audio books

When I read books, it is possible for it to contain a good bit of description and lengthy passages I don't pay much attention to.  I just skim over it looking to see when the next part of the plot starts back.  When listening to an audio book, I find that sometimes I'm immersed in passage after passage of detailed intimate information that I really can't easily skip because my hands are busy with something else.  I don't always have a clue as to how much of it there is in a book and have blithely suggested such books to others only to think later when listening that the suggestion may not have been suitable.