NotBurtReynolds he/him Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 My wife and I both work nights, while during the day she goes to grad school/grows a baby and I watch our current baby...Which means I spend a lot of time with a 16 month old ;). One of the things we've done since she's been old enough to sit up is we'll go in her room for reading time. It started off me reading her children's books until she got fidgety and would go playing with/"reading" her books, while I sat and read my own(usually Cosmere;). A month or so ago she started getting annoyed with my reading silently...Started grabbing my finger and and moving it over the lines in whatever I was reading. So, I started reading aloud. Now, people tend to say I have a nice speaking voice. Its deep and velvety But I have always disliked it. Mostly because a lingering lisp from childhood that no one else notices, makes me self-conscious. It's not much these days...'discs', 'paths', and the like make me lock up trying to spit it out. But, I've always wanted to be less self-conscious about reading aloud and reading for your daughter is about a good of motivation as you can get. So I read. Every day, for about 30 minutes. And she eats it up. When we first started, I was just reading whatever I happened to be reading that day, but then decided to just read Edgedancer to her, start to finish. And it's her favorite. Not even close. She'll sit almost the entire time I'm reading, hanging on every word. I stop to drink some water or clear my throat and she'll start grabbing my finger and moving it across the page, imploring me to start again. Hilarious. She didn't do it for the other stuff...Just Edgedancer. I guess its just because how smoothly the writing flows and having a child protagonist makes the dialogue pleasing to a child's ears. But whatever it is, Edgedancer is officially my baby's jam. Thanks for yet another benefit, Team Sanderson. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vissy Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 If I end up getting kids, I have to bookmark that for required reading... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotBurtReynolds he/him Posted February 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 5:26 AM, Vissy said: If I end up getting kids, I have to bookmark that for required reading... I highly recommend both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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