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[quote=Anonymous]Np here. I was an English lit / political science major so read a lot through college (also was the editor in chief of my high school literary magazine). But I really got out of the habit of reading for fun in grad school and then with kids. I have ADHD and an eye that wanders so sitting and tracking on the page takes a lot of energy and concentration for me that I just don’t have after a day of parenting / working. I read very few books on the page a year (I set a goal of at least 5 mins a day of reading “on the page”) but I listen to about a book a week. My husband is a much faster reader than I am and it’s interesting if we do a “bookclub” I think he retains what he’s read on the page but has trouble being patient listening to audiobooks which he finds too slow, whereas I find if I can be doing something else while I listen (walk, fold laundry…) it not only makes it easier to justify the time spent but also is easier for me to retain. The place I’m at a disadvantage vs reading on the page is I don’t know how names are spelling [/quote]

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