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Nancy wrote: ""One of my resolutions is to “read more.”Reading is essential to my work. It's an important part to my social life. And far more important, reading is my favorite thing to do, by a long shot. I..."
I definitely agree with the suggestion to have more than one book going at a time. If I have two books in two different genres going at a time, I rarely have that "I'm not in the mood to read that" feeling that can lead to picking up the remote.
Also, one word: audiobooks. The right combination of story and narrator is pure storytelling heaven. Remember, some of the classics were written with the idea that they would be read aloud to a less literate population.
And a second word: buy a Kindle. My reading speed seems to have increased dramatically since getting one. Some days I read a book and am well into a second one by the time I turn off the light.
And I used the text to speech function when I'm driving or otherwise can't use my hands.
And I used the text to speech function when I'm driving or otherwise can't use my hands.
Ronson wrote: "And I used the text to speech function when I'm driving or otherwise can't use my hands."
Although a Kindle is way out of my budget right now, I know some day I'll be able to work it in (or maybe win one!), and I'm curious about that text to speech. What does the reader sound like? Anyone know of any sample sound clips on the web?
Reading is essential to my work. It's an important part to my social life. And far more important, reading is my favorite thing to do, by a long shot. I’m not a well-rounded person.
A friend once told me, “My idea of a good weekend day is when I’m outside with my kids for two hours before lunch and two hours after lunch.” I answered, “My idea of a good weekend day is when we all lie around reading in our pajamas until the mid-afternoon.”
But reading takes time, and there aren’t many days when I can loll around with a book for hours. Here are some tips for getting more reading done."
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