I'm gonna say it's the same. Who cares what others say.

It’s reading with your ears.

Reading is better in my opinion because the narrator introduces their own layer of interpretation between the author and the listener. But reading is exclusive, you really can't do anything else. I love blasting audiobooks through my whole house and go about my day doing mindless tasks like exercising, cleaning, summoning demons, etc. As to whether or not it qualifies as "reading", I don't care.

Thanks to audiobooks I was able to get through some books while on my driving job, now since I have more free time I can actually sit down and read. They’re both good in their own way but as long as you fully understand the book the end of it Is what matters. Some people don’t have the attention span so im not mad at them for opting with audiobooks. Beats watching a 1.5 hour movie summary.

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Personally not but I’m open to others opinions!

I don’t know but it’s called a Book Club not a Reading Club. Enjoy it either way.

I know a lot of people I hold on high regard who count it as reading, and from their ability to learn and teach from what they've learned, I can tell it sticks with them. (Dealing with nonfiction mostly in my reading circles.) Some of them supplement their visual reading with the audio. So I think oh can count for some. It doesn't work for me unfortunately. Just whatever it is about my ear-brain connection isn't very strong.

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