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Reading is good. Reading makes you think. Thinking makes you alive.

I am quite a bad and a slow reader. I tend to read word for word and for me to finish a book would take a long time. Not to mention that there are plenty of distraction out here. I may enjoy surfing the web more than reading. I may end up watching some show on my computer than reading. Heck, I would be rather editing one of my favourite photo or attempt to host a podcast . But with the recently packed schedule, I wouldn’t have time to spend time exclusively to read. I would like to read….. . *cross finger*

I commute a lot. Simply because I stay quite a distance from where I need to travel most of the day. I spent easily more than an hour a day, in my car. Driving is quite mundane if you ask me, and radio has always been a life saver. I’ve got my ipod hooked up with a FM transmitter, and it works like a charm.

I consume a lot of podcast to keep myself up to date with the geek news and entertainment news. Nothing too dry - at least for me. Recently, this podcast that I am listening got me going on to Audiobook @ Audible. They were giving away free audio book by signing on as a member. Odd that they did say it was meant for the US residence only. Heck, I signed up and got my audiobook.

There is this book that I wanted to read for quite sometime. I know, some of you would say fanboy, but hey, he’s quite an inspiring character. I’ve downloaded iCon - Steve Job, the man who co-founded Apple, got outcasted, came up with nExt ,and PIXAR and made his grand entry back to the apple computers. Audio was 3 hours ++ long, to my surprise, I complete listening to the book within 2 days. Not bad that for someone who would not finish a book in months! I thought.

I’ve just completed my second book that I bought for USD$10++. Slightly less than 2 weeks. And I am looking for another book now over at audible. It isn’t really expensive for something that works for me, I think.

The thing I did not speak about, which was my bad - is that I’ve made a resolution to finish 1 book a month! Which by this time of the year, I am already 7 books behind. I thought I will single handedly fail this resolution. I think it might not be after all. :).

So, if you are like me, who cannot sit still and just read a book, audiobooks is the answer - While doing something mundane, *read* a book. It may not be great for avid season readers, I reckon - whatever which works.

You may try signing up an audible account here. Though I don’t think the free book thingy still works.

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