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Anyone with audible?

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Gumnast2014 · 13/08/2014 08:55

Must say I do like audible.

I listen on the long commute to work and really grateful for it.

But I know have a stack of 8 to go and lots of credits to spend.

If you cancel do you loose all your books?

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CalamitouslyWrong · 09/10/2014 20:19

I buy audiobooks for the kids from audible. I find they vary depending on who is reading them. They're often really good, but sometimes less so. Maybe you chose a particularly duff one von1471.

von1471 · 09/10/2014 20:13

Do you mean the Audible books via the Amazon website or are there other others. I have a Kindle but when I listened to an audible book a couple of years ago I didn't like the stilted monotone reading, has it changed since then?

upandawayy · 09/10/2014 19:51

Recommendations of books I've loved:
Catch 22
The cuckoos calling
Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch

If you want something really long then Tale of Two Cities read by Martin Jarvis is really good.

sunnybobs · 09/10/2014 19:42

Have you tried overdrive? All connected to your library and I love it - you get each audio book for 14 days & it's all free! Probably not as big a choice as audible but still lots of choice and a great service.

FiveHoursSleep · 09/10/2014 19:40

Has anyone got any great Audible recommendations? I like to listen to long books as I listen while I walk the dogs and do housework.
Recently I've enjoyed Americanah and The Bone Clocks. Am listening to The Rosie Effect atm and it's fun but I want something more epic!

Theas18 · 14/08/2014 10:27

Suspend it for a bit!

I love audible. Get all the shardlake books.

timeforanappychange · 14/08/2014 10:24

When do you listen? I don't commute so never seem to find time to listen to fiction.

Audible's customer service is amazing, I must say.

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Gumnast2014 · 14/08/2014 10:08

Do you think it's worth the money? I have money guilt but do love it!

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GoingToBedfordshire · 14/08/2014 09:20

Recently enjoyed Jenny Eclair's Life, Death and Vanilla Slices, Jojo Moyes The Girl You Left Behind and Tracey Chevalier's The Last Runaway. Alan Partridge's I, Partridge is hilarious.

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Gumnast2014 · 14/08/2014 08:49

Ah loads I loved the goldfinch
Just finished the fault in our stars which was a great short one.

Gone girl. All amazing.

Got northern lights, secret history, return to love, shock of the fall, conversations with god all three and life after life waiting for me!!!

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Cherrypi · 14/08/2014 08:41

Any recommendations? I've mostly been listening to BBC comedies but fancy a book for a change.

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Gumnast2014 · 13/08/2014 12:39

Brill might do the suspension till I catch up! Many thanks!

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minsmum · 13/08/2014 12:19

You keep your books but you can't return them if you don't like them.I have just cancelled my subscription as I need to catch up. Also you lose your credits so you need to spend them first. They also offer you the chance to suspend your membership for three months and that means you don't buy any more credits but your membership continues

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