What is reading, but silent conversation. Walter Savage Landor, writer (1775-1864)
I love the idea that reading is silent conversation. The books that touch us most fall into that category.
Right now I am especially enjoying the Henri Nouwen books and the Alexandra Stoddard books that I wrote about a few days ago. I am savoring them, and I promise I will write more, but not at this moment.
I also love the idea that we can commune with someone who is no longer here (such as Nouwen) through what they have written. It is like having a conversation with them.
I find this true even of novels. Novels have the added plus of running like a movie in our minds. Sometimes I find myself wondering who they will cast in the part. That was especially true of a book like The Da Vinci Code
I also thought because of the controversial subject matter, that I’d heard before, and because of the nature of some of the elements in the film, there was a good shot it would be filmed. I wasn’t disappointed in the movie, but there were scenes that were difficult to watch, as was known by reading the book.
I’m probably the only person who read alternating chapters to the end, then picked up the other alternating chapters. I wanted to know what happened to each set of characters.
Karin
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