I’ve often thought about this. I listen to audiobooks a lot, and have done so for more than 20 years. I ONLY listen to books in the car (nowhere else), and I only listen to BOOKS in the car (nothing else). It makes driving, which I hate otherwise, actually enjoyable. Listening to books is an activity I treasure.
But I read real books too (not as much, because I read slowly and fall asleep quickly). So when I refer to something I experienced from a book, and want to use one way to describe it, I say “I experienced such-and-such book”. And yes, I DO count listening as experiencing books, because without it, I’d have experienced many fewer books than if I stuck to reading. I do READ some authors religiously: Mary Roach, and 1st time Carl Hiaasen, and some science books. I consume history and physics (space, in particular), crime, mystery, and thriller fiction via audio.
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ReplyDeleteI’ve often thought about this. I listen to audiobooks a lot, and have done so for more than 20 years. I ONLY listen to books in the car (nowhere else), and I only listen to BOOKS in the car (nothing else). It makes driving, which I hate otherwise, actually enjoyable. Listening to books is an activity I treasure.
ReplyDeleteBut I read real books too (not as much, because I read slowly and fall asleep quickly). So when I refer to something I experienced from a book, and want to use one way to describe it, I say “I experienced such-and-such book”.
And yes, I DO count listening as experiencing books, because without it, I’d have experienced many fewer books than if I stuck to reading. I do READ some authors religiously: Mary Roach, and 1st time Carl Hiaasen, and some science books. I consume history and physics (space, in particular), crime, mystery, and thriller fiction via audio.
I’d be far less educated without audiobooks.