tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609415233871047029.post4535840583115009013..comments2023-06-21T02:46:38.223-07:00Comments on Bath's Big Ed: Book me into the book clubsSam Hollidayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623324548107837736noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609415233871047029.post-82885407923215306092009-07-19T13:29:15.034-07:002009-07-19T13:29:15.034-07:00"I've been a member of the talking book g..."I've been a member of the talking book group at my local library for several years. I joined to give myself something to listen to in the car while travelling home from evening shifts (there are only so many Radio Five phone-ins you can listen to) but the majority of the members are blind people, or 'the seriously visually impaired' as we are supposed to call them these days; they hate that. Talking books, whether on cassette or CD, are a real boon to them. I know some of our little group who get through two or three books a week.<br /> Not only have I found several new friends, including the 82 year-old great-grandmother who amazes me every month with her razor-sharp brain and positive attitude, but I have vastly widened my reading range. At the moment, for instance, we are listening to Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice. I have previously dismissed this as the kind of book I would have been forced to read in English Literature A-Level classes 30 years ago. Having tried it, I'm fascinated although some of the descriptions of Far East prison camps during World War Two are painful listening.<br /> So Sam should stick with it for all these reasons and if reading about book groups and discovering they exist encourages our youngsters to enjoy reading, they will have been worth it."the red postmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802491783974422939noreply@blogger.com