The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently

I came across this poem in my AP Lit class recently and I just had to share it with you guys. I think it captures the essence of reading perfectly. Let me know what you think :) 

And a cute reading gif :)

THE VOICE YOU HEAR WHEN YOU READ SILENTLY

is not silent, it is a speaking-
out-loud voice in your head;  it is *spoken*,
a voice is *saying* it
as you read.  It's the writer's words,
of course, in a literary sense
his or her "voice" but the sound
of that voice is the sound of *your* voice.
Not the sound your friends know
or the sound of a tape played back
but your voice
caught in the dark cathedral
of your skull, your voice heard
by an internal ear informed by internal abstracts
and what you know by feeling,
having felt.  It is your voice
saying, for example, the word "barn"
that the writer wrote
but the "barn" you say
is a barn you know or knew.  The voice
in your head, speaking as you read,
never says anything neutrally- some people
hated the barn they knew,
some people love the barn they know
so you hear the word loaded
and a sensory constellation
is lit:  horse-gnawed stalls,
hayloft, black heat tape wrapping
a water pipe, a slippery
spilled *chirr* of oats from a split sack,
the bony, filthy haunches of cows...
And "barn" is only a noun- no verb
or subject has entered into the sentence yet!
The voice you hear when you read to yourself
is the clearest voice:  you speak it
speaking to you.

                        ~~-Thomas Lux

---Danielle

Breaking Waves Tour - Review!

Today I have the pleasure of being apart of the Breaking Waves tour! Breaking Waves is the sequel to Danielle Sibarium's Heart Waves. You might remember my review from last year here. For the tour I'll be doing a  review of Breaking Waves!

Breaking Waves by Danielle Sibarium (Heart Waves #2)
Publication Date: January 10, 2013
Publisher: KFR Communications

Book Description:
From the moment they met, Jenna knew Reece would break her heart, but she never dreamed it
would happen like this. Jenna is left shattered and broken. When life becomes too painful to deal
with and she feels completely alone, there’s only one person to help her pick up the pieces and
move on. The one person she doesn’t want to turn to. The one person she promised to stay away
from. Tyler.

Can Jenna put aside everything she knows about him and let Tyler help heal her broken heart?

Goodreads Link to Breaking Waves
- Amazon Kindle
- BN Nook

Review: Nothing but perfection should be expected from this novel after Danielle Sibarium's first book in the series, and that's what you get. All the characters and story lines have been set up, the reader already loves these characters and there relationships. After reading Heart Waves you can't help but yearn for the sequel to find out what is in store next for Jenna and Reece, and Danielle had so much planned for those two.

The twists and turns in Breaking Waves starts right off in the beginning. Event's that the reader never expects throws them for a loop. The emotion that Danielle puts into these scene's had me tearing up a few times throughout the novel. Breaking Waves is one of those novels that should have tissue warning written on the front cover. You'll want to have those close by when you start. Yet, all the best novels should have those warnings. The emotion behind the characters and they're actions is what made Breaking Waves so addicting.

Another new twist in Breaking Waves is the love triangle. Which is really hard to explain without any spoilers. The love triangle is only a partial love triangle, since you need all three characters to make a triangle. However, that 'almost' love is another quality that made Breaking Waves new and exciting to read. Personally, I'm completely torn between the two guys. I think either one would be perfect for Stephanie. I can see myself happy with either outcome.

In my opinion, the best way to categorize Breaking Waves and Heart Waves, is as an contemporary novel with a supernatural flare. Reader's who enjoy contemporary will still be able to enjoy this series. While it does have a supernatural touch to it, the characters and their relationships are the main focus. If you are a fan of supernatural novels, you will also love the series because it's so mysterious. No matter what you like, it's easy to fall in love with the world that Danielle created. This is one that you don't want to miss.



More About the Author:
Danielle Sibarium grew up as an only child of divorced parents in Brooklyn, New York. Her imagination was developed at an early age. Surrounded by stuffed animals and imaginary friends, she transported herself into a fantasy world full of magic and wonder. Books were the gateway between her play world and reality. On any given summer afternoon she became Snow White sweeping and cooking for the dwarfs, or Cinderella waiting for the prince.

