The thing I read before listening?
I have my tablet, which has--you know, ebooks... In the morning, I hit the intarwebs, do this site, and a few other forums, email, read my daily webcomics.
I listen to audiobooks only during my work commute, which is about 40-60 minutes (depending on weather, traffic, etc), so LoTR took me several months to complete.
I do not report every book I read here, otherwise this thread would be nothing but Dngrsone posts-- I've done 105 books this year, and put down a couple dozen, I'm sure, without finishing.