I listen to audiobooks, because I just don't dedicate any time to physical/Kindle type book reading nowadays. When I did, physical books took me forever to get through and sent me to sleep, and I've become more distracted with my phone and such over the years as well. I found that Kindle reading felt strange, and it just didn't gel with me, though I did enjoy it as a vehicle for comic books.
So I listen on my drives, whilst cooking, etc. I find it a very pleasant thing to be able to take in a good book while I do other things. I've read more through aural reading over the last couple of years than I did physical books the previous decade, and that, honestly, is a relief.
I also like the voice actors doing different voices for different characters - really helps me differentiate them in my head, and build up the scene in my imagination. On the page, it can be hard to tell who's talking until after the fact.
Oblomov Boblomov wrote:A question for those who do listen to audio books: do you ever feel like you do get a bit lost, or don't properly follow everything, or even realise you've spaced out for a few seconds and not listened to the last couple of sentences?
Yes, but I find it preferable to reading the same paragraph over and over again, as I would get caught in cycles of that with regular reading. Very frustrating. If I have to rewind, I don't really mind it, and I find that I'm usually alright as long as I have a general understanding of what's going on.