Audiobooks count as reading. Sounds basic, but based on someone's post, just learned that this isn't necessarily common knowledge.
It is so weird to think listening is not reading! As someone who has the privilege of sight, I love audiobooks. I sometimes read fiction _too fast_ to appreciate the finer points of the author's style, and I have sometimes bought an audiobook for my re-read.
Audiobooks help me slow down and pay attention to language and craft. They help me think about my purpose for reading differently. It’s still immersion, just a different kind.
brain processing of text and audio 📌
Audiobooks *are* reading. Many studies back it up. Visual text instead of audio works better for some people, but in terms of how our brains process the information, they’re almost identical. Here’s a place to start the rabbit hole: www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326... Do some research.
By constructing 3D semantic maps, scientists have shown that the brain activity of comprehension is largely similar for listening and reading.
I think some people think audiobooks (or recorded books) are new and that listening is cheating. They are mistaken on both counts. bsky.app/profile/prop...
If reading aloud counts as reading, no reason audiobooks wouldn't.
People say stupid things because a lot of humans suck Whether it’s a parent reading to you,a teacher, audiobooks, the words and ideas are shared and there is no discernible difference in comprehension.
Often I cannot sit down and read a book. Best times to are while I am doing thoughtless tasks at work. So while I am doing the same motions of yesterday, I can listen to someone's performance on a book and make it something more than just words to read.
Listening is so much harder than reading visually for me, full respect to anyone who can take in a book that way or who doesn't have the choice. Time spent gatekeeping the definition of reading seems like time better spent reading!
I bought the lie that audiobooks don't count for years, but after my second burnout I wasn't able to enjoy the effort it took to press through my dyslexia and gave up reading. After my third burnout where I had to restart my life again, I didn't care anymore. Now I enjoy reading again as audiobooks.
For virtue points and supporting-good-authors points, it does. For "does it affect you mood the way you want it to?" purposes, ymmv.