I finished my audiobook on Wednesday morning. While I have my next one loaded on my iphone, I haven’t actually started it yet. Instead I’ve been listening to NPR and music for the last two days.
And it’s kind of been nice.
Do you ever take a break from audiobooks? Or do you always start another immediately after finishing one?
my books. my life. 
I almost never take a break. I am that insane. Once in a very great while, I will have an urge to listen to one or two artists, then I get back at it. It is compulsive.
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I take breaks all the time. I take breaks in the middle of audio books. I take breaks between books. The breaks are never long, but sometimes I want to listen to NPR or music instead of books.
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I will often take a short break between audiobooks to catch up on a couple of podcasts and give myself some mental space between the books, but it depends on the circumstances. If I finish an audiobook in the morning, I’ll likely put on a podcast for the way home, similarly if I finish Friday-Sunday I’ll usually go to podcast, because I tend to listen less over the weekend. If I finish on a weeknight, though, chances are good I’ll just go ahead and start the next audiobook in the morning.
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I take a break anytime I’m not in the mood for an audio book. This is usually when I’m involved in a task where I want the background noise, but cannot concentrate on a story.
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I find that listening to an audiobook works a part of my brain that I typically do not use during the day, so once I finish one, I usually plunge right into the next one.
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I tend to go straight from one to another. I feel a bit lost if I’m not in the middle of one.
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I do almost exactly what you do — a bit of NPR and music in between books. Sometimes, depending on life circumstances (i.e. I can’t seem to concentrate ont he book due to something I’m thinking about), then I’ll listen to music. Earlier this month, I planned poorly and didn’t have an audio book for four days. I about went nuts. Too long!
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I have a weird relationship with audiobooks. I try to always have one going, but the actual listening happens very rarely. I always say that I am going to make time for them, but I have a hard time doing that. I much prefer my reading done in print, but I still keep trying. I think I have about 3 or 4 audiobooks that I have given up on, which is kind of embarrassing to me!
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I never take a break, I’m really getting more and more addicted. I always have a bunch of books going on, and one of them is always an audio. As I download them from my library, where there’s always some wait, I organize myself to always have one downloaded for when I’m done with one.
The last one I listened to and reviewed was Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett:
http://wordsandpeace.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/bell-canto-and-state-of-wonder/
Right now I’m listening to Wolf Hall. And on my queue ready to go after that: Cleopatra and Blizzard.
Emma @ Words And Peace
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I do take breaks, usually because I’m waiting on something from the library. But, you know, I don’t mind it. I like listening to music or podcasts. It’s a nice break.
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I take breaks ALL the time (even in the middle of audiobooks)! There are some times I just really want to listen to music. I try to find a good balance between the two.
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I usually take a day between my audiobooks. I only listen to them when I’m driving to/from work, so if I finish one, I start the next one the next day. I’ve actually been listening to a lot of audiobooks these days, I feel. And they’re not all really short books. If I still had free satellite radio, I might listen to some music while driving. I just really hate talk radio, especially in the morning. Plus I listen to music when I go to sleep, so I feel like I get a balance that way.
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