Comments on: Reading aloud ... be the words

By: Michael Little

Michael Little — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:14:42 +0000

JAR, thank you for all the book tips. PT, I like your description of the joy of reading to oneself, the "solitary self-absorption ... with the words reverberating." I find myself racing through some books, but at times I find a passage that makes me slow down, one that has nothing to do with plot but everything to do with character or setting or just a striking image. The writers I enjoy most take the longest to read, and rereading a favorite book can take even longer!

By: Page Turner

Page Turner — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:37:32 +0000

Satisfying though reading aloud may be for some, I prefer the solitary self-absorption of reading to myself, with the words reverberating within mine own brain. The words are still savored and I can go as slow--or fast--as I like.

By: J. Arthur Rath

J. Arthur Rath — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:28:01 +0000

Tattle Tales Time Table:

11.13 @ 9:42-- "The Reading Edge," Aiea Reading Club, unveils 2010 choices, wants ideas for more.

11:15 @ 1:16-- Paul Tough's easy and slick summary arrives.

11:15 @ 3:45-- Five more main courses arrive for our tray.

S-i-g-h...what a site!

J. Arthur Rath, local reader

By: J. Arthur Rath

J. Arthur Rath — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:45:30 +0000

We'll Also Read in 2010: “Moveable Feast,” Ernest Hemingway (colorless alcohol with Gertrude Stein; gossiping with James Joyce; carousing with fatally insecure Scott Fitzgerald). “The Master Butchers Singing Club,” Louise Erdrich. Small-town life is n-o-t boring. “The Shadow of the Wind,” Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Lucia Graves. Macabre characters linked to grown-up life. “The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family,” Annette Gordon-Reed. Slave family with blood ties to our third president. "A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam, "Catfish & Mandala. Odyssey on bicycle.

By: J. Arthur Rath

J. Arthur Rath — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:16:56 +0000

Suggestion added to "The Reading Edge," Aiea's reading club's list, thanks to Gayle Sanders:

Paul Tough's "Whatever It Takes, A Quest to Change Harlem and America." It is about Geoffrey Canada whose "Harlem Children's Zone" serves more than 7,000 children, encompassing 97 city blocks. It's an audacious attempt to end poverty within under-served communities--changing everything! Any more suggestions for our us in 2010...to help us gain "The Reading Edge"? Love ideas from any of you:

J. Arthur Rath, local reader

By: Makana Risser Chai

Makana Risser Chai — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:28:45 +0000

Wow, Michael, thanks for reminding me how much I love Raymond Chandler. Having been born in LA, I feel his descriptions in my gut.

One of the most romantic things an old flame and I used to do was read to each other - I would read while he cooked, then he would read while I washed up. We read (very quietly!) on long train trips and plane flights. We read on cold winter nights before the fireplace. These days when we are all trying to figure out how to amuse ourselves for less money, this is a tradition I think I'll try with my hubbie!

Arthur, all I can say is the juxtaposition of Feminine Mystique and Tess has my head spinning!

By: J. Arthur Rath

J. Arthur Rath — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:42:40 +0000

Our Aiea Reading Club’s planning for 2010. In addition to four by McKinney, we’ve a potpourri: The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan; Jude the Obscure or Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz; Rain of Gold, Victor Villasenor; Listening Is an Act of Love, Dave Isay; The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan.

We’ll assign youth books for reports, e.g., The Borrowers, Mary Norton; something by Madeline L'Engle; Charlotte's Web, E.B. White; The Secret Garden,Frances, Hodgson Burnett; The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer; From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweller, E.L. Konigsburg.

Any suggestions from you and those out there?

J. Arthur Rath, local reader