{"id":544,"date":"2020-04-27T20:20:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T03:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/?p=544"},"modified":"2020-04-27T20:20:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T03:20:40","slug":"reading-joy-in-the-time-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/2020\/04\/27\/reading-joy-in-the-time-of-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Joy in the Time of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 p_0 resp-pl-15 resp-pr-15\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-detail col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 pull-left p_0 resp-pl-15 resp-pr-15\">\n<div class=\"social-share col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 pl_0 pr_0 hidden-print\">\n<div class=\"comment-icon-image\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story_para_article\" class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 pl_0 pr_0 mt_20 story-para resp-pl-15 resp-pr-15\">\n<div id=\"story_para_article_mask\" class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 pl_0 pr_0 story-para resp-pl-15 resp-pr-15\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/binaries\/content\/gallery\/Jlibrary\/2020\/04\/readingjoy-800-credit.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of sad grown woman. Unopened book in background.\" align=\"top\"><\/p>\n<p>Students struggling to read during the quarantine share these suggestions for sparking reading motivation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revisit favorites.<\/strong>&nbsp;One editor friend is rereading his old \u201cStar Trek\u201d paperbacks. Another friend says re-reading books she loves gives her a sense of familiarity and control. \u201cI find comfort in the tried-and-true,\u201d she said. \u201cMy brain cannot take in one more new thing new right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose \u201clighter\u201d fare.&nbsp;<\/strong>So much of what we read about the&nbsp;pandemic is frightening and depressing. Reading a happily-ever-after ending or adventurous travelogue can give us a sense of hope or soothe our wanderlust during confinement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick something short.&nbsp;<\/strong>If that 700-page tome on your nightstand seems daunting, kick-start your reading momentum with shorter texts like graphic novels, poetry, and short story anthologies, or periodicals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Try an audiobook.<\/strong>&nbsp;If you feel the urge to keep busy,&nbsp;and cannot sit still for long periods to read, try listening to an audiobook while you clean out that closet or enjoy a safe&nbsp;walk. Sign teens up for Audiobook Sync (available at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiobooksync.com\/\">https:\/\/www.audiobooksync.com\/<\/a>&nbsp;), a free summer program, which offers two free audiobooks a week beginning April 30th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with other readers.<\/strong>&nbsp;Without face-to-face reading advisory conversations, student conferences, or conversations with colleagues, many librarians and teachers miss talking with other readers. Join a Twitter chat. Schedule a call with friends to talk about books. Look for ways to maintain the social aspects of reading that feed you. I joined a Zoom book club with other librarians and teachers. Reading for our meetings motivates me and the discussion enhances my appreciation for the books we read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?authorName=Donalyn%20Miller\">Donalyn Miller<\/a>,&nbsp; Apr 10, 2020 School Library Journal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Students struggling to read during the quarantine share these suggestions for sparking reading motivation: Revisit favorites.&nbsp;One editor friend is rereading his old \u201cStar Trek\u201d paperbacks. Another friend says re-reading books she loves gives her a sense of familiarity and control. \u201cI find comfort in the tried-and-true,\u201d she said. \u201cMy brain cannot take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":636,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/636"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":636,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}