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Originally Posted by latepaul
Second is that sense of "losing yourself" in the world of the book rarely happens any more.
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THIS! The saddest effect that aging has on reading, is the depth of emersion diminishes as we age. And suspension of belief becomes more difficult as our sense of logic increases, contaminating our once magical sense of imagination.
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On their own they are worse for me. I can 'hear' the book but be thinking about something else and then either have to rewind or I miss stuff. But I get frustrated if I am rewinding a lot.
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And this. Audiobooks seem to bring out the ADD in me.