It doesn't feel like reading while I'm listening, but audiobooks I listen to count as books I've read.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Mar 25, 2020 2:38:51 am PDT #25723 of 28195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - Mar 25, 2020 3:23:35 am PDT #25724 of 28195
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I will die on this hill.
You have my sword.
Science says audiobooks count as reading since your brain can't tell the difference
Fred Pete - Mar 25, 2020 3:25:51 am PDT #25725 of 28195
Ann, that's a ferret.
I haven't done the audiobook thing, but I'd think that if you listen to the complete text of the original book, it counts. Listening to an abridged version would be like seeing the movie version, or maybe reading the Reader's Digest Condensed Books version.
sj - Mar 25, 2020 3:30:27 am PDT #25726 of 28195
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Audiobooks have been the majority of my reading lately. Although I have less time for them now that ltc is home with me and I'm not out running errands. I have been putting on a movie for her every day and hiding in my room to listen to about an hour of one.
Laura - Mar 25, 2020 3:32:49 am PDT #25727 of 28195
Our wings are not tired.
My place in Otter Lake has quite a number of books that came with the house. They seem to fall into 2 categories. Mysteries from the 40s and 50s, and Reader's Digest Condensed Books. I've read some of each. The old mysteries I find pretty charming. The condensed books are wild. Breakneck speed and leave me without the satisfaction of having actually read a book. Some are okay, but others just aren't right.
We had them in the house when I was a kid, but I don't think I read them back then. I always had my own books or library books.
DXMachina - Mar 25, 2020 3:42:38 am PDT #25728 of 28195
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
X-posted with Press:
My niece, Rachel Harrison, had her first novel, The Return, come out yesterday. Check it out.
Note: it is available as an audiobook also.
-t - Mar 25, 2020 4:05:55 am PDT #25729 of 28195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Just listened to the sample, that seems worth an audible credit...
Cashmere - Mar 25, 2020 4:31:51 am PDT #25730 of 28195
Now tagless for your comfort.
I still love physical books (obviously) but I feel like I have been able to really get through a lot more books with audio. And the ones I love, I REALLY love in audio. I've got a couple of titles I own in print, paperback, ebook AND audiobook (The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue).
I really think I have ADD at this stage in my life so it's easier for me to listen to an audiobook and do other things, rather than sit and try to concentrate on a print book.
Maybe that's why I love manga so much—they are short.
sj - Mar 25, 2020 4:39:13 am PDT #25731 of 28195
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I really think I have ADD at this stage in my life so it's easier for me to listen to an audiobook and do other things, rather than sit and try to concentrate on a print book.
This is me. It takes me so much more effort to be able to concentrate on a book at this point.
Toddson - Mar 25, 2020 6:45:16 am PDT #25732 of 28195
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I can't deal with audiobooks - I'm fine with e-books and paper versions, but the audios just don't work for me.
DXM, the book was reviewed on Smart Bitches Trashy Books - the reviewer gave it a B+.