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I read/listened to it one or two chapters at a time in chapter order. Titles do not always express everything that a chapter will be about. I probably would have missed some parts that significantly resonated with me if I had tried to read based on chapter titles. Names or labels are a small part of the overall entity, and so like the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover”, I also don’t often just rely on a title.
I finished the audiobook last week. I listened to one or two chapters at a time. I did have the physical book beside me as I listened and marked in my GoodReads when particular chapters caught my attention and why, but also popped a sticky note in the physical book, when possible, for the parts that were the most significant for me.
Part 2, Chapters 7 and 8 resonated most for me, as both provided validation of parts of my own identities that are not spoken about very much. All the stories were inspiring, motivating, insightful, and contained some awesome quotes, but those 2 chapters stood out particularly. I felt most able to connect and recognise parts of myself within them. I found it really interesting that it was 2 consecutive chapters, and I probably read more into the fact that they were together, but I felt seen as a reader.
I bought the paperback book over the summer and had it sitting, even though I know I struggle now to read it in that format. I love having actual books, the feel, the smell, the overall experience of turning the pages. However, to read it I have downloaded the audiobook and have started listening to it. Something many people will not get if they read other formats is the voice of the author, as she narrates her introduction on the version on Audible. While it is one thing to read her words, I find it adds a whole level when you can hear the voice of the author as you take in their words. The passion she has in her voice, that she puts into the words she narrates, to me adds power. While historically the written words meant stories could be passed on in their original formats, not being changed with each generation or person who passed them on, the ability now to hear the original author’s voice, in the way they meant for it to be said, preserves it in a whole different way. Some texts are meant to be interpreted or imagined as they are read, while others are better if they can be experienced directly as the author intended.
