Comments on: How Do You Read?

By: reading, reading, reading… « Shawn L. Bird

reading, reading, reading… « Shawn L. Bird — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 23:33:39 +0000

[...] and one who incorporates reading into most of her daily activities. I just came across this blog post of hers that tells exactly how she does it. Précis: books are everywhere, and her nose is always in [...]

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By: Cathi

Cathi — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:57:22 +0000

Try getting books on subjects he’s interested in. I have two boys (now 18 and 21) and unless I was the one reading they had no interest. My eldest is into dirtbikes and motocross so I found every books I could on the subject. Now at 21 the only thing he reads is motocross magazines. Guess that’s better than nothing.

By: Bonnie Goodwin Potter

Bonnie Goodwin Potter — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:16:03 +0000

Diana, Me Mum passed your Outlander series on to me sans Voyager. I have read Outlander and Dragon Fly in Amber in less than a week. I literally could not put the books down and purposely did not order Voyager from the local library because my house is in bad need of cleaning! Me Mum’s da was Scotch, from Nova Scotia, Thompson’s the name. The first book sent me to the internet looking up the clan history and the tartan, then I got engrossed in looking at the Google Map of Scotland, going on the ground and trying to figure out just where Lallybrock is. Oh, right, fictional. Ha! One of the reviews in one of the books says, “The pages turn themselves.” They sure do. I could not put them down, and now I’ve just finished Dragon Fly…and I am sorely angry with myself for not having Voyager ready to delve into, housework be damned. Rest assured I will be on the phone to my library tomorrow to have their copy held for my pick-up ASAP! I have every other one but that one and cannot bring myself to just skip Voyager and go on with Clair watching a execution parade in Charleston NC, without knowing how she got there, and her looking for Jamie in the crowd. I have to know how she got back to him, how it is that Bree and Roger are there with her. OMG…I can’t wait. I’m pouring over trips to Scotland on Cheaptickets.com so I can find that mini-Henge and go back in time and find my own Jamie Fraser. You’re one great writer, Diana. Your books have sparked an interest in my Scotch heritage that heretofore I have not had. I’m wondering now if my Grampa’s ancestors came here in the aftermath of the Cullendormuir battle. Also intriguing to me is the fact that my father’s family is basically English and traces its roots to Yorkshire. Both grandmothers are at least half Native American, one Micmac, the other Malacite. I have quite a bit of information from that end of my ancestry. The Scotch bit kind of got left out as being not that interesting. NOT INTERESTING?!! I had no idea until I got engrossed in your wonderful series. Thank you for that.
Bonnie (yes, my real name)

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By: Alexandra Eriksson

Alexandra Eriksson — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:20:07 +0000

Dear Diana,

I love your novels, and perhaps most of all your characters. To my mind, it is like they are real people – they just live very far away so I never get the opportunity to see them!

Regarding this post, though. I now find myself slightly infatuated with you – you are the only person I know who reads like I do! And obviously how people read is a serious requirement for infatuation! I too read constantly, and have done since I was very very young (I am now 22 years old). Do you also have to look in strange places when you have lost a book you are reading at the moment? I always have a look in the wardrobe (yes, obviously reading whilst getting dressed is a fabulous idea!), the fridge, bathroom shelves…

I haven’t visited this site before, but noticed that you are doing a book signing in Scotland later on this summer. Would love to travel there – will see if I can procure the funding…

With many thanks for the countless days of entertainment your books have given me,
Alexandra

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:06:35 +0000

Cooking while reading or reading while cooking is not a smart move for me.
The results are rather unfavorable.
An iPod with a book on it to listen to, might try that one day. I am more the paper person and need to have it in my hands, instead of a voice in my head (I usually don’t even listen to music on walks). But who knows, I might like it.
But overall I usually read at least one book a week. They are harder to come by here in Kuwait though without an APO address *big sigh*
Looking forward to be back in civilization one day (pst, don’t tell anyone I said that) and stock up on the Lord John series
People that don’t read usually turn out to be a very strange species. *shudder*

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:57:54 +0000

Dear Julie–

Many thanks for distributing the books–and my regards to your husband. {g}

Claire likes Oolong, when she can get it.

–Diana

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:19:13 +0000

Diana,

I’ve always loved the way a book feels and smells (positively refreshing), but after reading this blog post I feel like I should invest in an e-reader of some sort! All the wasted time not multitasking with reading because I needed 2 hands to read borders on tragic! So, now which to invest in. Suggestions? I see the big competitors are Nook and Kindle.

PS I meant to tell you that I won the 10 free copies of Outlander to give away, and I am pleased to report they are gone and you have 10 new fans…including my husband.

PPS Completely unrelated, what is Claire’s favorite tea? Curiosity overcame me as I was having a cup myself while reading Outlander…again.

By: Cherith

Cherith — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:00:07 +0000

Having 3 children, ages 3 and under, makes finding time to read a little difficult. Other than children’s books, that is. Most of the children’s books that I enjoy they really aren’t ready to comprehend. I want to hold my baby girls close to me and have them be my babies for always BUT I am looking forward to the time in their lives when we can have reading nights. My mother did that with me and my brother when we were young. We would, all of us, lay in the bed together every night and my mom would read a chapter out of Madeleine L’engle’s A Wrinkle In Time series. And I am so looking forward to sharing that with my three (or more(maybe?)) daughters. And Harry Potter and whatever else I can read to them that will incite a love for reading such as my mother did for me.
Growing up, I always had my nose in a book, as did my brother. Thankfully, my mother, bless her heart, bought me a Kindle this past Christmas!!! so now, I can read almost anywhere. The playground, on my lunch break, the park, on the exercise bike, while nursing my 9 month old, while pumping (milk, that is)… I haven’t quite mastered the art of laundry and reading, but give me time…I’ll rig up something, eventually;) I’m really enjoying reading the Native American historical fictions by James Alexander Thom.
Happy Reading!