If you listened to an audiobook, do you say you "read" it?

saint_drago said
I always specify that I listened to something on audiobook. I don't know why. That distinction doesn't make any difference to the person you're talking to. But it just doesn't feel right somehow.

I've had a few jobs that required me to be on the road a lot so I've had a lot of time to listen to audiobooks. Obviously now we have anything you can imagine at our fingertips with smart phones but back in the day I had to listen to CDs. First audiobook I ever bought was The Gunslinger. I knocked out the first four books of The Dark Tower series in short order.

Some people prefer to have a book in their hands to read but I'm perfectly fine listening to a story if it's being read by a capable narrator. Hearing Frank Muller read the second Dark Tower book, The Drawing of the Three, was one of the best experiences I've ever had with a novel. That man was a gifted narrator. Rest in peace.

you reminded me of something i'd long forgotten - when i was in 7th grade we had several shakespeare plays assigned
i wasn't really 'getting' them, but then my dad took me to the downtown library and they had the plays produced as audio dramas on LP - so i took them to a turntable kiosk and listened to the plays - much more impact that way

i do have a 'devil's advocate' notion in this - yes most of us are saying reading physical book and listening to audiobook is what and what
however, i doubt any of us would say that we 'read' a book when out parents read to us at bedtime - i read pride and prejudice to my oldest when he was 1ish (in fact his first sentence was "No more Mr Darcy") - so...there's that