Do You Read Me?
TODAY, I’VE BEEN recording an audiobook. That’s an exciting sentence to write; partly because, after eight hours of talking into a mic, writing anything provides a welcome break from talking. But also because—long before I ever heard the word "audiobook"—it’s something that I aspired to do.
At primary school, for instance, I vividly recall waiting with breathless anticipation to take my turn reading out a paragraph of , or some equally thrilling tome. The little hardback would be passed around the classroom, each child clumsily blundering through their allocated text before chucking the
