Reading or Listening to Books Part 2

Last night, I finished reading and listening to New Moon, part 2 of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga, and I’m still uncertain about the pros and cons of reading versus listening to books. I do think that reading is much faster. I wasn’t necessarily skimming the book, but I did finish the book faster once I switched to reading.

I listened to the first 7 chapters for about 60 minutes per day on commutes to and from work. After Chapter 7, I read the rest of the book at night and finished in a matter of days reading about 90 minutes per session. Again though, you don’t get the narrator’s vocal emotions while reading the book.

Since we don’t yet have Eclipse to read, I might have to follow the same MO of listening first then changing gears to reading.

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