I am sure I read that many books a year in my heavily reading years, but that dies out. There is a kind of a book reading prime of life, I think. I am sure I now read 50 books a year though, if you count recorded audio books. I got in the habit because I wanted to be able to read a book while I was on a walk or waiting in line at the supermarket, or working out or practicing classical guitar (which I do for a few hrs a day - another reason I watch so many movies).
Ocasionally during the afor mentioned book reaidng prime I spoke about, I would try to read a book outloud to myselkf now & again, to take the lit in in a differnt way. I also like to read books & stories with people i date or am courting - you know passing it back & forth every chapter or so, reading to each other.
But it is ridiculous the amount of recorded adio is available - from obvious things like Harry Potter, to great lit like Milton's Paradise lost. Actually I should listen to Homer since he was himself in oral tradition when he wrote it. Just to try to take it in on that level. But there are some really great performances out there in terms of the readings of these books. it's an artform in itself to be sure. And especially light stuff like fantasy or new things I want to read after seeing a movie version of it, or kids books I read to keep up with my nephew, are especially good to read this way - the library is a great resource, or I can just download torrents if I get curious about an author. If it's someone really popular like Neil Gaiman, you can find 50 books of his recorded on a torrent, - he also reads a lot of his books himself - which i think is cool. I checked a vsn of Lord of the Flies out from teh library which was read by William Golding. Phillip Pullman is the narrator & author's voice in his His Dark materials trilogy, & then a cast reads the lines of the various characters & so on.
Ocasionally during the afor mentioned book reaidng prime I spoke about, I would try to read a book outloud to myselkf now & again, to take the lit in in a differnt way. I also like to read books & stories with people i date or am courting - you know passing it back & forth every chapter or so, reading to each other.
But it is ridiculous the amount of recorded adio is available - from obvious things like Harry Potter, to great lit like Milton's Paradise lost. Actually I should listen to Homer since he was himself in oral tradition when he wrote it. Just to try to take it in on that level. But there are some really great performances out there in terms of the readings of these books. it's an artform in itself to be sure. And especially light stuff like fantasy or new things I want to read after seeing a movie version of it, or kids books I read to keep up with my nephew, are especially good to read this way - the library is a great resource, or I can just download torrents if I get curious about an author. If it's someone really popular like Neil Gaiman, you can find 50 books of his recorded on a torrent, - he also reads a lot of his books himself - which i think is cool. I checked a vsn of Lord of the Flies out from teh library which was read by William Golding. Phillip Pullman is the narrator & author's voice in his His Dark materials trilogy, & then a cast reads the lines of the various characters & so on.
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