Wow, no wonder we haven't heard much from you lately. You've been busy! That's more than one book a week.
Lately I've been listening to audio books on my way to and from school. My favorites so far are Grace by Richard Paul Evans and Promise Me by the same author. I actually starting clapping at the end of the second one.
My love of reading started in sixth grade when I had a teacher who would read to us after lunch. She took us on many, great adventures with somewhat unusual books. I think my favorite book she read us was Pugnax, the Gladiator. I see you have some children's books tucked in your list of reading. :)
Sorry I don't know how to do underlines and italics on here and on FB. It bugs me not to be able to show titles properly, but oh, well.
As you can see, many of my books were children's reading!
I can see where listening to books when driving would be a great way to spend the time on the road.
I loved when teachers read to class. We had that all the way through 6th grade. I can remember Little House on the Prairie especially.
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That was Bumberjean, Christmas 2009. She shares my love of books. I'm so lucky to get a DIL with similar interests!
I've been patiently waiting for the sequel of The Name of the Star! I was disappointed to discover it wasn't a stand-alone novel. I often wait until a series is written before reading it, because I hate waiting!
I'd like to set a goal for myself this year and read a wide range of books. It looks like you've read a lot of different types of books. How do you find so many of them? Just pursuing the stacks? Recommendations?
That's Bumberjean, Christmas 2009, holding the books she received as gifts. She knows she can count on books as a gift from me. Then, I get to read them! She doesn't mind used books, and I can stretch those buying dollars through Better World.
I can see you are way ahead of me on reading. Love the photo too. I DO tend to go for prize winners and nominees. Sometimes I am sorry I took the time, but mostly it gives me something to thing about long after the last word is read.
When I was young, I made myself read a wide variety--often of books I didn't care for at all. I wanted to be well-rounded. Now, I read for pleasure, so if I want to read a child's book, I do. I still try to feed my mind, but it has to be something I'm interested in.
For years, I didn't forgive Louisa May Alcott for introducing Laurie as a love interest for Jo and then having her spurn him. However, Alcott was above board in her presentation, and the reader could see how different the two people were. In TGL&PPPS, the authors present Sidney as the love interest until the reader is totally invested in the relationship, because the protagonist and Sidney are perfect for one another. Once the reader is hooked, the author lets it be known late in the book that Sidney is gay. I never could see the literary protagonist settling down with a bumbling farmer (any more than I could see Jo March with the old, shabby professor; however, with age, I've come to forgive Alcott and see the suitability of the match). It ruined the book for me. Perhaps, in 50 years or so, I'll come around as I have, begrudgingly, to Alcott's way of thinking, but I really doubt it.
I'd completely forgotten that part of TGL&PPPS, so obviously it didn't bother me too much ;)
I never felt that Laurie and Jo were right for each other, so that part didn't upset me too much. It DID bother me that he went for Amy instead though. Second pickings, much?
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Lately I've been listening to audio books on my way to and from school. My favorites so far are Grace by Richard Paul Evans and Promise Me by the same author. I actually starting clapping at the end of the second one.
My love of reading started in sixth grade when I had a teacher who would read to us after lunch. She took us on many, great adventures with somewhat unusual books. I think my favorite book she read us was Pugnax, the Gladiator. I see you have some children's books tucked in your list of reading. :)
Sorry I don't know how to do underlines and italics on here and on FB. It bugs me not to be able to show titles properly, but oh, well.
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I can see where listening to books when driving would be a great way to spend the time on the road.
I loved when teachers read to class. We had that all the way through 6th grade. I can remember Little House on the Prairie especially.
I don't know about Facebook, but to do underlines on LJ, use <> brackets like this before a word and put an "i" in it (without the quotation marks). At the end of the part you want to italicize, put the brackets with "/i" inside (without the quotation marks again).
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I'm so not a reader!! I do admire those who are :)
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I've been patiently waiting for the sequel of The Name of the Star! I was disappointed to discover it wasn't a stand-alone novel. I often wait until a series is written before reading it, because I hate waiting!
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I DO tend to go for prize winners and nominees. Sometimes I am sorry I took the time, but mostly it gives me something to thing about long after the last word is read.
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What do you mean by the authors' duplicitousness re. TGL&PPPS?
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I never felt that Laurie and Jo were right for each other, so that part didn't upset me too much. It DID bother me that he went for Amy instead though. Second pickings, much?
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