Friday!  At last!  TGIF, and for my first post of two today, here are my answers to Jen’s prompts for Thursday and Friday of Audiobook Week:

Thursday

Jen asks: What do you do while you listen? Any particular tasks or games that you find amazing for audio time?

If you read Monday’s post, you know that my main listening-time activity is driving.  Audiobooks make my commute so much better.  I haven’t yet found one good enough to make me sit in my driveway once I get home, or to pray for traffic so I can listen longer – I’d always rather get to work in the morning (the sooner I start working, the sooner I can go home to baby) and get home in the evening.  But the drives are bearable thanks to the library audio shelves, and that’s saying something.

Friday

Jen asks: Where do you learn about great audiobook titles? Buy your audiobooks? Share your secrets with the rest of us! We’d particularly love to know what narrators or publishers are active in social media or do a great job communicating with listeners.

Hmmm, I can’t say I have any secrets to share.  There’s very little rhyme or reason to my audiobook selection process, and they all come from the library.  I just choose something I want to read and hope for good audio production and non-scratched discs.  Maybe by next year, I’ll have some secrets to share.

(That said, there is one audiobook on my wish list: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the British version read by Stephen Fry.  I like the American versions with Jim Dale just fine, but I’m a huge Fry fan and I’d love to hear him read the last Potter.  I’ve yet to figure out how to get a copy Stateside, but the next time hubby and I travel to England – probably in a few years, when Peanut is old enough to take a long trip – this will be a must-purchase.  I haven’t looked into getting it on e-audio, but I would rather have it on CD anyway.  I don’t know how I came into the information that Stephen Fry narrated the British versions – must have read it somewhere.  Anyway, I’m coveting.)

That’s it for Audiobook Week – Jen, thanks for hosting, this was fun!  By next year, I expect I’ll have a full year of regular listening under my belt and plenty more to say on the topic.