Danielle always loved dialogue and in elementary school began writing plays and short stories. This is when she began to understand she could not only bring her fantastical world to life for herself, but she could enchant others as well. And so she wrote. She wrote and wrote and wrote.

Sadly the first piece she ever sent out for publication of any sort was a letter to the editor of The Home News Tribune. It was a piece thanking the first responders for their bravery and selflessness on Sept 11th. It was chosen as letter of the week.

In 2007 Danielle collaborated with Charlotte Doreen Small to write songs for her CD More. Danielle wrote the lyrics for Take My Hand, and Goodbye, while Charlotte contributed the melody. In October 2011 Danielle’s debut novel For Always was released. She has since released Heart Waves and the second book in the Heart Waves series, Breaking Waves. Danielle graduated from Farleigh Dickinson University with honors, and currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and three children.

Connect with Danielle Sibarium:
Website: http://www.daniellesibarium.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sibarium
Goodreads page: http://www.goodreads.com/Daniellesibarium
Heart Waves Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/heartwavesbook



You can follow the rest of the Breaking Waves Tour Here!

Waiting On Wednesday (Kind of)

Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets—and human lives.

In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch—a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But as he pushes her to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her. And as she searches for an evil magic user targeting powerful young witches, she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her magical blood—or else she might be next. 

I adore all of Rachel Mead's novels. And I've always been the biggest fan of Adrian, so I love this spin off series. 

Book Related Coupons And Bargains

Books, and fun book accessories can be so expensive! Well I recently received a few coupons, I thought I would share them with you guys!


Valentines coupon from Barnes and Nobles!

Coupon Code Online: 728VS7F13RAVS







Out of Print Clothing is celebrating 3 years. They have also fund raised 440,000 books to donate. Some of those even went to Hurricane Sandy Victims.
To celebrate they have a 20% off coupon!

I plan on purchasing one of this sweatshirts in my next Out of Print Clothing purchase. I have a few shirts but I have yet to purchase a sweatshirt from them. Pride and Prejudice and Little Women are some of my favorite books too. 

And as always amazon has some great books on sale for kindle owners!

I have always loved this small contemporary romance novels. They are fun to read and a great when you are stuck home in a snow storm. Anything by Rachel Hawthorne is a feel good romance that you will become addicted to. 

Now this was an exciting Vampire novel. The sequel recently came out, so this one is perfect to pick up. You won't have to wait long after you read the cliff hanger at the end of Infinite Days. 

Jane, is the retelling of Jane Eyre. I really enjoyed this new interpretation of the classic story. 

Blue Bloods is another vampire novel that you don't want to miss. Melissa De La Cruz created a world of magic and mystery that you won't want to leave. 

--Danielle 

Happy New Year! (about a month late...)

Yes! This is actually me (Danielle) posting something! I've really missed you guys. I've missed posting. I've missed talking about books, and I've really missed being in the know about every new book on the shelves at Barnes and Nobles.

I was spending my Christmas gift cards at Barnes and Nobles and I realized that there was so many new books I had never even heard of! Then I started thinking about how I  missed running With A Book. I was going to wait until after finals this week to come back, but I just couldn't wait anymore.

I'm so happy to be back!

Where have I been? 

Well in the past few months I have got to do some really great things! You probably know that I'm in my schools marching band. Well this year we were in the Rose Bowl Parade in California! It was such an honor and so much work went into it. It made it hard to post anything.

Why didn't I come back after that? Well after the Rose Bowl Parade our band was invited to the inauguration parade for Obama! That was a long, cold day but it was worth it to see the president in person.

I have one last reason for why I've been gone for so long. I applied to college! Going through all the application and keeping up with my school work was surprisingly hard. However it all paid off. I was accepted to very school I applied to, some even gave me a good scholarships. I don't know where I'm going to go yet but the stressful part is over.

 Now that I gave you a bunch of excuses, I'm going to give you a late New Years Resolution. At first I was going to post every day, but I want to do something a little more practical. I'm going to post 5 days a week! At the moment that schedule looks like it will be Sunday, Tuesday's, Wednesday's, Thursday's and Friday's.

I'm so excited to be back! I hope all of you had a great holiday and New Years! See you again tomorrow!

--Danielle