Audiobook Reflection

This semester I was assigned to listen to an audiobook. I went to my school library and borrowed The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins audiobook on CD. I was able to listen to the first CD within a few days and the librarian asked if I was finished with it so a student could borrow it.  However, because I was not finished, I searched the web for a free download of the audiobook, and I was lucky enough to find the entire book downloadable through mp3 files. Altogether there were 145 files or tracks that were downloaded from 9 “discs,” about 16 tracks on each disc. I haven’t finished the book yet because I am actually reading along with the audiobook using the physical book that I have borrowed from a friend. I’ve been listening to and reading the book in the evenings, and sometimes during my lunch breaks at school. 

The process of using an audiobook has always been fascinating to me because I am not a “read for pleasure” type of person. With the hustle and bustle of life I had never taken the time to just sit down and read. This semester has, in a way, forced me to stop and listen to books for the sheer purpose of enjoyment… also a grade. Nevertheless, I have thoroughly enjoyed this process because I feel that I am a visual AND auditory learner. Hearing another person read the book fluently has enabled me to dive right in and just read. I work at a school where we have 200 students who are Blind/VI and we have a wealth of audiobooks waiting to be borrowed. I look forward to finishing the Hunger Games audiobook and physical book and to continue “reading” more audiobooks in the future.