Why is it you still believe?/ Do you dream or do you grieve?/ You've got to let him go

So, as I recently mentioned, Drew is reading one of the list books out loud to me, specifically Perfume. This got me to thinking, does it count if you don't actually read the book but hear the book? One hand, why not? Other hand, well, you're not actually reading it.

It's a conundrum. My immediate reaction is that no, of course it should count. But the more I think about it the more I realize that I can't exactly back that reaction up, though, with any sort of logical argument. However, I tend to just descend further into the existential. After all, what does it mean, really, to read a book? What is the essence of reading?

While I try to figure that out, here are some other book that were read to me that are on the list:

• To Kill a Mockingbird 
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Hobbit
• Treasure Island
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• Through the Looking Glass
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• The 13 Clocks