Is it weird to read novels while simultaneously listen to the audible version of the book?

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I find that it helps me focus and read for longer periods in one sitting.

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I love doing this for those exact reasons too! You go, OP!

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I did that with the Wolf Hall trilogy. Really helped me focus and appreciate the unique writing style.

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So you not only like one terrible thing, but two at the same time?

Well it’s not normal…

Ummm...why?

I've never done them simultaneously, but that's solely because I read way faster than the narrator can narrate it. I do flip back and forth between the two, though.

There are only a few authors whose books I'll get the audiobooks of, and I tend to cram through new releases. When I'm doing a cram session, I'll switch between reading and listening to the book so I can get as much of the story in the first day as possible.

True, but I'm a speed reader and it sounds horrible if I set the narration to the same speed as I read

I do this when I’m trying to read scriptures :). Helps me focus.

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