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Originally Posted by aecardenas
The suggestions made by DiapDealer are really great, so I won't really add my own to that remarkable list.
I'm actually just kind of curious...your request was for POV material, but also material that would potentially be 'read aloud'. That part intrigued me more than the POV book request itself.
Do you and your wife read aloud books to each other? I've never actually done that, and it sounds interesting. I mean, i've read books aloud to my kids, but that's par for the course. But your situation seems to harken back to olden days when folks actually read poetry and novels aloud to each other or to the rest of the family.
Sorry, don't mean to be nosey, but just curious as to the experience of reading aloud amongst loved ones, in the privacy of one's own home.  |
No, it's alright. You're not being nosy - I did make a bit of an odd request, so I kind of expected someone to ask about it eventually.
It's actually me and my future husband.
I'm not really sure how it started, but I believe it was with me reading him a passage or two of something I really liked, maybe a short story or something, and now it's become a habit for us. My fiance also has ADD, so while he enjoys books and stories, he doesn't usually have the patience to read long books on his own. With me reading the books aloud, he gets to just relax and wind down while listening to a few chapters of a good story before going to bed each night, while I get to put my acting skills to good use.
My fiance specifically made the request for books in first-person because it feels like it's someone telling a story - this was one of the things he liked most about the Vlad Taltos books. It was like Vlad was sitting down with you at a bar, telling you about one of his latest adventures.
I do like your comparison of our situation to the olden days. I'm a teacher-in-training (and future librarian!), so reading aloud is one of my favorite things to do, but your comment is interesting because it makes me realize that reading aloud really can go beyond academic settings, and sometimes just be entertainment. Interestingly enough, my fiance and I don't watch as much television now that we've begun reading at night, so it really is one of our primary forms of entertainment now.
And once we have kids, I'm sure I'll attempt to keep the reading aloud going for as long as they'll let me, and maybe try to get them to read aloud to us too. I can see it now - all gathered in the living room, reading the classics and contemporary works, maybe even encouraging the kids to act out their favorite parts. It'll be awesome.
