I’ve always been able to read much faster than I can listen, and I always felt I would be wasting time by listening to books instead of sitting down for a dedicated hour or three. (As opposed, to say, fanfiction, where I’m already attached to the worlds and characters I’m reading about.)īut early last year I was bound and determined to read more than one original work a year, so I set my Goodreads reading goal to 50 books, hopped on Twitter, and downloaded a varied selection of books to the Kindle app on my phone.Īt first I was reluctant to try audiobooks. Once I’ve gotten into a series, I’m fine, it’s the getting started that’s the issue. Part of that, for me, was the work of having to commit to a new world, new characters, and plots. You may recall that in my “ Top 5 Books I Read in 2019” I mentioned that I struggled to read traditionally published books during college and for a few years afterward. In this article I cover how I seriously got into audiobooks, and the solution I discovered to get my phone to read aloud to me. How to Turn any Kindle eBook into an Audiobook with this Simple iPhone Hack Hello Friends!