Do you enjoy reading to your children?

[MistressMary]

Or do you pretend to enjoy it?
I like reading some stuff to bubs, but the repetitive stuff gets on my nerves a bit. And it dreis my throat out and I sound like a dalek with laryngytis by the end of the book!

Absolutely love it.

ditto sobernow! Why do you think I go out early and get the babysitter to do it?

No Sobernow - you're not alone, probably most people don't want to own up to hating it!! I LOVE reading (for myself!!) and would much, much rather be reading my own book instead of to DS but, of course I do it - sometimes five books at bed time (plus every morning - 6am - lovely!!), & go to the library and join every reading scheme going - but doesn't mean I actually enjoy it !!

I love it in general, but I find some books much more enjoyable than others. It's not just the content but how they're written in terms of reading out loud too. I hate Enid Blyton for reading out loud, but I read them a book called Angela and Diabola recently which just kind of flowed off the tongue. I always liked reading Hairy Maclary and Where the Wild Things Are for the same reason.

I like reading aloud because I love the sound of my own voice.

me too

I love it but as others have said it depensd what it is.

agree about Rainbow fairies they are dire. ditto Harry Potter and Animal Ark (this is for reading aloud btw)

the oldies are the best: Wind in willows, charlie and choc factory; the little wooden horse (although he gets irritating) etc

Enid blyton boring but both dds love the Wishing Chair atm so I can do 2 kids - 1 story. Great!

i read the first one on holiday a couple of years ago and thought it was dire. Can NOT see what adults see in it at all. And they are utterly derivative.

we all even find the films boring. And usually we love witches and wizards and all that.

I enjoy reading to DD and DS, but DS always interupts and I rarely finish a single sentence without him commenting on something or other. Still, he enjoys and seems interested so its worthwhile.

I also like listening to DD read to DS!

I do like it 90% of the time but sometimes would nlike dh to take over which he never does.I prefer reading in the day to bedtime story as ds seems to get more hyper with a bedtime story even if its a mellow story

Some are tedious - especially the ones I have to read to dd 2 or 3 times every evening: Miffy, Bing etc. Much prefer it when she goes for the nursery shirley hughes.
Ds's books are better. My favourites (and therefore the ones he has most) are
Dogger
Any Alfie
Where the Wild Things Are
Madeline series
He does like the Harry and the Dinosaur Books so mix it up a bit with those.
My best though is when I can read him PROPER BOOKS! In January I read him a chapter of 101 Dalmatians every night. Unfortunately I think I enjoyed it more. Since then he has also had (half of) Ballet Shoes (yes, I know it's really for girls) and some of those books that came with shreddies. His best has been my old battered copy of The House That Sailed Away by Pat Hutchins - just perfect for a 5 year old.

The other problem I have is getting carried away with my acting abilities and doing different voices. It's OK when they are little and stories are short, but when you have to do Teddy Robinson's voice as a deep growl night after night and woe betide you if it slips back to normal it all gets a bit wearing.

Quite like it, actually - at least it doesn't involve too much running around (Seven months pregnant with ds1 and find running around after toddler exhausting)

I do have some pet hates, one of which is Maisy (I pretend to be deaf when she asks for it ) Okay so the pictures are big and clear but there never seems much point to them - they are just banal. There are a few, though, that I like reading to her because they have a lovely point to them. I will never, for instance, get tired of The Gruffalo and The Lion who wanted to Love. I actually keep crying at the last lines of the latter- something along the lines of 'It takes someone special to be different' - my dh keeps laughing at the catch in my voice when I read it - think it might be the pregnancy hormones! But my point is that it's books that have a point to them - the rainbow fish or the smartest giant that make me feel good about the things I can teach her later on.

Should have mentioned that dd is only 20 months so not quite at Roald Dahl stage yet. Can't wait for that ....

Quite like it, actually - at least it doesn't involve too much running around (Seven months pregnant with ds1 and find running around after toddler exhausting)

I do have some pet hates, one of which is Maisy (I pretend to be deaf when she asks for it ) Okay so the pictures are big and clear but there never seems much point to them - they are just banal. There are a few, though, that I like reading to her because they have a lovely point to them. I will never, for instance, get tired of The Gruffalo and The Lion who wanted to Love. I actually keep crying at the last lines of the latter- something along the lines of 'It takes someone special to be different' - my dh keeps laughing at the catch in my voice when I read it - think it might be the pregnancy hormones! But my point is that it's books that have a point to them - the rainbow fish or the smartest giant that make me feel good about the things I can teach her later on.

Loathe HP as well

I've never even tried to read Harry Potter and ds isn't interested and just as well by the sound of it.

lol ks that happened tonight in the wishing chair: 'I know, we could give Wizard Ho Ho a sleepy spell' cried Peter

grrrrrrrrr

I love rading to DS but that's because I choose the books! I will never agree to read HP - I hate the style!