A thorny problem solved…
Posted by Fyse on Monday, 19 December 2005
We can probably all agree that nothing is better on a cold winter’s night than an armchair, a good book and an open fire. (Well perhaps not all of us, but this is my blog and what I say goes.) There is one obvious problem, however. I can spend many a happy hour staring at flames, perhaps occasionally rising to prod at them with a poker. I also enjoy reading, and will remain contentedly immersed in a good book for lengthy periods. But obviously my eyes can only look at one thing at a time. How can I simultaneously indulge both my pyromania and my love of reading, I hear you ask? Audio books! Stephen Fry reads ‘Harry Potter’ far better than I ever could anyway…
Aww, I’m jealous! I would give quite a lot for a fire place right now.
Ditto what Nicole said. I’ve never been that into books on tape except for long drives, so I’d have to split my attention between the fire and the book. But if the book was a new Harry Potter, the fire would be ignored entirely!
I just discovered that the New York Public Library offers free audio downloads–which means I’ve been listening to audio books for FREE baby! FREE!
Free audiobooks? Very cool. I’ll bet you’ve gotta be registered as a NY resident though, right? I’ll have to check whether British libraries do anything similar.