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Reviews_By_Julia :
Call me too woke or whatever but it’s also kind of a list in a lot of ways specifically when it comes to the audiobooks don’t count as reading crowd I’m blind. My other option is using a screen reader, which is very unpleasant to read through a whole book with or braille books, which are huge and clunky so yes, I use Audiobooks so that I can actually enjoy what I read. Not to mention the fact that in all honesty, I kind of need sound all the time and listening to books is one of the ways that I get that this sort of has an effect on my reading count. It is far larger than some peoples would be simply because I’m reading while doing pretty much everything, including chores and walking to work.
2026-07-15 03:34:34
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brotherhoodofevilgays :
do i read any "books" a year? no do i spend about an hour a day reading web comics and fan fiction? yes it 100% counts and im tired of people acting like it doesnt
2026-06-30 20:45:54
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idlebookworm :
The Institute for Performance Neurology did a study on physically reading vs listening to audiobooks. The results were that your brain does not process a book differently if you listen to it. The medium does not matter.
2026-07-01 04:08:36
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ɘϱɿoɘӘ :
Audiobooks allow for consuming literature, but it’s not the actual reading. Reading isn’t unpleasant, it shouldn’t be anyways, but has a definite meaning. Some people don’t read well enough to enjoy it and if Audiobooks are something that allow them to access that literature, it’s amazing and wonderful and it’s completely valid to enjoying the stories and looking for meaning and symbolism within them doesn’t involve reading, but listening to stories is not reading them and that’s perfectly fine. People have sat around and listened to other people read for centuries. It’s a completely valid past time that predates the written word. But listen is not reading. You still consume the literature, but you are not actively reading.
2026-07-01 23:32:49
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maura :
when i say i read a book when i actually listened to an audiobook, it’s just semantics. like i know they are different forms, but the distinction just doesn’t seem important in conversation. it’s like if i were talking about something a “friend” did but the person was more of an “acquaintance” - that distinction is trivial to the point of the story and the connection i’m trying to make. it’s weird when people insist on knowing those minor distinctions because what are they even trying to prove
2026-07-02 01:01:03
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Glitch :
I’m dyslexic and I’m so tired of people telling me that the audiobooks I listen to alongside the books I read on my ereader. Like we should be happy that reading is being made more accessible instead of trying to gatekeep it
2026-07-12 16:11:53
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rachelk00.0 :
i don’t suffer reading only physical books and still make 150 books a year. i don’t understand why you think it’s “suffering” to read rather than listen? i’d honestly suffer more listening to audiobooks because my attention span for audio is not good.
2026-07-02 06:48:46
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russdoesburg :
I do not think listening to an audio book is the same experience as reading a book but it is still consuming media so it's great that people do both. a 1300 page book is not the same as a 300 page book. it's like 4 of the smaller book. ones not better then the other. people keep comparing apples to oranges and get in a tizzy over stuff that will never be the same. as long as you are enjoying yourself then you are doing good.
2026-07-02 15:49:07
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Jacob :
I'll just be here as s librarian listening to audiobooks on *gasp* x1.5 speed.
2026-07-01 02:15:25
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sunshine_reads :
I just want people to mind their own bookshelves 😭 I don't care about how much people read or what they read, just that they read.
2026-06-30 22:57:12
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blahblah_blah :
IMO people who critique audiobooks need to remember that oral storytelling is a much older form of narrative than the written word or the modern novel. In fact, writing in some ancient cultures was critiqued as a crutch for memorization (if I remember correctly lol). I love reading books, but if I want to listen to an audiobook while I clean my house or am at work who cares? If listen to an audiobook instead of watching a tv show, who cares?
2026-07-01 04:16:54
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JanaCCagle :
I think a person needs a “balanced diet. You need an audio book , a paper back/kendel book and a think piece/classical/nonfiction book. each one if for a different occasion.
2026-07-01 03:20:49
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clhuff :
I have ADHD and audiobooks have helped me get through so many household tasks
2026-07-02 10:52:12
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Mandi Bossard :
Yes yes yes!! Every word of this! That last line is incredible and so, so true.
2026-07-01 00:21:18
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Van Ness 82 :
Sometimes I read multiple books at once. I was an English/Literature major and I’m used to doing that. I have been told that I can’t possibly be reading. That’s I’m just “consuming”. I just read quickly.
2026-07-01 17:31:30
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amycgs :
I refuse to engage in this weird subject. It’s engagement farming (not you! The other dingdongs)
2026-07-01 18:55:50
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StellaLuna :
All of this! Also, as a high school teacher, if my students are reading anything, audiobooks, graphic novels, fiction, anything, I’m happy. Anything that lets people enjoy things like knowledge and stories is better than them not engaging with knowledge and stories at all.
2026-06-30 20:50:37
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Cass Ehn :
I always wonder WHY they think hobbies should be painful and difficult? the literal point of hobbies that they exist for pleasure
2026-07-01 12:11:37
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GamerAnieca :
we ain't gatekeeping reading, if you enjoyed a media then congrats, you enjoyed a media.
2026-07-02 00:32:27
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W :
Audiobooks are literally LISTENING not reading. You can say you are engaged with them at book but the literal definition of reading is not being achieved with audiobooks
2026-07-01 17:15:18
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DOGluvvvr :
I agree with you, I used to be a voracious reader. Now that I’m 66 and lately diagnosed with ADHD, I just can’t get through a book anymore. Not only that, but I am not motivated when it comes to keeping my home because I have auto immune diseases that give me a lot of pain, so when I listen to an audiobook, I can accomplish a little bit of housework!
2026-06-30 22:32:07
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Quiffa :
I simply cannot devote my eyes and body to a book in that way. However I can take care of my chickens with an earbud in.
2026-07-02 15:19:13
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Waving the Stick :
I’m at 90 books this year and it hasn’t really been that hard.
2026-07-01 10:25:13
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Big Girl Games - G7 :
I want to do all the kinds of reading 🥰
2026-07-01 03:44:45
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Bhrymm :
Pretty much agree, though if you're reading 100+ books a year, I feel like it would be difficult to retain much from a lot of them. Definitely still reading. I've done similar plenty of times in the past and enjoyed it. Most recently was a few years ago when I randomly picked up The Lightning Thief from PJO. In ~1 month I read PJO(5 Books ooks), HoO(5 Books), ToA(5 Books), TKC(3 Books), and started on the Norse series (made it part way through book 2) before my brain told me I needed to take some time to process.😂
2026-06-30 21:42:31
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