tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440165150487645261.post1252634146676683095..comments2012-10-01T22:43:22.514-07:00Comments on In Other Words: Book Review: The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve (1998)Hethrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868098090155678541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440165150487645261.post-24537914016982865692011-07-18T05:18:35.426-07:002011-07-18T05:18:35.426-07:00An enjoyable read The Pilot's Wife by Anita ...An enjoyable read <a href="http://www.bookchums.com/book-detail.php?b=MTAzMzA=" rel="nofollow">The Pilot's Wife </a> by Anita Shreve. loved the way you wrote it. I find your review very genuine and original, this book is going in by "to read" list.rohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384882703827370630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440165150487645261.post-10198169848785884552010-08-28T17:28:24.563-07:002010-08-28T17:28:24.563-07:00Friends’ comments (via a thread about this on Face...Friends’ comments (via a thread about this on Facebook): <br /><br />KC: Someone is reading the book while you listen so it counts<br /><br />SM: At first blush, I agree with your mom. However, what about blind people? Are they not reading when they listen to text? Very interesting... What is the true definition of reading?<br /><br />KL: I'm a life long book junkie, and have listened to 2 audiobooks, and feel like reading and listening to audiobooks are 2 completely different animals. It might just be the way I process things, but books are definitely easier for my brain to hold onto and to start in on again if I put it down for a bit. When it's been a while since I started a book, I don't usually need to read the whole thing again. If it's an audiobook, I usually have to go back a few tracks until I'm in familiar subject matter.<br /><br />MO: Counts as listening to a story, but not the same as actually reading it yourself.<br /><br />AT: Of course it does not count as reading. But it does count as listening. 2 different animals, yes. But the job can be done either way. Depends on the person who is accessing the media, mostly.<br /><br />CT: It's called adult story time. I loved being to as a child and still do via audio books and love it when someone reads to me still.<br /><br />Me: @CT - Me too!! I would also love to moonlight as a reader of audio books... but I think you have to have a fancy career/résumé as a voice actor. :-P<br /><br />PB: Is a lecture any different than reading a chapter? <br />Processing information is processing information.<br />No it not the same but as long as you get the gist who the hell cares<br /><br />LMT: It's reading with your ears instead of your eyes. About getting a gig reading audio books for people to listen to, I had a teacher who volunteered reading for the blind. I think it was mostly textbooks. The recordings had to be perfect, so when he flubbed, they had to back up.<br /><br />KdB: Yes, it counts as reading. Blind people reading with braile are still reading with their fingers, and people who listen to audiobooks are still reading with their ears. They are just doing it in a way that is easier for them. What counts... is that you are taking in a story or information, that you are critically thinking about it, and that you are using your imagination to fill in the details (rather than, say, relying on a movie to fill in those details). It's what the words do in your brain that is important - not how those words got there.<br /><br />BdC: I agree with KL. I have tried audio books and I simply don't get the same enjoyment out of them. I cannot use my imagination the same way and create the environment that I narrate in my own head while I am reading. I also think that comprehension is different in visual versus audio stimulation. But as for the main question of whether or not audio books count as reading.. I don't know and can't speak for others. Personally, I wouldn't listen to an audio book and say that I had "read" it.<br /><br />Lucky (a dog): I just want them to start making osmiobooks. You monkey-like creatures with your excellent vision and aural understanding. I can read with my nose better than you can read with your eyes any day!Hethrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14868098090155678541noreply@blogger.com