Val's comments
(member since Jul 05, 2008)
Val's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.
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game show -- sounds fun --wanna join me?wyr act in a play or on t.v.?
that's so wrong. textbooks are for learning not saving. literature, if you want, you can handle with white gloves, but not text books. How can you concentrate on what you're supposed to remember if you have to worry about the source of the info. I honestly don't get it. I do appreciate people's OCD -- I have enough of my own just not in that way. I guess I'm too practical as a learner.
I always wrote comments and underlined in my college texts -- I bought them afterall!
It is the best audio book I've ever listened to. I used to have to drive 5 hours to my aging parents home. I went there and back frequently and enjoyed the drive a lot as I listened to a whole slew of good books -- and some bad. But Angela's Ashes read by McCourt was the best.
barefoot as long as it's indoors! and of course happy hourWYR be a spy or a pilot?
This is one of my all time favorite books. I listened to it on audio -- McCourt reads it himself -- he sings the songs!!-- you have listen to it. Hearing his Irish lilt tell the tale makes it unbelievably good. I did not find it depressing in the least. I found it uplifting. I think it was because of the way he reads it. He sounds upbeat. It's his story and it's a survival story and for him successful. I laughed out loud listening to him in many parts. I felt deeply for his family, his mother, and I'll never eat an egg again and take it for granted!
different strokes is right -- I don't enjoy reading a book if I have to be careful about it. I totally immerse myself when I am reading something I love and in order to experience that I can't be cognizant of the physical book I'm reading. I don't dog ear books, I use some sort of bookmark -- toilet paper sometimes. But I am not careful about turning pages and my books are often wide and fat after I read them -- not thin and neat as they were before I got them. That said, I mostly try to read library books because I don't have room for books in my house anymore and I do feel bad if I spill something on one or turn the pages too roughly. I don't feel bad for the book but for the next person who wants to read it.The one thing we all have in common, however, is our love of books!
val
What a fun quiz! My result was ""You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio." Very funny since I come from Alberta, Canada.
Ed, that is too funny! only 66% huh? maybe you need to be blonde
LOL, sorry Lori but to me dog and log are rhymes.on the other hand I was stunned to hear my chidren pronouncing the word shone so that it rhymed with known -- in Canada where I am from we pronounce shone so that it rhymes with gone.
oh, I forgot to add LOLI sadly am not that cute
hey, back off - - I posed for that picture, that's the real me
my bad!
hahahahahaha! that's how I'm reading 100 books right now. Just picture them Lori -- 100 books folded back like that! LOL
Victoria, I agree. When I am really stressed it is hard to concentrate but when I finally get into a book I just drift away and am totally absorbed. I guess that's stress relief, although it seems hard on my body to just sit and read. I guess the key is moderation--something I'm not very good at. I was surprised by this article as I thought walking would be best. I wonder if this will be supported by other studies.
Check out this article. Reading reduces stress levels by 68%:
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/314426...
Would you rather have iced tea or iced lemonade on a hot day? lemonade, it's refreshing
WYR cry your eyes out over a book or a movie?
porch, so I can watch the world from a swingWYR eat popcorn or pretzels?
have them do it, and hope for the bestI am lousy at making up my mind about anything
WYR eat popcorn or pretzels?
For Ruth:would you rather win a lottery or earn a fortune?
totally earn a fortune, so satisfying
I'd rather be a writer than a critic
Sandra, you don't need to post separate entries, you can write as much in one as you choose, just hit return rather than post and type away
WYR pet a dog or ride a horse?
