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PROMPT:  Immersive reading is when you simultaneously listen to an audiobook while reading the physical or digital book. Do you do any immersive reading? Do you prefer it or is it not for you? Do you think it’s a good way to get everything from a book? Is there a genre that is better to do this with? What are your recommendations for immersive reading? 

First of all, happy Friday to you all! It has been a crazy week, and I have had barely any time for reading, let alone blogging. The little one is having a really bad teething episode and is refusing to eat. Additionally, she won’t sleep or stay without me, so she is glued to me 24/7. It is getting better now, and she started eating a little yesterday, but I am still happy she’s eating even if it is a little. Hopefully you are all doing alright and have a wonderful end of the week!

Do you do any immersive reading? Do you prefer it or is it not for you? Do you think it’s a good way to get everything from a book?

I do! And I really enjoy it and prefer it. The only thing is, I don’t always have the time to indulge in immersive reading. But when I do it, I feel as if I’m sucked into the story, like going to a 4D cinema! I didn’t always enjoy this kind of reading; I found it distracting. But now I prefer it, and it helps me get more out of the story.

For me personally, it is a great way of getting more involved and more intimate with the book, for lack of better wording. It helps me focus on the characters and the plot, and it also helps with reading the book, in case you are not able to get into it from simply reading it. By that I mean there are certain books that I tried reading, be it a physical or digital copy and couldn’t get into it. As soon as I tried the audio version, I loved it from the get-go. Therefore, in that aspect, for me it works perfectly to do both read the book whilst listening to the audio.

I know this might not be everybody’s cup of tea, and that is alright, whatever works as long as we are reading and enjoying the story 🙂

Is there a genre that is better to do this with? What are your recommendations for immersive reading? 

Hmm, I suppose the answer will be different for each person. What might work for one might not work for others. I don’t mind any genre; for me, every genre works. I have done with fantasy and fiction as well as non-fiction, and I still found it enjoyable. Although I must say that when it comes to non-fiction, it might come in handy, especially when the book is more complex to follow and doing an immersive reading might help with better grasping the book in question. The same goes for the classics or more hefty books, I guess, that require more attention and thought process to follow the plot.

In short, it depends, but it might work with all genres.

As for the recommendations, I’d just say do whatever works for you and whatever you know you enjoy. Personally, I use the StoryTel app for my audiobooks and Audible if there is a book missing or not yet done in StoryTel, and I read on my Kindle. This is the way I do my immersive reading.

When it comes to books, if you like fantasy, I highly recommend doing an immersive reading with A Discovery of Witches! If you like the classics, The Name of the Rose has been great so far with this method, since it is a hefty and very clever book, and it needs more attention!

Happy reading!