Is it okay to say i "read" a book when I really only

>>8241085
No because you didn't "read" it. You listened to it, so you tell people that you listened to the audiobook. Of course you can do whatever you want, you can read the sparknotes of meme books and tell people you read those too.

no its not okay. dissociate yourself from people who would care about you saying you listened to an audiobook, and dissociate yourself from this compulsion to paint a face that isnt really you

>>8241093
I agree with this

I would disagree with the emphasis, to kvetch about sitting or lying down and staring a stack of paper to listening to someone talk, of reading of paper books over all other mediums beyond the significance of the personal preference to the reader.

>>8241104
sounds like a case of the spooks

Nah man. Be honest with yourself.

I don't mind if you had baby hands and you work at a pet store. Enjoy your books and say you've listened to them.

>>8241085
reading is active, listening is passive
and maybe this is only a problem for me but my mind begins to wander when listening to podcasts and stuff so that i miss chunks of whatever is being said. you can't skip over parts of a book and claim to have read it.