tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post4567694998437718048..comments2023-11-09T03:33:41.728-05:00Comments on Jenny and Kelly Read Books: Completed: The Sea-Wolfkellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-66844169633978934192011-10-27T14:19:00.432-04:002011-10-27T14:19:00.432-04:00K,
I love the idea of audiobooks, but I really do...K,<br /><br />I love the idea of audiobooks, but I really don't know when I'd listen to them. I'm in the car with Darius most of the time, or he's yapping at me when I'm home in the kitchen and could be listening while doing dishes or whatever. I feel like I don't have a lot of free time to LISTEN, and that's a bummer. <br /><br />Jenny<br /><br />PS I love the photo--it's amazing! I forgot to put that in my first comment. I've also heard that mariner's warning, although with the color red instead of pink...Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-23746981822379428722011-10-27T13:25:54.451-04:002011-10-27T13:25:54.451-04:00I thought about your fast reading when I included ...I thought about your fast reading when I included the quote above. As I looked at it when I was ready to publish, I thought, "Jenny probably won't read this..." Hee. <br /><br />Meanwhile, this is a case where the audiobook is your friend because, well, you can't rush the narrator (well, you could hit 2x on your iPhone, but it's weird to get the Chipmunks version...) In the case of <i>The Sea-Wolf</i>, I really benefited from having someone else "read it to me." Even though I don't mind slowing down (I read <i>Tess</i>, for god's sake!) it's nice not to have to *work* to slow down and take it in. Frank Muller does all the work for ya. ;)<br /><br />As for being embarrassed by your fast reading: don't be. I'm envious. I wish I could read faster -- I've got to get my October book done in the next 4 days! I think the ideal situation would be to be able to *control* one's reading speed... fast when you need it and slow when you want it. But then... is that too much *work* for reading?kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-57568006980442917772011-10-27T13:09:20.705-04:002011-10-27T13:09:20.705-04:00K,
I have to admit that I knew *nothing* about Th...K,<br /><br />I have to admit that I knew *nothing* about The Sea Wolf, but it does sound like a great story! I really have skipped so many of the "classic" authors. I think it's because the kind of writing you describe here can be really hard for me...I just read too fast. Even in the long excerpt above, I'll confess to sort of zoning out. My brain sort of goes: <i>Yes, I get it, his eyes,so dramatic, moving on...</i> <br /><br />I think that's one of the reasons I like rereading. The first time around, I just have to find out what happens and don't pay attention to the language. Only when rereading can I slow down and enjoy it. As a matter of fact, one of the greatest things about my tutoring gigs has been the chance to reread some truly great books: Gatsby, Lord of the Flies, etc. I read these books in high school, but I certainly don't remember them. But rereading them has been a real pleasure.<br /><br />Of course, I could probably slow down and read The Sea Wolf now that I know what happens!<br /><br />By the way, I am embarrassed by fast reading thing. I'm 38 years old and I still read like a kid. Oh well, I guess some habits are too hard to break. <br /><br />Jenny<br /><br />PS. Your review made me remember something I read in a review about Jeffrey Eugenides <i>The Marriage Plot</i>:<br /><br />"In an early chapter of Jeffrey Eugenides’ long-awaited third novel, “The Marriage Plot,” one of the three main characters, Brown University undergraduate Madeleine Hanna, seeks relief from the thorny cogitations of her semiotics class by reading Edith Wharton and George Eliot. It’s the early 1980s, and such indulgences are under attack. “Reading a novel after reading semiotic theory was like jogging empty-handed after jogging with hand weights,” Madeleine thinks. “How wonderful it was when one sentence followed logically from the sentence before! What exquisite guilt she felt, wickedly enjoying narrative!”Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.com