All of a sudden, there is a lot more word on the blog than wool, isn't there? That's okay by me, though: I've been an avid reader for far longer than I have been a knitter. 
Today's book is Listen
Gutteridge poses the question,
"What if your private conversations just went public?"What a thought-provoking premise. What if you were venting about work in your own kitchen, for example, and your whole conversation suddenly appeared online for the entire world to read? More importantly, what if the people at your job or school, in your town or church, read the words you spoke, in the heat of the moment?
Listen explores just that scenario. The small town of Marlo is in an uproar because, for no apparent reason, someone, somehow, is eavesdropping on private conversations all over town and posting transcripts of those conversations on a blog. The content of those conversations begins to tear apart tranquil Milo as friends and neighbors become suspicous of one another.
Who is the blog author? What is this person trying to accomplish?
Again, like with yesterday's book, I knew "whodunnit" fairly early into the story but this did not detract from my enjoyment of Listen because I wasn't sure exactly why until much closer to the final wrap up. Also, I never found myself stopping mid-page to try to rearrange paragraphs and sentence structures.
Listen is very well-written and I highly recommend reading it. This book really made me think about the power of the words that
I am reminded of the poem by William W Purkey,
"Dance like there's nobody watchingand wondering if maybe the last line should be
Love like you'll never get hurt
Sing like there's nobody listening
Live like it's heaven on earth
And speak from the heart to be heard"
"And speak as if everyone can hear."
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Love the poem and these are sage words to live by.
What an intriguing premise! *makes note about this book*
Thanks for the review, I, too, am an avid reader and have been for much longer than my knitting.
I clearly remember reading a Dr. Seuss book by myself, in the lap of a parent, and coming across the longest word I'd ever seen, and that moment of aha! when I figured it out and read it aloud for the first time: "something".
Thanks for the review. I think I'll be looking for this one when I get my new credits at Audible.
It's kind of a scary thought though.
Oooo...that one sounds good!! Thanks!
This sounds interesting. It's like those times someone hears you say something you wouldn't want them to hear (not that I've ever done that), but taken to the extreme.
That poem is one of my favorites.
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