tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post328524335042782974..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: Reading to DianaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-14400533093037686542013-12-22T19:45:03.958-05:002013-12-22T19:45:03.958-05:00It is always a hardship when we turn over the vari...It is always a hardship when we turn over the various areas to another line - be it reading, filming, etc. It's a wonder so many books get made into good films... tjsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-47157973428690802312013-12-22T16:56:03.886-05:002013-12-22T16:56:03.886-05:00Right you are. I will not go ohm though I could. ...Right you are. I will not go ohm though I could. On the other hand, they paid for the rights. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-35948521210017087292013-12-22T16:36:48.688-05:002013-12-22T16:36:48.688-05:00Oh, what a cringe for the writer and the listener...Oh, what a cringe for the writer and the listener! I've heard other writers complain about this so I assume that you have no input on any of that.<br />StephAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-86175225445328993602013-12-22T16:09:54.042-05:002013-12-22T16:09:54.042-05:00Oh, and is she right about some of that acting. T...Oh, and is she right about some of that acting. The reader for Blood Tango slurred her way over the Spanish names and to my GREAT dismay almost always put the emphasis on the prepositions. EG: Not, "I have to THINK about that." But, "I have TO think ABOUT that." UGH!!!!!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-50102322178873196212013-12-22T15:44:27.672-05:002013-12-22T15:44:27.672-05:00You know, Annamaria, Diana and I both read a lot o...You know, Annamaria, Diana and I both read a lot of mysteries, but I don't read them to her. She does have more ready access to mysteries than to some other fiction and nonfiction. She has favorite readers for her Library for the Blind books and, indeed, they have an award program for those readers. I think my own reading is rather flat (though I have to say I hammed it up a bit for the voice of Owen Meany). Diana says she's not crazy about the more commercially produced audio books because she thinks the acting can get in the way of the text.<br />StephAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-43460627100697069762013-12-22T12:06:09.223-05:002013-12-22T12:06:09.223-05:00Steph, I can see what a gift you and Diana are to ...Steph, I can see what a gift you and Diana are to each other. What a pleasure to read together. I have friend who is vision-impaired from diabetes. His wife reads to him. When they talk to me about their joint experience reading my books, it is completely different from talking to anyone else about the reading experience. There is a richness in our enjoyment of books we read aloud to a sympathetic friend.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-14381966055250001682013-12-22T08:39:40.243-05:002013-12-22T08:39:40.243-05:00A very peaceful Christmas to you and your husband,...A very peaceful Christmas to you and your husband, Steph, and to Kate, Annamaria, Bob , Sheila and all their families and loved ones. Thelma Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com