tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post4479479724969438546..comments2024-01-12T05:04:17.663-06:00Comments on Laura's blog: Reading Books and Plays Aloud: Should You Read Books Aloud?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-60208430282382902522015-09-16T00:01:37.608-05:002015-09-16T00:01:37.608-05:00I like radio plays, myself. I also read non-fictio...I like radio plays, myself. I also read non-fiction aloud, particularly articles or sometimes blogposts. When I translate, I DEFINITELY read aloud to make sure it sounds natural.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725049899131699912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-22770199444130955972015-09-16T00:00:11.987-05:002015-09-16T00:00:11.987-05:00Picture books are designed to be read aloud in way...Picture books are designed to be read aloud in ways novels aren't. Which sort of makes them more theatrical. This came up in class, actually. If you read a book aloud to another person, does that become theatre? It's certainly some kind of performance.<br /><br />My mom read me the Harry Potter books through book 4, until I got too old and was annoyed with her. Not annoyed at the reading aloud, but annoyed by her reasoning. She was afraid the books -- especially the 4th -- would be too scary/have scary dark magic.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725049899131699912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-43299406907339634382015-08-29T21:49:26.409-05:002015-08-29T21:49:26.409-05:00Haha, yes! I definitely remembered the actors'...Haha, yes! I definitely remembered the actors' voices while reading that play. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725049899131699912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-50890278494042402082015-08-29T19:50:37.654-05:002015-08-29T19:50:37.654-05:00Getting books read aloud to me was definitely a hu...Getting books read aloud to me was definitely a huge part of my childhood, but I definitely don't do it anymore unless I'm reading picture books to kids. I think you're right that it would add something to reading a novel aloud, especially lengthy fantasy stuff like Eragon. It just makes it that much more magical I think. Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02127447015151066065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-4672680736065905392015-08-29T00:24:29.419-05:002015-08-29T00:24:29.419-05:00Forgot to mention the Star Wars tie-in as per your...Forgot to mention the Star Wars tie-in as per your previous post...I listened to a two minute sample of the Star Wars Shakespeare audio book...I sort of got an idea of what the rest could be...but in this case my brains "wanted" to hear the actors from the movies, even though this was not the movie, of course, so it it was a tad jarring from an audio standpoint for those few minutes.Ty Unglebowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836504600859993438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-80507481606034492822015-08-29T00:20:15.108-05:002015-08-29T00:20:15.108-05:00I have never read a whole book out loud to myself,...I have never read a whole book out loud to myself, but I have read sections, or lines that I like to go over again. I do them same with my own fiction when i get to later drafts.<br /><br />I do, however, more often read my non-fiction outloud, for whatever reason. Not every time, but if I have something I'm being paid to submit, I will often read it out loud a few times.<br /><br />I often listen to audio books, though I haven't for a while. I also own several Shakespeare performances in audio formats, that I will still listen to at night sometimes. And I still have copies of the earliest audio-dramas I owned as a child that helped me fall asleep...One for Ben Franklin, one for Washington, and a short one for Daniel Boone.Ty Unglebowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836504600859993438noreply@blogger.com