Donna I am not much of a speed junkie either with audio or etexts. If it is a good novel, well narrated, iI agree with your hubby -- and in some ways, I don't want the book to end. If I were a student, on the other hand, I suspect I would respond differently. I will compress RFB&D books and things like sermons, radio programs to perhaps 20% or so to save some time; but double speed isn't pleasure listening or reading in my book. To each his own.