Top Tips To Get Listening - and stick with it!
It definitely feels a little weird the first time you have a go at audiobooks. No paper to grip between your fingers when that unexpected twist comes; trying to worm the earbud into a comfortable position in your ear that won’t fall out at a critical plot point! But once you find your way, it really is a brilliant format option to have at your disposal.
Team Tandem is full of audiobook lovers, so we’ve asked everyone to share their top tip that helped get them hooked on the headphones…
1. Find your speed: I always speed up to 1.75 because I am horribly impatient and need to hear the book at my reading speed. - Sukhy Cooke
2. Listen when you're on a long drive: It's hard to get hooked on an audiobook but I find having a big chunk of time allows me to get really into it. - Naomi Bacon
3. Discover the beauty of multi character listens: Audiobooks read by multiple narrators can bring a story to life in a really compelling way, whereas I sometimes lose track when reading a story with a big cast. Even more impressive when it’s one narrator doing all the voices but you don’t even realise! - Laura McKerrell
4. Enjoy old favourites: Listening to a favourite book is a great way to almost read it for the first time again and get used to the new format, you get a totally different experience. - Jaide Poppy
5. Multitask: My favourite time to listen is when I'm on a run so I can completely tune into the story and forget about the pain in my legs! I also have a dedicated audiobook that I'll only listen to when running- its win win I have to finish the story so I have to go running! - Jenny Ayre
