listening to an audiobook with your ears and reading a book with your eyes are two different things, physically and cognitively.
also enabled by different media formats, one which demands focus and the other which allows for multitasking (e.g. doing dishes, driving, running, etc.)
if you say you read a book i assume it to mean you used your eyes. if you did not, say you listened to a book.
they're completely different activities, and saying you "read" an audio recording is confusing.
I routinely do both of these things, but I have found that I only enjoy non-fiction audio if it’s read by the author. I want to hear their voice telling the story. If it’s fiction, I cannot enjoy it without reading it myself. I’m sure that says something weird about me, just not sure what yet.
yes, audiobook fiction is very hit or miss imo
It’s strange but I’ve never been able to do audiobooks. I had a developmental delay as a child and have auditory processing problems to this day.
Any conversation where I can’t read lips requires my complete undivided attention. I think it’s why I ended up a writer. Visual was all I had.
understandable i think. to be fair audiobooks, properly consumed, also require focus, but it's a completely different species of attention. i'm not surprised some people find it to be a no-go.
