10-11-2023, 09:30 PM
Reading anything interesting?
I enjoy reading, but I'm a slow reader. My wife races through a book a week; however, in the rare instance where we've read the same book, I'll try and discuss it with her but she won't remember anything that happened. So I read slow but take it in, she reads fast but doesn't retain it. I think I prefer my method.
I also struggle to get engrossed in more than one or two books. This becomes a problem because for the last year or two, I have been reading book series to my kids. To my youngest (6) I'm reading the Harry Potter books and we're halfway through book 4. That's fine, I know the books well having read them myself and to my other kids. However, at the same time I've been reading Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy to my son (10), which I hadn't read before. So I haven't really had any brain space for taking on anything just for myself.
Anyway, we've finished Pullman's trilogy (and both really, really enjoyed it), so now I am going to achieve a long-standing ambition and I'm going to read The Hobbit, followed by the Lord of the Rings trilogy, to my son. I read The Hobbit as a child, but believe it or not I've never read Lord of the Rings. All four books will take us over a year to read I suspect. I won't let him watch the films until we've finished!
I enjoy reading, but I'm a slow reader. My wife races through a book a week; however, in the rare instance where we've read the same book, I'll try and discuss it with her but she won't remember anything that happened. So I read slow but take it in, she reads fast but doesn't retain it. I think I prefer my method.
I also struggle to get engrossed in more than one or two books. This becomes a problem because for the last year or two, I have been reading book series to my kids. To my youngest (6) I'm reading the Harry Potter books and we're halfway through book 4. That's fine, I know the books well having read them myself and to my other kids. However, at the same time I've been reading Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy to my son (10), which I hadn't read before. So I haven't really had any brain space for taking on anything just for myself.
Anyway, we've finished Pullman's trilogy (and both really, really enjoyed it), so now I am going to achieve a long-standing ambition and I'm going to read The Hobbit, followed by the Lord of the Rings trilogy, to my son. I read The Hobbit as a child, but believe it or not I've never read Lord of the Rings. All four books will take us over a year to read I suspect. I won't let him watch the films until we've finished!