Yeah she easily reads into the 200+ range which is about the same pace as you. A lot her non-work related books end up being audiobooks though. I personally need to feel paper in my hands or I have trouble focusing, but I also almost exclusively read high fantasy for fiction and philosophy for non-fiction. I'm lucky to finish half a dozen books a year on a good year!

[–] chemical_cutthroat 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I work in a kitchen, most of the time by myself, so I throw an audio book on at double speed and I can crank through a 16 hour book in one shift. It helps to lighten the mental load of the work, especially during slower times where I get fidgety. I do understand the need for paper, I just don't have the room for it. If there is a book that is important to me, then I'll grab a physical copy, but if it's some random sci-fi that I'm just testing out, I'm leaning hard into that Libby app to see if I'll actually enjoy it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm always jealous of people who can listen to podcasts or audiobooks. I genuinely can't listen to them and do something else at the same time so I have to sit twiddling my thumbs the entire time and get antsy. If I try listen and maybe do the dishes or something, I'll blink and have no idea what's been said for the past 15 minutes and have to go back anyway. It kind of sucks.

[–] chemical_cutthroat 4 points 2 months ago

I've found that I have the most success with stuff I know fairly well. I'll listen to Tolkien, Asimov, or King because I've read the books 10 times and if I miss a bit, I still know what is going on.

[–] beerclue 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same here. But with eBooks too. Sometimes my brain drifts for a while and I reread the same paragraph 5 times. So what I do is "double-dip". I listen to and read the ebook at the same time. This way my brain has no chance of escaping. This has also helped me with my English; oh, so that's how you pronounce albeit?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hello fellow ADHD adult! I've heard the advice about using the double medium before but never given it a shot. Honestly it would probably work great, but I've just never committed to it.

[–] beerclue 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It works great for me. Not for my wife though, who is textbook ADHD. She reads slow, and if she matches the speed for the audiobook to her reading speed, it gets boring :) the wonders of neurodiversity :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hahahah yeeeah. I'm technically a slow reader too, but it's more because I have to keep rereading paragraphs when I stop paying attention, so I'd be more like you probably.

My gf is a completely different brand of neurospicy and she just could not grasp that not only do I have to read the words but I have to actively make sure my brain is trying to comprehend them too or I just go on autopilot.