tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post5625896888375857117..comments2024-03-28T16:31:23.093-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: My World Travels on Thanksgiving DayP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-64472450725965518552010-11-30T10:33:07.947-08:002010-11-30T10:33:07.947-08:00Trust you to ask a dangerous question, Gerry. How ...Trust you to ask a dangerous question, Gerry. How do I FEEL about audio books? First I'll say what I THINK, which is that they are intermediate to reading print on a page and watching the movie version. So much depends on the actor/reader, and that person is doing the work of interpretation that would otherwise have to be done by the reader holding a book in his or her hands. <br /><br />As for how I feel.... When I had the flu last year, I listened to an old favorite on audio, but I'd read it many times before, the old-fashioned way. We've tried audio books in the car two or three times but always return to one of us reading aloud from a traditional book while the other drives. It's so much easier that way for one or the other of us to interrupt the reading to make a comment, point out something outside the car, or for us to have a discussion about something in the story. <br /><br />If I couldn't hold a book or see pages, I'd rather listen than be deprived altogether, but in general it just isn't my way of getting into books. I feel (yes, this is a feeling!) that whoever is reading to me has too much control over how I hear the author's words, and I don't want a middleman there, thank you very much. <br /><br />But I realize we are all different! And that lots of people spend hours a day alone in their cars, which might drive (!) even me to audio books!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-59572716798915283182010-11-30T09:14:22.199-08:002010-11-30T09:14:22.199-08:00I want to sit in that chair with that throw and th...I want to sit in that chair with that throw and that cup of tea and read a good book all afternoon. Miss Sadie is snoozing in my reading chair, and I have some serious Cowboy grooming to do. How do you feel about audio books?Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-5496831875589513402010-11-28T08:58:45.497-08:002010-11-28T08:58:45.497-08:00Kathy, Donald Lystra is the author of SEASON OF WA...Kathy, Donald Lystra is the author of SEASON OF WATER AND ICE, Michigan Notable Book from 2009. He and his wife have an old farm near Omena here in Leelanau County and divide their time between that and Ann Arbor. Thanks for the 100% recommendation!<br /><br />I’ll keep in mind your assessment of that section of LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, dmarks. Wonder what could have influenced Twain to abandon his usual acerbic style, assuming that you’re right? Don’t hold your breath for my verdict, however (as if you would), because when we read a book aloud to each other it can take a long time to get through. We don’t exactly keep to a schedule.<br /><br />Dawn, it sounds like a lot of people had quiet holidays at home this year. Not bad at all, is it? Better than being body-scanned or groped in an airport, in my opinion, or white-knuckled on the road. Relaxing is good--something more for which to be thankful.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-57876541852313710122010-11-28T08:47:37.895-08:002010-11-28T08:47:37.895-08:00Just requested the Season of Water and Ice for Chr...Just requested the Season of Water and Ice for Christmas. Something more to look forward to in the holiday season... Thank you.Kathyhttp://upwoods.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-13964757272908465192010-11-28T07:40:12.200-08:002010-11-28T07:40:12.200-08:00A perfect way to spend a holiday weekend, explorin...A perfect way to spend a holiday weekend, exploring the world from the warmth and comfort of your own reading chair. I often felt that travel at the holidays was just to exhausting. I stayed home this year and it was so much more relaxing.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-83730849229215545242010-11-27T18:08:02.569-08:002010-11-27T18:08:02.569-08:00Actually, it was section in which he passed betwee...Actually, it was section in which he passed between La Crosse and Hastings. It also happened to be written in a sort of chamber of commerce local booster style, also.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-24932048540093835322010-11-27T17:34:08.096-08:002010-11-27T17:34:08.096-08:00I will especially look for the Season of Water and...I will especially look for the Season of Water and Ice. Thank you! So far you have 100% positive recommendation rating--in my book. :)Kathyhttp://upwoods.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-54007678149417412722010-11-27T16:33:16.866-08:002010-11-27T16:33:16.866-08:00I'll have to think a bit on which books met wi...I'll have to think a bit on which books met with unanimous approval. Two that come to mind right away are THE TREES (which you bought at my bookstore!) and SEASON OF WATER AND ICE, but I know there were a couple of others. <br /><br />I enjoyed TRAIL OF CRUMBS a lot. I don't think anyone would call it too deep, but there's some "meat" to it, in the way of things to think about. And by the way, I did NOT think the ending was "abrupt," as a previous reader of my copy found it. In fact, if it had ended even a full chapter sooner, I wouldn't have found that abrupt, either. I like that the story basically (though not first and last pages) begins and ends in a market, which makes perfect sense given this writer's life. <br /><br />Now tonight (Saturday), back to Mark Twain....P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-91220255392659368322010-11-27T10:22:06.841-08:002010-11-27T10:22:06.841-08:00Our book club has learned the hard way that it'...Our book club has learned the hard way that it's almost impossible to determine who will and won't like a book. Most of them have decided that the books I like are too "deep" for the majority of them. Sigh... The book you are reading sounds good to me. Except for the fats. Lol. My gall bladder would need immediate surgery.Kathyhttp://upwoods.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-60666213817677400732010-11-26T18:12:47.004-08:002010-11-26T18:12:47.004-08:00You are such a tease, dmarks. You make that statem...You are such a tease, dmarks. You make that statement and then don't give us a single example, inducing a killing curiosity!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-26460017127171172912010-11-26T17:40:38.424-08:002010-11-26T17:40:38.424-08:00"Then came bedtime and the moment to turn to ..."Then came bedtime and the moment to turn to Mark Twain, reading aloud and sharing several exciting chapters of Life on the Mississippi, which took me once again to New Orleans, where I’d been earlier in the day."<br /><br />I once analyzed sections of that book enough to find out what he got wrong.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-5417578921083130982010-11-26T15:16:34.154-08:002010-11-26T15:16:34.154-08:00Hi, Grahame! How exciting to have a regular reader...Hi, Grahame! How exciting to have a regular reader way down in New South Wales! Tell Kathy I hope she is able to reconnect with Mike and that her e-mail has brought forth many memories for David of college days with Mike et al.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-14818199950769073462010-11-26T15:03:43.735-08:002010-11-26T15:03:43.735-08:00Hi Pamela
Enjoy reading your blogs from 'down...Hi Pamela <br />Enjoy reading your blogs from 'down under'<br />Thanks also for your recent help via email<br />cheers<br />Grahameali ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812715274894076637noreply@blogger.com