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I've listened to a LOT of books this year just while commuting or doing chores. Thanks Libby!
I see someone down voted you for some reason. In case it's because of the misconception that audiobooks aren't as good as reading, several years back there was some research which showed that as far as the brain is concerned, there's essentially no difference.
"Looking at the brain scans and data analysis, the researchers saw that the stories stimulated the same cognitive and emotional areas, regardless of their medium. It’s adding to our understanding of how our brains give semantic meaning to the squiggly letters and bursts of sound that make up our communication."
https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/audiobooks-or-reading-to-our-brains-it-doesnt-matter
I can attest to this. I never actually read the A Song of Ice and Fire books but I know that world like it's my own.
It's just the same attitude as people who claim it's not really reading if you're using an eReader. Some people get weirdly elitist about books and reading
Wow who would even say that? That would be pretty much as illogical as it can get
As always, people who just hate change in any form - combined with the depressingly common outlook that if you don't personally like something, it must be objectively bad
Facebook groups that post old Pickles cartoons and motivational joker quotes, and it doesn't matter how many of them I block theres always an endless amount of clones doing the same thing.
Haven’t needed an Audible subscription thanks to Hoopla (local public libraries)!
I highly recommend everyone look at the many free resources. I use it a lot for fiction, things I can listen to it in a few days.
I also have an audible account and buy a lot of non-fiction. Because those books, I tend to listen multiple times, or listen to a couple minutes over the course of a year.
Serves different purposes for me.