, and I’m loving it! I’m not sure to what I’ll listen next, now that I’ve finished these ones but you need a good narrator and a well crafted story.
You know, it’s a new concept for me, this integrated realm of books and radio and television, where they exist beside each other without one being “the cheap version” of the other. For example in radio plays, books, movies, and the TV series, and they’re all accepted, apparently. Who knew? This wasn’t part of my upbringing; I’m only discovering the tip of the iceberg now, and it’s baffling but wonderful. The good part about being late to the fiction party is that there’s plenty to catch up on! I have been reading factual, learning audiobooks for some time.
Paul
