Activity: Take a picture or describe where you love to read most...
I actually have a tie. In first place, we have:
The bed in my grandma's guest room. This is the place where I sped through Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as well as cried when Mr. Potter waved his children goodbye. It is also a place of immense frustration during the school year...thank you so much for that, AP Chemistry. Really, you're just a doll.
Another favorite spot of mine is right in front of my house. One usually sees me there each morning of the summer, watching the neighbors pass on daily strolls. The breeze on pages of a book is a phenomenon that awes me to this day.
Where we read is as important as what we read, because reading is never simply words on a page. Although said words may be the lead actor, who's to say your environment is not the supporting actor (a category which Max von Sydow should win HANDS DOWN at the Academy Awards this Sunday night) ? If I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the sewage drains of New York City, my mind would probably not associate the book with childhood comforts, as it currently does. Same text, different experience. And it is the reader, not the book, that will affect in the larger scheme of Earth.
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Totally agree with you! The place where you read is important. If it's not somewhere comfy, I'll probably associate the book with backaches and noise. Great post! I'm a new follower!
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You're right about the importance of the places where we read! Loved your post :) And followed on GFC.
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New follower. I also read in the guest room. Ugh, AP Chem. Definitely one of my least favorite courses. Looking forward to your reviews!
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New Follower via GFC and RSS - Love your answer! Great blog here :)
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Jamie@Addicted2Heroines
New Follower via GFC!!! Great answers!!! Love the name of your blog, will be coming back to check out your reviews!!!
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Ali @Ali's Bookshelf
Fantastic post! Those sound like wonderful places to read - really comfortable and relaxing.
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Stephanie
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Definitely following you! Thanks for stopping by and guess what, I can't see your picture!! I wonder if it's my silly work computer?? Hmm. Well anyway, love the blog and I will be adding you to my sidebar so I can keep up with your updates!!
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La Toya (La Toya, Literally.)
Very much agree! The environment your in totally helps the story! Following.
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Darn, I can't see the picture! But I agree with you that each reader's environment, upbringing and life events will shape how they perceive a book.
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Andrea (The Overstuffed Bookcase)
Completely agree! I cant imagine what I would of thought of Harry Potter had I read it at a construction site or at the tip... although I wish I had caught the train to Oxford and Cambridge where the film was made... maybe even read it in the great hall... now that would have been awesome!
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Anyways, following you back! Always love finding new cool bloggers.
Kris
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Some wonderful places to read. I too love reding outside on a brezy summer day. Thanks for hopping by. Following back and looking forward to reading more on your blog. You have a wonderful way with words!
ReplyDeleteI really like your answer. And I agree about associating books with experiences - I have cheer-up books and so on. :)
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I remember fondly the couch I curled up to read Harry Potter books 1, 2, 3, and 4 (all in the same week).
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I second your belief. Great answer!
ReplyDeleteYou're so right! Where we read is definitely a big part of it. :-D You're also right about Max von Sydow! YES!
ReplyDeleteThe picture won't show...but then again, if you complain about that too much, you sound like creepy stalkers who want to know where he sleeps....
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about the picture, everyone...Blogger must be temperamental this week. Oh, and I'm sorry about the delay as well-return comments and follows will be finished by the end of this week!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a teenager, I used to sit on the front porch railing reading and watching the neighbors walk by on nice days. Where you read can definitely have an effect on your feelings for a book.
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Leslie