AvatarSmith West12 books you should listen to as audiobooks insteadverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Janaki JitchotvisutI've been an insatiable reader ever since I first learned how letters joined together to form words. One tool my grandfather used to teach me how to read was a small tape recorder, and our routine was that he had me practice reading aloud each night into the microphone. Somewhere, there are tapes of …
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AvatarSmith WestFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo8 Best Audiobooks Narrated by a Full Castsignature-reads.com - Keith RicePhoto by freestocks.org on UnsplashThere’s something particularly engrossing about a well-narrated audiobook. When you get that perfect combination …