Monday, August 31, 2009
Assignment 1 / Ashley Wall
My earliest memory of reading is a bit fuzzy. Although my mother said she read to me all the time, I cannot remember any specific occasion. I know I was read to, and learned to read, in school but I can't pull anything from memory that was special to me. My earliest memory would be reading alone on my bed in my room. I read to myself, and didn't mind doing so. I fell in love with the Boxcar Children, Babysitters Club, and Goosebumps. Each of which I discovered, loved, and devoured. I loved to read and didn't struggle with it. My teachers did read aloud regularly, but unfortunately nothing stands out. I loved reading independently and most of my reading memories consist of this. Many books have impacted my life. Recently I've read Angela's Ashes and was so consumed with it that I actually read with an Irish accent (yes, in my head). I prolonged the last few pages for days just so the book wouldn't end. Fortunately I found Frank McCourt's sequel T'is shortly after so I didn't have to "quit cold turkey." I read for pleasure now quite often. I always have a book I'm reading. Some books take longer to read depending on the amount of time I can devote to leisurely activities.
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I love how you read with an English accent in your head and prolonged finishing the book so it would not end. I hate that you don't have memories of your mom reading to you, but you can turn that around and read to Cathrine often, which I'm sure she will love and remember forever. I'll have to read Angelas Ashes, it sounds like a book I would enjoy.
ReplyDeleteAngela's Ashes has been on my "I mean to read this list" for a long time. The only thing is now I will have to read it with an Irish accent---and my brain is too old to keep up. LOL!!! Love ya girlly!
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ReplyDeleteI completely understand reading with an “accent” in your head. I do this as well. In fact, I think it is almost a necessity for reading certain books where the author uses a typed accent to show a character speaking in a local dialect. Was Angela’s Ashes like that? -Alex
ReplyDeleteI read with voice in my head all the time. I now hate audio books because of it. My sister as a gift gave me a Laurell K Hamilton book on CD and I had to turn it off. It killed me to listen to it because the voices used did not match the ones I gave the charaters. I use to think I was the only one that did that. Thank you for showing me I am not the odd ball for doing it.
ReplyDeleteI loved Angela's Ashes, I read it so long ago but I am still haunted by the abject poverty and feel the fascination of what it must have been like for Frank McCourt to come to America. I can almost hear you and Alex with Irish accents!
ReplyDeleteIf you've never read "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" you might like that one.(Betty Smith,c1943)