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From: Amy Timberlake <amy_timber13>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 12:13:45 -0500
On May 25, 2006, at 12:00 PM, ccbc-net- request at ccbc.education.wisc.edu wrote:
>
> No, Mary, it's not just you. I think that's one big reason why I
> wish I had read certain books when I was younger--much as I still
> love reading, it isn't the same now. There are still times I read
> a book and find myself thinking about it all day, so much so that
> it can for a time seem more important than my "real" life. Yet, I
> don't think I ever completely lose my grip on reality while reading
> a book the way I did when I was younger. As I write this--and I've
> never formulated this thought before--I think one of the main
> reasons I am attracted to children's literature is because of that
> special relationship between reader and book that exists when the
> reader is NOT an adult.
>
> Maggie
Oh no! I don't agree that there is a special relationship between reader and book when the reader is a child. As an adult, I swear to you that I love books with passion! (And have had moments where I felt my reality is altered, where I feel dizzy putting down a book, where I can't have conversation normally until the book's spell wears off -- truly.) I have to tell you though that these days I try to keep reading fun and to keep the critic away from what I'm reading (I used to be a reviewer, and am now writing fiction, and that makes it hard sometimes to read books for pleasure). So I always try to allow myself books for pleasure -- and sometimes I go for stretches of months not reading anything but what I absolutely want to read. It helps recapture the magic, the passion! And I read everything -- mysteries, genre, nonfiction -- whatever captures my fancy. And when a book loses my atttention I put it down and try not to give it another thought. I don't care if people have said the book is
"important" or the author won some big award. I mean, there are so many good, wonderful books in the world, all you have to do is pick up another one.
I don't know whether that helps or not, but I truly believe you can read books with great passion -- even the same passion as you did as a child! Reading is such a great pleasure!
Go readers go! Enjoy it!
Amy Timberlake amy_timber13 at sbcglobal.net www.amytimberlake.com That Girl Lucy Moon (Hyperion) The Dirty Cowboy (FSG)
Received on Thu 25 May 2006 12:13:45 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 12:13:45 -0500
On May 25, 2006, at 12:00 PM, ccbc-net- request at ccbc.education.wisc.edu wrote:
>
> No, Mary, it's not just you. I think that's one big reason why I
> wish I had read certain books when I was younger--much as I still
> love reading, it isn't the same now. There are still times I read
> a book and find myself thinking about it all day, so much so that
> it can for a time seem more important than my "real" life. Yet, I
> don't think I ever completely lose my grip on reality while reading
> a book the way I did when I was younger. As I write this--and I've
> never formulated this thought before--I think one of the main
> reasons I am attracted to children's literature is because of that
> special relationship between reader and book that exists when the
> reader is NOT an adult.
>
> Maggie
Oh no! I don't agree that there is a special relationship between reader and book when the reader is a child. As an adult, I swear to you that I love books with passion! (And have had moments where I felt my reality is altered, where I feel dizzy putting down a book, where I can't have conversation normally until the book's spell wears off -- truly.) I have to tell you though that these days I try to keep reading fun and to keep the critic away from what I'm reading (I used to be a reviewer, and am now writing fiction, and that makes it hard sometimes to read books for pleasure). So I always try to allow myself books for pleasure -- and sometimes I go for stretches of months not reading anything but what I absolutely want to read. It helps recapture the magic, the passion! And I read everything -- mysteries, genre, nonfiction -- whatever captures my fancy. And when a book loses my atttention I put it down and try not to give it another thought. I don't care if people have said the book is
"important" or the author won some big award. I mean, there are so many good, wonderful books in the world, all you have to do is pick up another one.
I don't know whether that helps or not, but I truly believe you can read books with great passion -- even the same passion as you did as a child! Reading is such a great pleasure!
Go readers go! Enjoy it!
Amy Timberlake amy_timber13 at sbcglobal.net www.amytimberlake.com That Girl Lucy Moon (Hyperion) The Dirty Cowboy (FSG)
Received on Thu 25 May 2006 12:13:45 PM CDT
