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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc
The "live" thing makes space for contact, feedback, from both the audience and the narrator (like gasps from the audience when Frodo is suddenly being attacked - the image of Bilbo from the movies telling the hobbit kids about the trolls comes to my mind - and the possible adjustments of the narrator's way of reading based on the audience's reactions or mood). And it is experiencing the story in a communion, passing through it together. With the narrator's voice on a CD you are actually again just alone, but even without the possibility to let your imagination completely loose as you have in reading yourself.
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This makes me think of my little brother. I am reading The Hobbit to him and every paragraph he has something to say or to ask. Mostly about Bombur, because that's his favourite. He will stop me and say "Who is Beorn?" or "Those goblins were funny!" Since I am reading to him I can stop and answer his question or have a mini conversation with him on the subject that he wants to know about. Also, I can read faster or slower if I see he is getting bored with a particular part or I see that he needs to get a better grip on what's being said. It works out better that way, even though I am not the best out-loud reader.