You are a dedicated reader. Did you read as much before retirement? I’m having a hard time focusing… I haven’t read for a while, just as I haven’t exercised for a long time. Any advice? How do you help a child to become a good reader?
Thanks for the comment, Laura!
Advice? Read books to a child or an adult to get them interested.
Match the books to the reader/listener.
Best to you . . .
Reading is my greatest luxury. Now I can order books off Amazon with one click and they come right to my door. It’s a dream come true. A favourite recent book is February House, which is about a brief time in New York when a group of famous writers and composers – and the stripper Gypsy Rose Lee lived in a ramshackle house. The poet W. H. Auden, composer Benjamin Britten, Paul Bowles, Carson McCullers and more. I love this kind of high level artsy gossip. I like to point out that Shakespeare used the word gossip according to its ancient root, which is Godparents. I don’t know if I can point that out to dear Pope Francis, since he uses that word in a derogatory way. – Madeline Bruce, Nanaimo, B. C.
You are a dedicated reader. Did you read as much before retirement? I’m having a hard time focusing… I haven’t read for a while, just as I haven’t exercised for a long time. Any advice? How do you help a child to become a good reader?
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Thanks for the comment, Laura!
Advice? Read books to a child or an adult to get them interested.
Match the books to the reader/listener.
Best to you . . .
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I agree with sob!
I read to great-grand-kids now! And they like most books for kids.
E.g., https://boblane.com/2018/09/24/when-the-moon-comes/
Good to hear from you . . .
Take care
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Are you ready to write a piece for the Blog, Laura?
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I am, Bob.
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A favourite:
Our Souls at Night A Novel
by Kent Haruf
Review by Bob Lane on Oct 20th 2015
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Reading is my greatest luxury. Now I can order books off Amazon with one click and they come right to my door. It’s a dream come true. A favourite recent book is February House, which is about a brief time in New York when a group of famous writers and composers – and the stripper Gypsy Rose Lee lived in a ramshackle house. The poet W. H. Auden, composer Benjamin Britten, Paul Bowles, Carson McCullers and more. I love this kind of high level artsy gossip. I like to point out that Shakespeare used the word gossip according to its ancient root, which is Godparents. I don’t know if I can point that out to dear Pope Francis, since he uses that word in a derogatory way. – Madeline Bruce, Nanaimo, B. C.
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New review here.
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