The Case for Audiobooks My husband “doesn’t read books.” I knew that long before we got married, yet I’m still regularly shocked that I, a former English teacher and lover of language, married a man who doesn’t read. It’s not that he can’t read – he reads his grad school textbooks cover to cover. But he never chooses to read. He finds no joy in the notion of snuggling up with a good book to get lost in the story. The only time I’ve ever seen him read fiction was when I asked him to read with me for my birthday last year. Even then, he never finished the book. All of this was true until I suggested that we listen to an audiobook together in November. We would be driving back and forth across state lines for Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations all winter, so why not spend that extensive time in the car together with a book? My husband begrudgingly agreed, so I downloaded The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Even with all the multi-hour car rides, it still took a long time to
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