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I’ve taken the plunge this week and listened to my first ever audiobook. I honestly have no idea why I have resisted them for so long.

I have always been a bookworm, to my parents’ joy but also irritation. As a parent myself now, I know just how dull it can be to read the same book for the tenth time in a row! My parents used to record stories onto tapes so that I could listen to them with headphones.

My husband is a huge fan of audiobooks and even Anya listens to them. But it never really appealed to me. Now with 7 guinea pigs and a lot of poo picking to do I wanted something to keep me entertained and already listen to music on my runs and on car journeys so fancied something different.

I used the app from my library and downloaded the book I was supposed to be reading last month for the book club but didn’t have time to squeeze in: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (review to follow).

It didn’t get off to a great start as I used my usual headphones and they cut off the first sound of each sentence. Luckily Chris had some spare headphones which worked perfectly.

I adjusted the speed to 1.5x as it felt a little slow for my liking. It did feel a little strange to have a book read to me and I do wonder how I wold review the book if I had read it on my Kindle. Would I have put the same emphasis on words? How would I have portrayed the different voices?

Overall I was pleased with my first experience of an audiobook and am especially interested to try a dual perspective/narrative book. Even so, I do miss a good old paperback!