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I read aloud parts of a book I'm reading to my sister if I think it is something she would like to read or if it is a good quote and I am sure she won't want to read it.

I used to read aloud to her when she was a little so it is kind of a habit.

No mostly because it begins to dry my throat though I do like crisp narration like from audiobooks especially the type in westerns like Scott McCormicks narrative voice from the Vampire Hunter D graphic audio

Not usually. I never read bits aloud. I have very occasionally sent some or all of a review, but sometimes I actually hope they don't read them!

Sometimes, when I come across a great quote or something hilarious.

I often take pics of passages I like and send to friends or put on fb.

Susan wrote: "I read aloud parts of a book I'm reading to my sister if I think it is something she would like to read or if it is a good quote and I am sure she won't want to read it...."

Does she reciprocate?

I discuss what I'm reading with my mom, sister or boyfriend. If I find a passage particularly interesting or funny, I'll read it aloud to whomever is near me at the time but I usually won't send quotes from books or my reviews to anyone.

I never share my review with my family or friends, but I do talk about the books I read, and occasionally I’ll read parts of it out loud.

I meant the friends that are not on goodreads that is.

Kuro wrote: "No mostly because it begins to dry my throat though I do like crisp narration like from audiobooks especially the type in westerns like Scott McCormicks narrative voice from the Vampire Hunter D gr..."

Does anyone read aloud to you or send you snippets?

I post links to my reviews on facebook, where family and friends sometimes read them.

I live with my sister, and I am constantly bombarding her with the goings on in the books I'm reading. I have to explain the plot, where I am in the story, what it means for my favorite character and why it affects me. She's very patient. She also does the same thing when she's engrossed in a book.

I will only read aloud passages that I think make an excellent point or are extremely poetic. Sometimes we read aloud books together. (I really like when we do this)

I don't share a written review w/ friends/family, but they pretty much get a verbal rehash of my opinion on the book once I'm finished.

Cecily wrote: "Not usually. I never read bits aloud. I have very occasionally sent some or all of a review, but sometimes I actually hope they don't read them!"

You write such great reviews, I hope they do! I always imagined you and your husband sitting in armchairs reading and sharing snippets. I was wrong. (view spoiler)[I'm good at that, being doing it all my life, practice makes perfect and all that (hide spoiler)]

I tell my coworkers, who mostly don't care. But hey - I listen to them talk about their kids and their trips to bingo and what they saw on TikTok. Fair's fair!

No.

Alexandra wrote: "Sometimes, when I come across a great quote or something hilarious."

Do you get an appreciative reaction?

Yes, absolutely. Especially with my daughter who rarely has the time to read for pleasure (but has to read for her studies). I send screenshots or read excerpts to her or whatever else works for us.

Sometimes I also share such stuff with my wife - but only the negative stuff to avoid spoiling her (potential) reading experience. She's also a very good sparring partner before I write negative reviews.

My experiences with that are mostly good.

Petra X living the city life wrote: "Do you get an appreciative reaction?"

Oh, yes, always :)))

My wife and I will occasionally read amusing or bizarre bits of whatever we are reading to the other. I also remember an impromptu class that I had my last year of high school. A teacher liberated several of us from study hall to sit in her classroom and read during her free period. We all read Dickens (Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, and David Copperfield); the only requirement was reading interesting bits aloud to the others. At the end of the term she gave a Dingley Dell Christmas Party at her home.

S. wrote: "I often take pics of passages I like and send to friends or put on fb."

Are any of your friends book people and reciprocate?

No, though it would be nice to have someone with similar tastes to talk books with IRL. :-/

Absolutely, all of the above, depending. My husband has eye issues, so I've started reading aloud items (short stories, essays) as conversation starters.

Mimia wrote: "I discuss what I'm reading with my mom, sister or boyfriend. If I find a passage particularly interesting or funny, I'll read it aloud to whomever is near me at the time but I usually won't send qu..."

Are they readers? If so do they share back?

Hákon wrote: "I never share my review with my family or friends, but I do talk about the books I read, and occasionally I’ll read parts of it out loud."

Do you keep your reviews strictly on GR?

I will read bits out loud to whoever is around. Sometimes my kids do too. Usually it's funny parts, or my kids and me looking for clues in a Brandon Sanderson book.

L wrote: "I post links to my reviews on facebook, where family and friends sometimes read them."

Does it entice them to read the books or to join Goodreads?

Audrey wrote: "I will read bits out loud to whoever is around. Sometimes my kids do too. Usually it's funny parts, or my kids and me looking for clues in a Brandon Sanderson book."

That does sound fun. Really nice. A book family. My father liked books, but it was a silent enjoyment, not participatory like yours.

Petra X living the city life wrote: "Are they readers? If so do they share back?"

They are and they do! It's pretty great!
But they have very different reading tastes in comparison to mine, which makes things more interesting.

Petra X living the city life wrote: "L wrote: "I post links to my reviews on facebook, where family and friends sometimes read them."

Does it entice them to read the books or to join Goodreads?"

Well, I got some family members onto GR, But I think conversation was more effective than facebook.

As for reading the books I like, I have seen no evidence that they do.

