First a couple confessions… this is going to be a bit of a curmudgeonly rant. Secondly, my name is David, I am a former audio book snob.
What is an audio book snob? There are many folks out there that feel if the medium for accessing a book is not reading it is a bit of a cheat. If you listen to a novel rather than read it, you have violated some unwritten rule of the universe. I have a social acquaintance that knows I ingest a fair number of books annually. In response to his conversational gambit if I start talking about a recently partaken book, he will ask me with a slight sneer in his voice did I read it or listened to it. He discounts my experience with the book if I listened to it.
Not too soon after I met Robin the economic crisis of 2008 hit. I was contracting at the financial company Edward Jones. Their response to the crisis was to bid adieu to all their contract employees. So suddenly I was out of work in the middle Continue reading “Audio Book Snobbery”