A post that is quite appropriate for Halloween, but is also going to make me sound like a liar. I finished Mary Shelly's Frankenstein yesterday whilst waiting for a train connection to take me back to London. Reading Frankenstein has been my first foray into the world of e-books, and I have downloaded an app onto my mobile, which I then use to read books. I have to admit that I am somewhat old fashioned and appreciate the feel of paper books, and the sense of being able to see your progression through a book as you examine where your bookmark is in the overall thickness of the book, and also the sense of achievement and satisfaction that you feel as you close the cover having read the last page. I've been dipping in and out of this novel (I struggle to call it a book, only because I was reading it electronically) on bus and train journeys, whilst standing in never ending queues etc. over the past 4 months or so. Fortunately it is the type of novel that does not particularly require a period of prolonged attention, and the story is so famous that I don't need to give a summary here. In fact, I was surprised to realise that I had never read it before! As the PGCE year progresses, I may have a couple more titles to add to this blog, as I will be commuting for over 2 hours each day, and a little light relief in the form of reading may be required!!!
Monday, 31 October 2011
Frankenstein
A post that is quite appropriate for Halloween, but is also going to make me sound like a liar. I finished Mary Shelly's Frankenstein yesterday whilst waiting for a train connection to take me back to London. Reading Frankenstein has been my first foray into the world of e-books, and I have downloaded an app onto my mobile, which I then use to read books. I have to admit that I am somewhat old fashioned and appreciate the feel of paper books, and the sense of being able to see your progression through a book as you examine where your bookmark is in the overall thickness of the book, and also the sense of achievement and satisfaction that you feel as you close the cover having read the last page. I've been dipping in and out of this novel (I struggle to call it a book, only because I was reading it electronically) on bus and train journeys, whilst standing in never ending queues etc. over the past 4 months or so. Fortunately it is the type of novel that does not particularly require a period of prolonged attention, and the story is so famous that I don't need to give a summary here. In fact, I was surprised to realise that I had never read it before! As the PGCE year progresses, I may have a couple more titles to add to this blog, as I will be commuting for over 2 hours each day, and a little light relief in the form of reading may be required!!!
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