Hey fellow readers! I’ve been contemplating something and wanted to get your take on it. Do you think reading a book while listening to its audiobook still counts as “reading”? Personally, I find it more convenient, and it allows me to absorb the content in a different and easy way rather than just reading
I’ve noticed that I pick up on details and nuances I might have missed when solely reading. What are your thoughts on this? Do you feel it’s a valid way to experience a book, or do you think it’s a different kind of engagement? Share your experiences and opinions—I’m curious to hear the diverse perspectives of this community!
If you consume novels it counts. Audiobooks count, what you said counts, it all counts. Can we move past the gatekeeping BS of whether or not something counts as ‘real’ reading.
Listen, if you didn’t visually see words printed in a Real Paper Book, you didn’t even experience the story. E-readers, tablets, computers, phones, digital audiobooks, books on tape, books on CD, your mom reading a book to you out loud, hell even braille, are all subpar means through which you might not even be able to realize there was a story happening.
Only light reflected off of literal ink perceived by your eyes while holding a stack of bound paper can be called Reading. Otherwise it’s just sparkling literacy.
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