[LMB] "The Curse of Chalion" an reading aloud

[John Campbell Rees]

I have finally gotten around to reading "The Curse of Challion".  Yes, 
I know it has been out for a number of years, but I work in a Library, 
and had built up a fearsome "to read" list when faced with such a 
large choice of reading material.

Anyway, after completing the book, I gave it to my mother, who is also 
a Bujold Fan to read.  She said that she was far to busy knitting, as 
my sister is having a baby.  However, she said that she would sit and 
listen if I read the book out loud whilst she was knitting, as there 
was very little of interest on the television.  So for the past three 
weeks I have been popping up to her house and reading a chapter a 
night. Although some nights it has been more than a chapter if the 
break comes in a point in the story that was too exciting to leave 
it).

I have not read aloud for many years, and so having to read every 
word, as printed on the page, has proved to me how badly I read, when 
I read in silence.  I skip ahead, assume meaning instead of actually 
reading a sentence, miss out bits I don't think are important.  For 
instance, when I read it myself for the first time, I completely 
missed the reason that the Bathman threw Cazaril out of his premises 
and the significance of his scars when he was falsely accused by Ser 
dy Maroc.

Last night I finished the book, and I was surprised how much I enjoyed 
the exercise, and we are now awaiting the arrival of "The Paladin of 
Souls" from Amazon.

-- 
"Like shooting flies with  a laser cannon, the aims a bit tricky, but
 it certainly deals with the flies."     -     Lord Miles Vorkosigan.
>From "Komarr" by Lois McMaster Bujold
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