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Comic from Unshelved about a boy asking librarian about what books he can check out and the librarian telling him he can check out any book. The teacher says it's above the child's reading level and they have a policy. The librarian replies he loves the sound of a breaking policy breaking.
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[–] 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, but I also read things that are below my reading level so I can listen to the audiobook while I do other things.

Specific use case, Japanese light novels. They're translated to English, and narrated by the English voice actors who do the anime adaptations, most of the time. "Light novels" are what Japan calls, what the US calls "young adult fiction." Shorter books with occasional pictures to show you what's going on. Pictures aren't in the audiobook, of course.

I'll read something at or above "my level" (hard to define, as I'm educated and middle age), then I'll read a couple LNs (and by read I mean listen to). If the book's at a higher reading level, I follow along with an eReader and I can look up any words I don't know, or want to know better. It's almost never an issue with LNs.

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