It has been discovered that reading and listening to books develop the exact same areas of the brain. And crafts have been known for relaxing certain parts of the brain, in a therapeutic way. They can help with anxiety, depression, or chronic pain, and they can even slow down the brain’s aging process.

So why not combine audiobooks and crafting? And why not pick up a craft in order to listen to more audiobooks? You could finally get through that classic and perhaps keep your TBR list under control.

Read the complete article by Book Riot’s Carina Pereira online now.