But you’re still retaining the story. It’s still reading. Graphic novels are just as much a book as any other. You might be surprised if you give them a go.
Alright, think of it this way, if a person has a disability that doesn’t allow them to read (ie : blindness) and they have not mastered reading braille they might use audiobooks so that they may still enjoy the story.
It is still very much the same as long as you retain the information and you enjoy the story then what’s the big deal? I say go for it.
I wouldn’t count them either. We watch tv, enjoy the story and retain the information but we don’t consider that reading. Like you said though, we all think differently! ☺️
I don’t use them bc I don’t consider them reading. By definitions, reading is the action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud. Also I read for pleasure not to “count them”. I don’t even know what you mean by that. Sounds like a competition.
TV and audiobook are very different though. TV is a visual medium which tells the story mostly through what you see. With audiobooks you still have to have a level of reading comprehension to understand the story. There are two facets to reading – decoding (seeing the actual letters and putting them together) and comprehension (understanding the words together and the story). Audiobooks only take away the decoding. It has been scientifically proven that once you are past a primary school level of decoding that listening to audiobooks is no different to your brain than actual reading.
Yes, absolutely. You’re still retaining the story, so whose to say it isn’t “Real” reading?
The way I see it is if we COULD read and drive, read and exercise or read and do dishes and household chores or other things we would…but we can’t so, audiobooks is a great way to do that.
If I were to listen to one, and it was unabridged, yes. It’s still a book. I also count children’s books. Books are books. I have included books of sheet music before now! It’s still a book and can still be read!
I think everyone needs to consider that the statement ‘audiobooks don’t count as reading’ is extremely ableist. If you don’t count it to your personal goal that’s fine but making a broad statement like that is not okay.
But it isn’t actually reading. It’s storytelling and listening. Is the dictionary ableist? I don’t really care if people count it towards their reading goals because we don’t all have time to sit and read, but it’s a little ridiculous and almost insulting to say it’s ableist to say it’s not reading when it literally isn’t reading.
I don’t really see anything in here that changes my mind honestly. I get it, audio books and reading are similar, but in the end one is reading and the other is listening, and I don’t care which you choose at the end of the day because I’m just happy it got someone out of a screen and got them to enjoy a story some author poured their heart into. I personally don’t really enjoy audio books though because I enjoy reading in silence and I can’t do that with audio books so it’s just my personal preference.
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I wouldn’t, however, I never use them…I wouldn’t count childrens books or graphic novels either but it’s just my opinion 😉
But you’re still retaining the story. It’s still reading. Graphic novels are just as much a book as any other. You might be surprised if you give them a go.
It’s the same thing as if a teacher would read a book to you.
Alright, think of it this way, if a person has a disability that doesn’t allow them to read (ie : blindness) and they have not mastered reading braille they might use audiobooks so that they may still enjoy the story.
It is still very much the same as long as you retain the information and you enjoy the story then what’s the big deal? I say go for it.
I read lots to the children at school but would never count them on my Goodreads app..it’s just me, that’s all 🙂 We all do things differently 🙂
I don’t count picture books, as I can read up to 10 a day (well sometimes it’s the same one 10 times per day)
I wouldn’t count them either. We watch tv, enjoy the story and retain the information but we don’t consider that reading. Like you said though, we all think differently! ☺️
I don’t use them bc I don’t consider them reading. By definitions, reading is the action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud. Also I read for pleasure not to “count them”. I don’t even know what you mean by that. Sounds like a competition.
TV and audiobook are very different though. TV is a visual medium which tells the story mostly through what you see. With audiobooks you still have to have a level of reading comprehension to understand the story. There are two facets to reading – decoding (seeing the actual letters and putting them together) and comprehension (understanding the words together and the story). Audiobooks only take away the decoding. It has been scientifically proven that once you are past a primary school level of decoding that listening to audiobooks is no different to your brain than actual reading.
@Pamela By count them I mean, the Goodreads challenge many use each year…you set a number of books you would hope to read & each one gets marked off
Yes, for sure!
Yes, absolutely. You’re still retaining the story, so whose to say it isn’t “Real” reading?
The way I see it is if we COULD read and drive, read and exercise or read and do dishes and household chores or other things we would…but we can’t so, audiobooks is a great way to do that.
Yep. Because when i can’t read read, i have a book running in my headphones. Sometimes it’s the book I’m reading in print!
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I count Audio books as well as our read aloud family chapter books. And graphic novels. I don’t count all the picture books I still read with my kids.
Definitely. You’re still reading the entire book, just in a different format.
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Yes.
If I were to listen to one, and it was unabridged, yes. It’s still a book. I also count children’s books. Books are books. I have included books of sheet music before now! It’s still a book and can still be read!
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I think everyone needs to consider that the statement ‘audiobooks don’t count as reading’ is extremely ableist. If you don’t count it to your personal goal that’s fine but making a broad statement like that is not okay.
But it isn’t actually reading. It’s storytelling and listening. Is the dictionary ableist? I don’t really care if people count it towards their reading goals because we don’t all have time to sit and read, but it’s a little ridiculous and almost insulting to say it’s ableist to say it’s not reading when it literally isn’t reading.
I get where you are coming from but have a read of this article. It may just change your mind. It talks about the actual science of what reading is.
https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/listening-to-a-book-instead-of-reading-isnt-cheating.html
I don’t really see anything in here that changes my mind honestly. I get it, audio books and reading are similar, but in the end one is reading and the other is listening, and I don’t care which you choose at the end of the day because I’m just happy it got someone out of a screen and got them to enjoy a story some author poured their heart into. I personally don’t really enjoy audio books though because I enjoy reading in silence and I can’t do that with audio books so it’s just my personal preference.
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I can get deeper into a book by reading it than by listening to it.
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Nah, I’ve never done that. If it’s not on a shelf, for some reason it doesn’t count for me ?
Meran Rhodes Nope, whenever I read a kindle book, I get the paperback too.?