Barbara asked two questions in her One Typed Page yesterday. In reverse order for answering, “does anyone here read noir?” I cannot answer Yes. My answer is Hell Yes. Oh god hell yes. I am just now restarting on Thompson – in Spanish, It is for my literacy. It is tough too.
Yes “I have also reread novels”, With a bit of a twist here. After my stroke (September 2018) it was extremely difficult to read. It still is, I cannot read as quickly as I used to. I am still working on it. The first re-reading of this time period (this epoch?) was “84, Charing Cross Road”, it has small chapters enabling me to read it. The most recent, I believe, rereading was “Emil and The Detectives”, which I loved due to the protagonist going on about mac and cheese. I asked my aunt for it. Ahem, so much for no digressions. Did I reread “Cat’s Cradle” somewhere in there? I do have three books on my TBR list, “Years of Rice and Salt”, “If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler”, and “A Moveable Feast” three favorites of all time. (can you tell I am trying to distract you from the book that I reread the most recently?)
A digression that really is not: I have had problems with recalling words. “mac and cheese” in the previous paragraph, as an example. This has led me to lots of synonyms and other bits of wordplay. I mentioned this issue to my doctor. (early-onset late age issues anyone?) He had two observations. 1) it is normally nouns. I am checking on that, and 2) It can be due to a lack of Vitamin B-12. That was included in my bloo& work. and…lo and behold I am deficient in it. So if you are having troubles with remembering things that you know you should get it checked.
Hey Readers: On YouTube there is “Developing Literacy, Developing Language, with Stephen Krashen (MAT-TESOL Master Class I)” Dr. Krashen talks for about 90 minutes followed by a Q&A session. In the section, he states that reading for pleasure is the #1 way to foreign language acquisition, and it is just plain good for people. Read for pleasure and it will do you good, or even great. There are stats cited if you are interested.
I think I need to go read for some time now. As in it is time to read.
-— Michael Rpdx :: rkmm