tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331207627405812350.post2253708914163916435..comments2023-10-20T04:53:59.941-07:00Comments on ON MY WAY TO COLLEGE!: Book Smart: The Importance of Independent ReadingPhilip Hoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478027394581227736noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331207627405812350.post-83616480324700886912020-02-09T23:04:59.403-08:002020-02-09T23:04:59.403-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Learning Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699146535492722078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331207627405812350.post-29604167931432755342015-05-07T20:45:49.205-07:002015-05-07T20:45:49.205-07:00Yes, it’s true what you say about the difference b...Yes, it’s true what you say about the difference between books and movies. I love film, but it is a different experience entirely, isn’t it. Readers have such a personal relationship with the books they read that no matter how good the film version is it can never come close to the original story as they imagined it. A reader of a text is required to imagine the story complete, while the viewer of a film is asked to experience a story already completely imagined by someone else. A movie doesn’t really need help from the audience to tell its story, but a book is a shared experience, a conversation between the reader and the text. A written story cannot exist unless someone reads and imagines it. Philip Hoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07478027394581227736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331207627405812350.post-48945605150709067392015-05-07T20:44:28.362-07:002015-05-07T20:44:28.362-07:00It’s true; a single book can change everything. My...It’s true; a single book can change everything. My third grade teacher read us a chapter from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and I was smitten. Even though the book was about three or four grades above my reading level, I was determined to read it myself. After that, I read all three of the Lord of the Rings books, and then whatever fantasy and science fiction I could get my hands on. Since I had two older brothers with similar addictions, I was never without a book. Philip Hoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07478027394581227736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331207627405812350.post-23805648857570334892015-05-06T21:21:28.935-07:002015-05-06T21:21:28.935-07:00I've always thought one of the largest factors...I've always thought one of the largest factors that reading was a very important activity to be involved in is because of the different perspectives of ideas that you are exposed to when reading. Books are also in a format where more ideas/plot can be presented and expressed, similar to how people complain that books are usually better than the movies, it's because hundreds of pages can go deeper into the story/subject than a 2 hour movie. At least that's one of the reasons that I find reading more attractive. Also the excercise of your imagination is a big deal too.<br />I really don't read as much as I should, last book that I read and really liked was The Beautiful and Damned, which even though it was required reading for Mrs. Carberry, has become one of my favorite books.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652260897967888693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8331207627405812350.post-88770001367779278322015-05-03T16:19:19.183-07:002015-05-03T16:19:19.183-07:00I am reading James Patterson's Big Bad Wolf. H...I am reading James Patterson's Big Bad Wolf. His books are amazing. I used to hate reading until I was introduced to his books. He has a unique writing style that makes it hard to put the books down. I recommend his books for anyone interested in mysteries and crime books.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392262393922994994noreply@blogger.com