Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
During school, we do a thing called Literary Salon, where people read books aloud and other people listen and eat snacks. The last time we did Literary Salon, we each got a part from the winning Newbery book Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! to read out loud because our teacher was in the Newbery committee. I was Nelly the Sniggler. It was very exciting! If you want to hear my part, you can play the podcast below:
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March 5th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
This is one of the most interesting monologues, in my opinion. I love hearing about Nelly’s birth and the failed drowning. I also LOVE the word “sniggler.”
Nice work. Thanks for sharing this!
March 5th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
This is the last podcast I listened to, and I’m glad that it was. I loved hearing your laugh in there as you read along. You didn’t skip a beat, but I could suddenly see Nelly being happy and appreciating her good fortune. It must have been horrible to be so poor, but thank goodness it got a little better. I’ve been poor in my life, and it isn’t fun except when you look back. Now I think of those times with a smile myself. Carol
( a member of the 2008 Newbery Committee)
March 6th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I haven’t had a chance to listen to each of the podcasts, but I did listen to and enjoy yours. It was easy to believe that you were the baby suspended over a bucket, and that it was your little fingers that held on. Well done.
mwt
March 6th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
that was such a well done reading, you sounded so real and precisely the right voice for the character. well done!
March 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
wow! that sounds so interesting I really want to read the book now. Can you imagine being a baby and your parents not being able to keep you? And holding on for dear life to save yourself? You sounded suitably serious in the beginning and increasingly light hearted as your good fortune came around - and is “sniggler” a real word?
March 9th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I chose to listen to your podcast because I was intrigued with the word ’sniggler’ and wanted to learn more. I loved listening to your interpretation of this extract… what beautiful reading! It’s hard to believe how differently those people lived, and yet they had the same feelings and basic needs that we do. Thank you for introducing me to this book.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Hi everyone! Thanks for the nice comments!
-c16km
P.S.
sniggler is a real word.
March 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am
-km
i like how you read it very steady. thanks for reading it to me!
-cw