Thanks to audiobooks, reading's popularity still strong in America

nice in concept - but after listening to Stephen King read the last book in his Tower series (Wind through the Keyhole), and having heard the other 7 books in by George Guidell and Frank Mueller…there is literally no comparison. Narrating a book is a true difficult art form and it can transform a book. The books I liked that were read by the author (like Hitchhiker’s Guide) were by author’s who were also already voice actors. I never managed to get past a chapter or two of King reading his own work (other than On Writing, which made more sense read by him)…I will wait for it to be redone by a real voice actor.

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