Because I am a geek/avid reader, I generally have 3 books going at any given time:

An audible book in my car;

An audible book on my iPod; and

A regular form book that I read, at a minimum, in the bathtub every day.

The two audible books I am currently listening to are I, Claudius and Dracula. These books, at least for me, exemplify the bad and good that the reader of the book can bring to the audible book experience of the listener. I, Claudius is read by Derek Jacobi, who reads all the male parts in a bored, foppish, British style, and reads all the female parts in a bored, foppish, slightly retarded, British style. I am 12 hours in to an 18 hour book, and am not much enjoying it.

In contrast, Dracula is read by Robert Whitfield, who brings to life a variety of characters. Dracula is told in the form of reading excerpts from the journal, diaries and correspondence of the main characters - Jonathan Harker, his bride Mina, the doomed Lucy, Dr. Seward, and Prof. Van Helsing. (I'm not sure how they came up with the casting of Hugh Jackman as Van Helsing in the movie of the same name . . . the character in Dracula is more of an elderly professor, than a dashing rake).

The last book I am reading is one of the Inspector Lynley mysteries by Elizabeth George. Many of these have been made into BBC tv movies, and I have found that I am able to enjoy both. Twice I have read one of the books after seeing the BBC production, but in both instances, they changed whodunit from the book.

What are you reading????