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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know! I love reading [b](listening to audio books[/b]). I have loved reading ever since I learned to read. I have no other explanation. I read some for my book club. I only read books I enjoy. [/quote]

Is this really "reading"?  I have a friend who used to say she read 10 books a week.  I was like wow, how do you find the time?  Then I realized she was listening to audiobooks (in the car, out in the garden, mowing lawn, chores, etc).  Sometimes while reading I'll come across a word I've never seen before (don't know what it means or sometimes how to pronounce it).  I'll stop, look up the meaning and pronunciation and then re-read the sentence or paragraph again.  I would imagine most people don't do that with audiobooks.  I don't know, audiobooks just seems like "cheating" :roll: [/quote]

This made me crack up because I read (or "read"?) slower if I'm listening to audio books and tend to actually get more details out of them.  If I'm reading a physical books, especially a new one I'm enjoying, I tend to read really quickly because I just want to know what happens next.  I definitely never stop and look up words unless I'm on like my fifth reread of something or reading in my non-native language.  Audiobooks don't count as reading is such a weird flex.[/quote]

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