I too love audio books because I have issues with my vision but lately have enjoyed my Kindle a great deal. I feel like I need to be moving when I listen to an audio book. If not, I sometimes fall asleep. I realized the advantage of audiobooks when I was rereading the Tony Hillerman mysteries. He does a credible job describing the wonderful southwestern landscapes but I had always skipped over that to get to the story. Now I listen to it all. Same with the Aubrey and Materin Master and Commander books. I will listen to the long descriptions of the rigging etc when before I skipped over it. I also find that I can listen to books about theology and physics while I walk (I walk a lot) and get about 60% of the meaning. If I try to actually read it I get bogged down and bored.
I find that listening to a book is for me a very different experience from reading it. Like you I tend to skip over stuff when reading, so I find I notice clonky prose (and for that matter beautiful writing style) a lot more when listening to the reading.
I have started listening to a lot of my favorite books, even those I’ve read several times, and really enjoy it.
A word of caution. The listening experience is enormously dependent on the talent of the reader. Approach books “read by the author” with fear and trembling. Writing and reading aloud are too very different skillsets!