Audible vs Kindle

 

I have to say that one of my favorite activities is reading. I enjoy reading so much that whenever I had a few minutes I would read a book. However, since having kids, my free time has disappeared. Before my kids were born, according to Goodreads, I was reading between 80-100 books per year. Now after having kids, I haven't read more than 50 books in year. 

However, after a recommendation from a co-worker, I decided to try audible. Audible does makes things easier to complete other tasks while I get to listen to a book. So, when I'm tending to a flower bed, going for a walk or cleaning up the house, I can still listen and escape to a different world. So, I have to say it is being able to multitask and enjoy a story at the time. 

So, while I was taking care of things this year, I was able to listen to 41 audio books versus reading 19 kindle books. There are a couple of things that I don't like about audible. One thing that I really don't like about audible is that you can't automatically add your audio books to your good reads account. So, it is harder to keep track of your reading challenge progress. So, I have to manually go back and mark each book as read in the system. I really wish they could be connected. The next issue that I have is that the audible site only tracks your listen history for the current year. So, I'm unable to see when the last time I listen to a particular book or how many books I read the previous year. I wish there was a better way for tracking. If you know of a way, please let me know.

So, that brings up the question, what method do you prefer to enjoy your literacy? Do you prefer to enjoy a good audio book, read from a table/phone, or cozy up to a good book?