If you get the books on tape you can quilt while you listen! I think all of the Nicholas Sparks books are on tape - I've listened to them all - and James Patterson too. Our library recently discarded all of the tapes and has gone to CDs They are a real pain in the prat! And, no, the tapes are not distracting when you're quilting - things actually seem to go more smoothly when you listen as you quilt.