Sentences with phrase «when reading fiction»

That may be a compelling format for a children's book — imagine Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are with embedded clips from the movie — or business - oriented books that could benefit from interactive illustrations or news video, but do you really need interactivity when reading fiction?

Dictionaries and Translations — When reading fiction or non-fiction title, inevitability you will be unsure on the exact meaning of a word.

When I read fiction, it's Christian fiction.

When I read your fiction «submissions» section, I personally thought «I'd like to read every fiction work this agent represents».

What is the desire that they have when they read our fiction books that would make them want to participate in a one day, three day, week long even at some luxury place?

When I read fiction on Kindle or the iPad, it's as though I'm reading in my second language, in my case Italian.

Not exact matches

When it comes to reading, I try to alternate between tucking into business books and fiction throughout the year.

When she isn't actively momming or blogging, she can usually be found reading, writing, or watching speculative fiction.

When I started reading fiction years ago, I didn't do so because I was seeking anything, except, perhaps, the thrill of saying I'd finished The Brothers Karamazov.

When we think about the role of reading in our spiritual formation, we generally think of non-fiction books that help us understand scripture and theology, but fiction powerfully shapes the ways in which we think faithfully about God and the world.

But now, when I compare Submission to the other Houellebecq books I have read — his novel on transhumanism, The Elementary Particles; and his critical work on the horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft — I realize that Ben Abbas and his supporters are just there to supply a plot.

books i read The Sky Beneath My Feet by Lisa Samson:: I'm pretty hard to please when it comes to «Christian» fiction (as in: I don't really like it) but Lisa Samson is consistently my favourite in this much - maligned...

When people expect to get history, science, doctrine, and ethics out of the Bible, but end up with nothing of the sort, or what they do get does not agree with science, history, or the doctrine of others, they either reject the whole thing as fiction, or they blindly believe and obey what they read, because they don't know what else to do with the text.

I'm a non-believer... (thank god)... but reading all these comments on this religious nonsense is amazing... I get it when third world illiterates regurgitate the scripture... but for the rest of humanity it's pure science fiction... can't beat it... it's a real money maker... let's take money and tax exemption out of the religious equation especially for the mega churches... and we'll see how long it lasts... anybody got a stop watch...

The book is super cute, exactly the type of mystery - meets - chick lit - meets foodie fiction type of book I read when I am alone (if I'm in public, it's War and Peace or something that makes me look smart, of course).

There comes a time when you need an everyday cider, a cider that teaches Martinelli's drinkers what cider can be if it decides to really put in the hours at work, instead of reading Game of Thrones fan fiction all day.

Inside, you'll read: • TIME cover mom Jamie Lynne Grumet on why she volunteered for the photo shoot • Tribute to Dr, Bill Sears • Psychologist Robin Grille on world peace • API's response to TIME • Kathleen Kendall - Tackett's analysis of study favoring sleep training • API's guidance to help parents sort fact from fiction when it comes to parenting news • Actress Mayim Bialik on Attachment Parenting • Child development tips for all ages • Parent - centered inspiration • More

When he's not playing or writing about games, he's usually reading or writing genre fiction, or hanging around on social media.

And in a similarly placed story (on the Times front page) a couple of weeks before Rich's, colleague Pam Belluck reported that a new study in the journal Science had found that «after reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better on tests measuring empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence — skills that come in especially handy when you are trying to read someone's body language or gauge what they might be thinking.»)

As my profile indicates, I am an explorer even when I am reading fiction.

When my district allocated funds specifically for the purpose of improving reading scores, I was able to obtain 20 copies each of several historical fiction titles.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

But there is something deeply powerful about hearing a classroom of your peers read life into a text by reading it with passion and understanding and inflection and... Instead of thinking when you're reading silently, «I wonder if anyone cares about this book,» seeing that every other kid in the class loves this book, wants to bring it to life, enjoys it, is relishing the fiction and the words in the story.

For example, when students studied astronomy, she had them read both fiction and non-fiction texts related to the issues they studied.

When she's not coaching or writing she enjoys traveling abroad, photographing birds, hiking, drinking coffee and reading fiction.

«With our students, we knew they all did well just reading fiction, but when it came to reading informational text, that's where our students had some issues,» Dalton said, «and Achieve3000 focuses on reading for information.»

Years ago, I noticed that my students seemed to really enjoy reading a historical fiction together, but that when it came time for independent reading, they rarely selected books from that genre.

Early on, when science fiction was a genre only read by science geeks and kids who built their own telescopes, readers felt that they were the aliens in the larger real world.

When I'm reviewing fiction for BookPage, I read as much as I can of the novels we are interested in.

Elements of the Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Suspense and / or Crime Fiction Genres - structural expectations of readers when reading certain genres, includes some more definitions and resources.

Joe, when I started writing fiction, I thought I knew something because I had read hundreds of novels.

The term first came from fan fiction, and it means a person who reads your work - in - progress (or «WIP») when you, the writer or «alpha,» are ready for feedback — before it goes into final draft to be sent to your fanfic page, editor, or agent.

It had been a while since I had read any science fiction, so when I saw a posting on Facebook from the author offering a free copy of this novella in exchange for a review, I decided «What the heck?».

When not scoping out the newest fiction, Jo can be found teaching professional stretching (aka Pilates) to her (mostly complying) colleagues, performing with her band, dancing, reading or watching police procedurals on Netflix.

Maybe soon all this book gaming will start to piss readers off when there's hardly any good books to read any more, then they'll go looking for writers who stuck with it and write good fiction, rather than just pumping out crap and then gaming the system.

The term first came from fan fiction, and it means a person who reads your Work - In - Progress («WIP») when you, the writer -LSB-...]

However, while in print fiction, interactivity is designed to go unnoticed or else has become so intuitive that we don't notice it, when it comes to reading digital literature, interactivity is an integral part of the experience.

400 pages + for fiction seems to be asking a lot of readers in certain genres, not that there are not those who will read this, but when targeting a mass reading demographic, 300 - 350 page range seems accessible.

It brings me back to my formative years when I read a lot more science fiction than I do now.

When I set about writing my next effort at fiction, I didn't think I had reached a level where I could feel comfortable that my writing was on a close enough par with the thriller novels I was reading.

But when I talk to my non-writer friends, they're all reading fiction from major authors, those with all the buzz and the Kirkus reviews, etc..

When you complain about this on message boards and article posts, excuse me, but stupid people who only do casual reading or fantasy / fiction, think they represent the whole market, are tech experts who should ridicule more sophisticated readers simply because in their opinion an ereader is not a tablet.

It was fiction but read like non-fiction, we all know how bad things were in Afghanistan when the Taliban came in and how desperately people wanted to leave.

When Mountains Move by Julie Cantrell, the second novel from an author who took Christian fiction by storm with her debut (you can read my review here)

When I first read it eight years ago, not only did it further stir my then - budding interest in flash fiction, but it also sparked teaching ideas for my high school creative writing classes.

My intent with The Breeders was, first and foremost, to keep people entertained (I don't like when fiction reads like a chore).

Ken: On the one hand, having a good backlist help your sales so if you're committed to one particular genre like in science fiction, when I released a new series in the fall, it did really well and those readers read my other science fiction series so it had that kind of cascade effect.

I've read some of your horror and when people read your fiction it's like they see inside your head in a very different way.

When she's not writings, she's «reading all the fiction I can load onto my Kindle, running slowly for miles and miles, and messing around in the dark alleys and back streets of the Net.»

And so we condescend when we read it, don't quite take it seriously, which may be in part why good flash fiction is constantly so surprising, so startling, so likely to give us our comeuppance.