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[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Chapter books belong in the Chapter House (Dune)

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago

you guys do realise the poster is making a joke I hope, no need to actually get upset about this

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago

On one hand, yes, on the other... We had a student in our lab that started reading the Game of Thrones books because we were big fans. I think it was 2012. He had never read a book. Sure, magazines and stuff but never an entire book. He did go on to do a PhD.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 3 days ago

If there's no pictures children won't read them.

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

You can build up literacy like a muscle. I can read a lot if I forget to take my ADHD worsener (valproic acid), but even with that I can sometimes "rawdog" it.

This, I used to read a lot, even with my ADHD.

But for some reason I stopped, and now I struggle to focus reading.

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[-] robocall@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I listen to audio books more often than reading an actual book.

[-] razzazzika@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago

I used to read physical books all the time when I was younger, but as I aged and audiobooks became downloads instead of massive multiple disc CD sets, I shifted. Isn't because I can't read anymore, and my eyes havent failed me yet that I need reading glasses, but I just like doing OTHER THINGS while reading. Plus I extra love when voice actors make it a PERFORMANCE. In ye old days it used to be just a narrator reading the words, often tonelessly, but Audible books these days are PERFORMANCES. I like popping on an audio book while im driving, while im in bed trying to fall asleep, and while im playing a grindy part in a video game. Or a video game that doesn't have voice acting so I can enjoy 2 stories simultaneously, or Roguelike video games where there's no story at all, or story beats only occur when you're at your home base.

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