7jane wrote: "No, though it would be nice to have someone with similar tastes to talk books with IRL. :-/"

Agreed. I have my bf now to talk about mostly classics, but now what I read now.

Beth wrote: "Absolutely, all of the above, depending. My husband has eye issues, so I've started reading aloud items (short stories, essays) as conversation starters."

That's cool, especially if you have the same tastes.

I've shared a few reviews. I've encouraged family and friends who I think would be good at GR to create accounts of their own, although only rarely persuaded them to do so. Sometimes if I give a gift of a book I've reviewed, I'll print a copy, fold and tuck it within the cover.

Petra suffering Ozempic side-effects but it works wrote: "Hákon wrote: "I never share my review with my family or friends, but I do talk about the books I read, and occasionally I’ll read parts of it out loud."

Do you keep your reviews strictly on GR?"

This time around, yes. I did at one point write a few book reviews semi professionally, but that was years ago, long before I got on goodreads.

Except for this year, on ANZAC Day I read WW1 & WW2 poetry to my husband.

I have a friend & one of my sisters that I (infrequently) recommend books to.

This sister is the one that introduced me to Goodreads - but she didn't like it much herself. Nowadays, she just shows up to read some of my reviews.

Sorry you are under the weather Petra (I had to look up what Ozempic was!)

Iris wrote: "I live with my sister, and I am constantly bombarding her with the goings on in the books I'm reading. I have to explain the plot, where I am in the story, what it means for my favorite character a..."

Do you both read the same genres? If so do you get put off reading each others' books if you've been talking about them as you go along?

I’ll take pictures of passages and send them to my sister and daughter.

Regina the Constant Reader wrote: "I’ll take pictures of passages and send them to my sister and daughter."

That's nice. Do they reciprocate?

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Except for this year, on ANZAC Day I read WW1 & WW2 poetry to my husband.
..."
That is a lovely family tradition. What happened this year?

I read poetry a lot (mostly in Bangla, which is my mother tongue). Sometimes I send snapshot of a page or perhaps a few lines of a poem that made me think intensely or struck a chord with me or simply because I appreciated the composition. I do send these snapshots through WhatsApp almost regularly to my friends who love reading poetry (very few in number, 2/3 max.).

Arupratan wrote: "I read poetry a lot (mostly in Bangla, which is my mother tongue). Sometimes I send snapshot of a page or perhaps a few lines of a poem that made me think intensely or struck a chord with me or sim..."

Do you know any Bangla poets who have been translated into English?

Petra X is not feeling GR right now wrote: "Do you know any Bangla poets who have been translated into English?"

There are several whose poems have been translated into English. Among them the most recognised is Rabindranath Tagore who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 for his poetry collection "Gitanjali" (titled "Song Offerings" in English), which was translated from the original Bangla into English by the poet himself.

Among the contemporaries, an assortment of Nabaneeta Dev Sen's poems have been translated by her daughter Nandana Dev Sen and is compiled into this collection named "Acrobat". Dev Sen is one of my personal favourites.

Another notable example is Jibanananda Das' collection of poetry, "The Scent of Sunlight", translated by Clinton B. Seely.

Considering the diversity and brilliance, it is a matter of regret that Bangla poetry has been translated far less than it should have been.

Petra on hiatus - having fun in the city wrote: "
That is a lovely family tradition. What happened this year?"

We had a house full of guests - & I hadn't organised any poetry. I did miss it though.

Sometimes I read part of an article online to my brother A. I used to read to my son a chapter at time when he was little.

I usually read something aloud to my husband only if it's especially funny (he asks me himself if I'm laughing too loud) or insightful Somtimes, when we are on the road and he's driving, I read aloud interesting bits from non-fiction books.

Cynda wrote: "Sometimes I read part of an article online to my brother A. I used to read to my son a chapter at time when he was little."

I've started to send my bf excerpts. I can't tell if he enjoys them or just says he does because he's in lurrrve?

I used to send quotes from novels I was currently reading to my friend Rémy, but I feel out of habit for years. I guess my emails could feel slightly filled up at times...

Arupratan wrote: "There are several whose poems have been translated into English. Among them the most recognised is Rabindranath Tagore..."

I have read Rabindranath Tagore back in the days when I read poetry, and enjoyed his works.

Alina wrote: "I usually read something aloud to my husband only if it's especially funny (he asks me himself if I'm laughing too loud) or insightful Somtimes, when we are on the road and he's driving, I read alo..."

My bf asked me last night what I was laughing at so I read him some, it was about cultural differences. He didn't find it funny. This is what I read, "why don;t ITV make a show where it's just Simon Cowell and Gordon Ramsay sitting on a park bench hurling insults at any c*nt who walks past?" I think maybe you have to be British to find that funny, and he's American.

Nope.

Petra on hiatus - having fun in the city wrote: "My bf asked me last night what I was laughing at so I read him some, it was about cultural differences. He didn't find it funny. This is what I read, "why don;t ITV make a show where it's just Simon Cowell and Gordon Ramsay sitting on a park bench hurling insults at any c*nt who walks past?" I think maybe you have to be British to find that funny, and he's American."

You don't necessarily need to be Biritsh, but you kind of need to have at least a vague idea of what ITV is, and who Simon Cowell and Gordon Ramsay are.