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Alex's avatar

We're almost finished with the last Harry Potter book and I'm extremely happy to see that I'm not the only one who edits/skips entire paragraphs. There's something about those books that makes them extremely difficult for me to read them aloud...I can never quite put a finger on it. Sometimes wordiness, other times the syntax or rhythm is just odd, like words aren't supposed to go in those places. On many nights I've put the book down thinking I'm losing my ability to comprehend language.

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Caitlin Kindervatter-Clark's avatar

Kid books need to be better edited for the tired adults reading them aloud. I liked doing Hagrid's accent but that was about it.

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Elinor Abbott's avatar

I don't have kids but am a night owl and it is insane how society is set up only for the lives of morning people??? like come on. we could literally have a 24 hour economy if people would accept that some of us can only really sleep well between 2-10am

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Caitlin Kindervatter-Clark's avatar

Exactly! 2-10 would be my ideal, but with great effort I've gotten it to 1-whenever I'm forced awake. All the morning righteousness reminds me of this: https://jasongoroncy.com/2011/05/07/the-club/

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Elinor Abbott's avatar

i loved this story! i had never heard it before

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Caitlin Kindervatter-Clark's avatar

So good right? It's my favorite Arnold Lobel book, though less well known than Frog & Toad. Every chapter features a different set of inflexible insects reminiscent of human adults!

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Castle O'Neill's avatar

so good, I'm a huge Arnold Lobel fan, those books were an oasis through many years of teaching young kids.

I was always a midnight person but hitting sixty, my brain doesn't stay as alert as my nervous system or whatever it is that keeps you up. I used to do my best work at night but that has definitely shifted.

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