• mizu@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My air conditioner, ceiling fan, traffic outside my house, etc. Mostly the second one.

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    I’ve never in my life listened to anything while I read, and I love reading. Except like on a train/plane in order to drown out other noises. But do what makes you happy:-).

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    i like silence, it helps me “see” and “hear” whats going on the the story. any sort of sound beyond the white noise of my a/c is distracting.

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      so you’re reading the book while listening the audiobook? that sounds like a good idea.

      I read much faster than the audiobook though, what do you do then?

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        Not OP but I do the same thing. I read ebooks on my iPad and Kindle. There’s a feature if you have the audiobook and ebook on the Kindle app, where it’ll highlight the word that is being spoken, but if you move to the next page, the audiobook will jump to where you are.

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        I do too, but sometimes I have to remind myself it is a good thing to relax and slow down. This is one method.

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    The sound of my own voice in my head. Reading takes me a decent amount of focus. I plod along, sometimes having reread a whole page. I like quiet for sure.

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      I like to use Brian Eno’s ambient series of albums for reading! Music designed to be “ignored” makes for a more focused reading session for me. I would encourage anyone who is easily distracted by other types of music to give it a try.

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    For me I can usually listen to whatever, as I tend to zone out while reading the books and the audio not being an issue. If I really hate the genre (looking at you country!..) then I would very much switch songs. This is the one thing I hate about myself though, and it is because I cannot listen to audiobooks for the life of me - I zone out in the middle of listening making me lost when I come back to reality.

  • Sean@lemmy.worldM
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    Either sports or news talk radio quietly in the background.

    I tend to tune out the stuff that doesn’t interest me while I focus on the book but then if they say something that grabs my attention I will pause reading and pay attention to the radio.