Indeed! I've never really 'understood' the appeal of comic books, YA is OK in some circumstances, I've read children's classis decades after I was 'supposed' to, never read an e-book or listened to an audiobook.... But they're still books. The method or the medium is, by and large, irrelevant.
I hate when people say comics and graphic novels aren't real books. I've had to gently guide more than a few parents who say their children don't read anything, they just look at comics and graphic novels. They're still engaging with printed words but for kiddos who have difficulty reading, the pictures make the words that much more real and alive. Eleanor also LOVES graphic novels, especially when she can find a series with a main character she loves. I also love YA thrillers so much, and we read middle grade together sometimes still. I read tons of books to Eleanor when she was little and included them on Goodreads but didn't count books we read togethet toward my totals unless it was a chapter book. I don't do audio but I love my Kindle, since it means I can carry a thousand books with me at a time. Plus that's how I read my ARCs from NetGalley. I resisted the Kindle for a long time, but reading them on my laptop was just not a great long-term solution.
Definitely. We once read one Asterix book with a French student who taught at our school for a year. It was great. One of the reasons why I love languages so much, I guess.
I do love how different cultures with different histories 'see' things. What is "obvious" to one isn't to another - which makes you think about taking things for granted and unquestioned prejudices.
Even a very similar culture can have a completely different way of seeing something, I've experienced that a lot in my life abroad. And none of those countries was very far from my own.
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I don't "read" the green ones, rarely the brown ones but they are all real books.
Indeed! I've never really 'understood' the appeal of comic books, YA is OK in some circumstances, I've read children's classis decades after I was 'supposed' to, never read an e-book or listened to an audiobook.... But they're still books. The method or the medium is, by and large, irrelevant.
I’m firmly in the paperback (favorite) and hardback section, though I will read an ebook in a pinch.
For me its paperbacks (cost, storage and weight) but I will buy hardbacks if the price is right. I do like physical copies though....
I hate when people say comics and graphic novels aren't real books. I've had to gently guide more than a few parents who say their children don't read anything, they just look at comics and graphic novels. They're still engaging with printed words but for kiddos who have difficulty reading, the pictures make the words that much more real and alive. Eleanor also LOVES graphic novels, especially when she can find a series with a main character she loves. I also love YA thrillers so much, and we read middle grade together sometimes still. I read tons of books to Eleanor when she was little and included them on Goodreads but didn't count books we read togethet toward my totals unless it was a chapter book. I don't do audio but I love my Kindle, since it means I can carry a thousand books with me at a time. Plus that's how I read my ARCs from NetGalley. I resisted the Kindle for a long time, but reading them on my laptop was just not a great long-term solution.
Agreed!
I've read comics as a child. I've read all Asterix books. I just don't add them to my reading list, or very rarely.
@ Marianne: I remember enjoying Asterix and Tin-Tin as a child. Great fun!
Definitely. We once read one Asterix book with a French student who taught at our school for a year. It was great. One of the reasons why I love languages so much, I guess.
I do love how different cultures with different histories 'see' things. What is "obvious" to one isn't to another - which makes you think about taking things for granted and unquestioned prejudices.
Even a very similar culture can have a completely different way of seeing something, I've experienced that a lot in my life abroad. And none of those countries was very far from my own.
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