![]() This can help keep you from feeling annoyed and unheard. If you're talking with another person and they are clearly uninterested in the conversation, it may be best to end that conversation respectfully. Understand when exiting the conversation is best.By seeing you demonstrate active listening, they might become a better listener too. Continuing to practice these skills may just inspire the person you're conversing with to do the same. Be patient with yourself as you go through the learning process. Like with any skill, being good at active listening takes some practice. Practice your active listening skills.If you both have passion for the topic, it becomes easier to stay fully engaged in the conversation. This works particularly well when engaging in small talk as you get to know one another. This naturally causes you to ask more questions and to seek to understand, which are two of the core foundations of active listening in communication. The more curious you are about something, the easier it becomes to want to know more. I loved that while it was a love story it was also about so much more than just their relationship. I really liked the smattering of spice and loved the tension. All the relationships were wonderfully written and portrayed. From trying to figure out how pupils could possibly throb, to desperately begging people to pronounce mischievous correctly, to hoping and praying that your headphones are, in fact, connected to your phone (my catastrophic error has happened at home with our Bluetooth speaker lightbulb in our living room. From the get go I was laughing out loud, literally, at things I think all audiobook listeners have noticed. Then I saw she had a second book available for preorder so I snatched that up and as soon as it landed in my library yesterday I started listening and barely stopped. I loved that it wasn’t super romcom-y all perfectly tied up with HEA and felt more real. When I discovered she had written a book - My Oxford Year - I absolutely had to listen to it, and I was not disappointed! It was such a wonderful story of love and loss. ![]() I started listening to audiobooks 2.5 years ago and quickly learned that almost all of my favorites had one thing in common - they were narrated by Julia Whelan. If she can learn to risk everything for desires she has long buried, she will discover a world of intimacy and acceptance she never believed would be hers. Soon, she is dreaming again, but secrets are revealed, and the realities of life come crashing down around her once more. But her admiration of the late author, and the opportunity to get her grandmother more help, makes her decision for her.Īs Sewanee begins work on the book, resurrecting her old romance pseudonym, she and Brock forge a real connection, hidden behind the comfort of anonymity. Sewanee doesn’t buy what romance novels are selling-not after her own dreams were tragically cut short-and she stopped narrating them years ago. On her return home, Sewanee discovers one of the world’s most beloved romance novelists wanted her to perform her last book-with Brock McNight, the industry’s hottest, most secretive voice. When she arrives in Las Vegas last-minute for a book convention, Sewanee unexpectedly spends a whirlwind night with a charming stranger. She’s found success and satisfaction from the inside of a sound booth and it allows her to care for her beloved, ailing grandmother. From the author of My Oxford Year, Julia Whelan’s uplifting novel tells the story of a former actress turned successful audiobook narrator-who has lost sight of her dreams after a tragic accident-and her journey of self-discovery, love, and acceptance when she agrees to narrate one last romance novel.įor Sewanee Chester, being an audiobook narrator is a long way from her old dreams, but the days of being a star on film sets are long behind her.
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