I like to stop and think as I read – ponder about a phrase or an idea, and even flip a few pages back sometimes to check a link that I think the author is making.
I like to see the words – know how they are spelt and so on – partly, but not only, because this can be critical to my understanding (particularly with authors who engage in wordplay).And here is why (but please, this is a purely personal thing – it is about how I like to enjoy books and is in no way intended to be prescriptive about how everyone should enjoy books): Do you “read” an audiobook? How differently do you experience a book when you listen to it versus read it?įor me, the experience is so different that when I am in a listening situation I prefer radio and music to books. In fact, I can count on one hand (excluding snippets heard over the years on radio) the number of audiobooks I have “read” (or is that listened to?). In other words, people listen to audiobooks pretty well anywhere that they can. Once was audiobooks were used primarily by visually impaired people and travellers, but with the rapidly increasing miniaturisation of audioplayers, audiobooks are now being “read” by people going on walks, working out in the gym, doing housework, sitting on public transport, or even working at their computers. Hmmm…the more I think about it, the sooner we annex New Zealand as Australia’s 7th state the better! I’m sure Lisa at ANZLitLovers would agree! The trouble with audiobooks (for me)
And, while talking about New Zealand writers, I have to admit that a few writers we claim as Aussies originated in New Zealand, including much-loved author Ruth Park and the poet and editor Douglas Stewart. Clearly though, there are some big gaps here: the first one I should rectify is the aforementioned Maurice Gee. I would recommend all of these, for different reasons. The vintner’s luck by Elizabeth Knox, and.a few short stories by Katherine Mansfield,.
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