Book Chat

Parents often put children to sleep singing them lullabies.  Parents who’re busy switch on the children’s channel on TV and sit their kids down in front of it, basically outsourcing the sleep ritual.  Others load kids, stuffed toys and favorite dolls into a crib and let them play until they run out of steam and sleep.

Even as a kid I had to be different.  I was a pretentious girl with an attitude problem.  I despised dolls, hated being read to (this was pre TV era) and loved the sound of my own voice.  So I read myself to sleep.  Yes that’s the way I was and that’s the way I still am.  Bed time reading is essential for me.

I consider myself a good parent because I managed to inculcate the love of books into my children.  I did not do this consciously mind you.  They imbibed it, sort of by osmosis since books littered the house and their mother always had her face buried in a tome.

Ishaan my first born has a You Tube channel called Sixth World Radio. he normally uses it to comment about what the world is up to.  Yeah I know.   This world is fucked up and he is sarcastic, so its a marriage made in heaven.  He and I were arguing about a book.  Yeah, it was the latest Harry Potter which I had mixed feelings about.  I got a bit emotional and he said, “You know, we should podcast this.”

Well, what can I say?  I love the sound of my own voice.  “Sure!” I said.

Here goes …

Of course we went ahead and reviewed Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings.  I love Brandon Sanderson and think he is one of the best authors of modern day.

 

And then the entire Pillars of Reality series by Jack Campbell.

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