Midsummer in Annapolis - Hello All!
Posted: July 21st, 2017, 8:31 am
Introduction - This is my first post to the Forum. Hello from a guy who's always wanted to read books aloud. I'd like to do some of the novels I grew up and fed my English major brain with. I don't know if Hemingway is off-limits, but I think a lot can be done with the ennui and strong personalities of his characters. This is the very first forum I've ever posted to, come to think of it... I have the temerity to believe I'm good at characterization in dramatic readings, and I also have a good ear for dialect. I also speak Spanish.
When a reader is skilled, characters can live in memory for a long time. One of the best readings for me was Tom Wolfe's 'Bonfire of the Vanities" as read by John Lithgow. Mr. Lithgow has a tremendous talent for different characterizations. Just FYI, I consider the opening paragraphs of Tom Wolfe's novel, as read by Mr. Lithgow, a masterwork of vocal interpretation. Listen sometime to just that first flurry of language, and you'll probably see what I mean.
I also love Children's books - my grown daughters and granddaughters love being read to, and now that my daughters have girls of their own, I'm still reading Beverly Cleary's adventures of Fudge Hatcher. They love it the first and each successive time I get into the characters of Fudge himself, Fudge's older brother Peter, and all the nutty but perfectly plausible situations of the Hatcher family. Again, this might be prohibited by copyright stuff, but I will read whatever I'm legally permitted to.
Thanks for this: It's an outlet I never thought I'd have access to.
Jeff
When a reader is skilled, characters can live in memory for a long time. One of the best readings for me was Tom Wolfe's 'Bonfire of the Vanities" as read by John Lithgow. Mr. Lithgow has a tremendous talent for different characterizations. Just FYI, I consider the opening paragraphs of Tom Wolfe's novel, as read by Mr. Lithgow, a masterwork of vocal interpretation. Listen sometime to just that first flurry of language, and you'll probably see what I mean.
I also love Children's books - my grown daughters and granddaughters love being read to, and now that my daughters have girls of their own, I'm still reading Beverly Cleary's adventures of Fudge Hatcher. They love it the first and each successive time I get into the characters of Fudge himself, Fudge's older brother Peter, and all the nutty but perfectly plausible situations of the Hatcher family. Again, this might be prohibited by copyright stuff, but I will read whatever I'm legally permitted to.
Thanks for this: It's an outlet I never thought I'd have access to.
Jeff