Like many who enjoy audiobooks, I listen to most of mine in the car. I've come to prefer borrowing CDs from the library rather than streaming from my phone, like Audible, for a number of reasons, not the least of which is I don't want to mess with my phone when I get in the car, and half the time I can't find it anyway.

Our minvan has a CD player but it doubles as a DVD player, so whenever the kids are in the van they're usually watching Veggie Tales or something like that. So, I end up ripping my library CDs and loading them on the hard drive in the van to avoid losing my spot when the kids watch a movie.

This time, I learned I accidentally missed ripping disc 5 of the 9-disc book. I had a decision to make: I go back and request it again just to rip that one, or I pirate it, or something.

I ended up deciding I would go ahead and watch the movie up to the point where disc 6 starts, when he just gets to New Hampshire. The movie was pretty good, a few things either they added, or they happened in later parts, and they put them earlier in the film. Also, the movie ends right when Bryson gets to New Hampshire, so there's still more than a 1/3 of the book that isn't in the movie at all.

We'll see how it stacks up when I finish.