For a few years, I struggled with comparing my reading habits to people I see online. Comparing my reading habits goes back to when I was in elementary school when others read less than I did, but I did have problems reading and writing caused me to test poorly in reading speed tests. Today, I enjoy reading and I can speed read pretty well, but I’m still pretty sensitive about it and I can’t speed read as fast as someone that doesn’t have my problems. Because of this, I don’t like to call myself a bookworm and I like to read a book at least once before I review it online.
This sensitivity began to rear it’s head when I started to watch videos reviewing books I was interested in. Although I didn’t have an issue with people who read faster than me, (Obviously they don’t struggle with reading like I do) I began have problems with people with reading disabilities reading more than I do. One person in particular began to review multiple books, some of them over 400 pages long, every month. I couldn’t fathom how this was possible. I can read a 400 page long book in a small amount of time, but I can’t read many of them over the course of the month.
Many theories began to form in my head, including they may have way more time on their hands than I do. (They are full time social media influencers after all.) Late last year, while watching one of this person’s videos, I found out my answer: They listen to audio books.
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