In late 2016 I created an account at Audible so I could buy a couple of books by John Scalzi, starting with The Dispatcher and then The Collapsing Empire, which is the first book in The Interdependency series, still one of John Scalzi’s best works (in my opinion). In 2019, I subscribed to Audible, which meant that I got one credit for a new book every month, and access to many free books as well.
Up to that point, I had been listening to podcasts, but once I got books that held my interest, I started listening in earnest. My rule is that I only listen to audio books while walking, hiking, biking or otherwise exercising (not including swimming). If I am at home or camping and want a book, I use my Kindle instead.
I have been keeping track of audiobooks that I have loved and would recommend to others with similar tastes. My nominal listening rate is a little over a book a month. I get one credit from Audible once a month, and them supplement that with books on sale from Chirp Books.
Well, a few months ago I was in the market for another book and Audible had been harassing me for months to try a book called He Who Fights With Monsters, probably because I had listened to a few other LitRPG series before, and this was a popular book in that genre. Well, that may have been a mistake. In the last 41 days, I have gone through the first four books in that series. That’s 98 hours of audio, which averages out at over 2 hours every single day. Keep in mind that I only listen when exercising, mostly walking in this case. This is a serious addition, and not one that I would recommend.
