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January 16, 2025 at 5:23 am #32947

I understand what you’re saying about “reading” audibly or visibly, Mei Lan– it does make a difference, and I’ve noticed in myself that my ability to absorb details is often blunted when I listen to a book, though I often can thoroughly enjoy the audiobook and get good entertainment from it. I definitely miss more things, as I’m usually doing something else at the same time; if I try to sit and listen, I fall asleep! With the LP books and some others, if I listen and really like the book, I will then get hold of the hard copy and read it, and that’s when I can really contemplate and consider the nuances better. With some books, it’s enough to just hear it and enjoy it and get what I can from it, but with ones that I truly find special, I want to read as well as listen. It sounds to me as though you enjoyed some important details and concepts in this book (I, too, loved the relationship between Martha and Cyrus) but I thoroughly respect that it was not totally enjoyable for you.

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