As an old-fashioned reader of printed books, I find
Listening to audiobooks tantamount to cheating, I cannot wrap my mind
Around listening to a book instead of reading one
I have been known to give up in frustration
To me, reading a book means turning pages at my pace
There in no page-turning in an audiobook, so I cannot embrace
Listening to audiobooks as an alternative viable
I want real books, preferably printed-they are more reliable
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To go back and re-read something that I rushed through
In an audiobook is much harder to do
To rewind and listen again is simply not the same
As reading something on previous pages again..
There is no way something I like can be underlined
In an audiobook, it just has to be stored in my mind
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In comparing the merits of both ways of “reading” a book I found
While listening to a book, the inflections in the sound
Can draw a listener into the story more effectively
Shakespeare’s sonnets are also easier to understand, evidently
When you hear them out loud, instead of reading them on a page
So I guess audiobooks do have that advantage..
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In reading versus reading different senses in are engaged
For a book, I shall stick to reading words on a page
Passion...unbridled 