Alli the Book Giraffe

Hello readers! It’s time for a Let’s Talk Bookish post. This week’s topic was a freebie, so I thought I’d use a topic I meant to use at the time, but I think my power was out when I was supposed to write and post it.

This audiobooks topic came from June 2025.

Don’t forget to check out my Let’s Talk Bookish Masterlist of all the LTB posts I’ve done!

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originated by Eternity Books and is currently hosted by Book Nook Bits. The accompanying thumbnail was also designed by Book Nook Bits. Each Friday, bloggers craft posts where they engage in discussions centered around the designated topic for the week.

Six Years of LTB: FREEBIE Prompts: How quickly does time fly for us to now be celebrating six years of bookish discussions?!  Whether you’re new to LTB or have stuck around for years, thank you for joining us in these weekly bookish discussions! To celebrate, we’re making this week an anniversary freebie. Revisit a topic that you’ve done before, go back to a topic that you’ve missed, or write about something else you’re interested in. Check out our blogs—Aria, Dini and Rukky—for ideas!

Prompts: Do you like to read audiobooks? Where do you typically get audiobooks? Do you have any favorite narrators, or platforms for listening to them? Do you find it easy to access audiobooks, or can it be more challenging compared to ebooks and physical books?

I love audiobooks! I started listening to audiobooks regularly in 2019, but I had listened to a few before.

Before 2019, I only listened to audiobooks from Audible. It was the only place I knew of to get audiobooks at the time.

In 2019, I got a library card and they introduced Libby and other library apps to me. I mostly listen on Libby now, but sometimes get them on Hoopla, Spotify, and occasionally Audible if I can’t find the book anywhere else that I want to listen to.

I haven’t listened to her in a while, but my favorite narrator is Bahni Turpin.

I don’t find it difficult to get audiobooks. It has become a little harder in the past few months because Libby is being defunded by the government. The only audiobooks that are hard to get are new releases or ones by small, indie authors. That is why I will sometimes use other app.

Hoopla is better for if you are looking for indie books in ebook or audiobook form. If an audiobook has a long wait, but I want to listen to it now, I have been using Spotify for that this year.

I already have a Spotify subscription and they added 15 hours of audiobook time a month. So, I’ll use that on occasion.

In 2025, I have used Audible to buy audiobooks by indie authors that I can’t find on any of the other apps.

Over the past few years, I have slowly become a majority audiobook reader. I love audiobooks and they help me when I can’t focus on a book with just my eyes.

Even though most of what I’ve read this year was books I own, I still listened to the books at least half of the time.

What do you guys think? Do you listen to audiobooks? I personally think the increase in availability of audiobooks is such a good thing. Especially for those who have disabilities like dyslexia and blindness.

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