Commonplace Read-Aloud: Recent Episodes
Andrea Huehnerhoff
I love reading out loud to my kids, and sharing good books and literature with anyone who enjoys it. These are informal, unprofessional, and unedited recordings of me (and possibly others!), reading old books from the public domain aloud for you to enjoy.
Grab a handicraft and some tea and join the LIVE read-alouds on Zoom! https://infusedoilers.aidaform.com/join-read-alouds
These are, as I said, UNEDITED, informal, and very casual. There will be interruptions from the kids, pauses, and sometimes a stop to drink some water.
Let's read together! If you want to read a book out loud on the podcast as well, let me know. Public domain books only.
Oh my gosh, it's the end!!! What a ride! Tell me what you think of the story. Do you actually like any of the characters?! If not, what kept you listening? Chapters 32, 33 & 34 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 29, 30 & 31 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 26, 27 & 28 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 24 & 25 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 22 &23 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 20 & 21 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 18 & 19 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 17 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 15 & 16 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 13 & 14 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapters 11 & 12 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapter 10 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapter 9 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapter 8 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison: Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapter 7 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison: I'm getting better! Half-way through this chapter things started to click. I'm hoping my reading will be more engaging from now on in. Very exciting developments in this chapter! Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapter 6 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison: Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. This recording was made after supper, on my sofa, with my son and husband curled up next to me. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Chapter 4 & 5 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison: Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. This recording was made after supper, on my sofa, with my son and husband curled up next to me. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Just can't get enough of your own chores? Here is 30 minutes of washing dishes, running water, cupboards and drawers opening and closing in a quiet house as I redd up the kitchen for the next day. Recorded March 29, 2021
Two Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs bark for the first five minutes, then periodically throughout. Frog chorus fills the air. Recorded March, 2021.
Chapter 3 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen from a 1961 Penguin paperback. From Alison: Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. This recording was made after supper, on my sofa, with my son and husband curled up next to me. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
One hour of the creek running at night, occasional dog barking. This is just for you, Elaine! Recorded March 14, 2021
Chapters 1 and 2 from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, read by Alison, of www.instagram.com/ancestral_kitchen From Alison: Wuthering Heights is my favourite Bronte book, but I've not read it since college, over 20 years ago! Fate worked to bring a vintage copy into my hands recently and, with Andrea's encouragement, I decided to record my family read-aloud sessions of it here. A warning: I am not a professional reader; just a Mum who likes stories and hearing them out loud. This recording was made after supper, on my sofa, with my son and husband curled up next to me. The text of Wuthering Heights is not simple and the font in the 1961 edition of the book I'm using is tiny. Please expect mistakes :-)
Mari Mann is a talented author and dedicated reader! She wrote a bewitching short story that picks up right where A Christmas Carol ends. I read this short story nine years ago when I first picked up her book and haven't been able to shake it ever since. We were enormously excited when she agreed to read it aloud for us on the podcast!!!! You can find a copy of her short story collection on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3meOKhg (https://amzn.to/3meOKhg) And read her author bio on GoodReads here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5178302.Mari_Mann?fbclid=IwAR3jL75T1aWsknHykp2yIVxvdW0GTckMUnYhoPZv8MAQITNPWWmAx3doaGY (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5178302.Mari_Mann?fbclid=IwAR3jL75T1aWsknHykp2yIVxvdW0GTckMUnYhoPZv8MAQITNPWWmAx3doaGY)
Stave Five! Ample warning: I am not a professional reader, I probably pronounce words wrong, however there were no interruptions during this reading so that is remarkable! Any errors in the text are my own. Any character voices I blame on my encouraging audience who egged me cheerfully on to make some character voices and are undoubtedly my muses. This reading is dedicated to them: Sabrina, Elaine, Camille, Linda and Colleen, and my mom, Leslie, who first read A Christmas Carol to me when I was a lil dibbun and animated it to such liveliness as inspired me to read to my kids and now to you, every book I could lay my hands on. She loaned me that self-same worn copy for this reading. A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 and is in the public domain. It can be read in its entirety, for free, at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24022 If you have suggestions for further public domain reading, or are an author and would like to schedule a reading of your own, please reach out to me here, and get on the e-mail alert list and join us on Zoom! https://infusedoilers.aidaform.com/join-read-alouds
Stave Four! Ample warning: I am not a professional reader, I probably pronounce words wrong, however there were no interruptions during this reading so that is remarkable! Any errors in the text are my own. Any character voices I blame on my encouraging audience who egged me cheerfully on to make some character voices and are undoubtedly my muses. This reading is dedicated to them: Sabrina, Elaine, Camille, Linda and Colleen, and my mom, Leslie, who first read A Christmas Carol to me when I was a lil dibbun and animated it to such liveliness as inspired me to read to my kids and now to you, every book I could lay my hands on. She loaned me that self-same worn copy for this reading. A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 and is in the public domain. It can be read in its entirety, for free, at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24022 If you have suggestions for further public domain reading, or are an author and would like to schedule a reading of your own, please reach out to me here, and get on the e-mail alert list and join us on Zoom! https://infusedoilers.aidaform.com/join-read-alouds
Stave Three! Ample warning: I am not a professional reader, I probably pronounce words wrong, however there were no interruptions during this reading so that is remarkable! Any errors in the text are my own. Any character voices I blame on my encouraging audience who egged me cheerfully on to make some character voices and are undoubtedly my muses. This reading is dedicated to them: Sabrina, Elaine, Camille, Linda and Colleen, and my mom, Leslie, who first read A Christmas Carol to me when I was a lil dibbun and animated it to such liveliness as inspired me to read to my kids and now to you, every book I could lay my hands on. She loaned me that self-same worn copy for this reading. A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 and is in the public domain. It can be read in its entirety, for free, at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24022 If you have suggestions for further public domain reading, or are an author and would like to schedule a reading of your own, please reach out to me here, and get on the e-mail alert list and join us on Zoom! https://infusedoilers.aidaform.com/join-read-alouds
Slightly less interruptions, the phone did ring one time!! Get your handicraft, art, or cleaning project ready and enjoy! Fezziwig is undoubtedly my favorite character to read, obviously. Unprofessional, unedited recordings of public domain books, read aloud to you from my living room, while you work on a project at home. Get on the e-mail alert list and join us on Zoom! https://infusedoilers.aidaform.com/join-read-alouds A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 and is in the public domain. It can be read in its entirety, for free, at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24022
Stave One! Ample warning: I am not a professional reader, I probably pronounce words wrong, however there were no interruptions during this reading so that is remarkable! Any errors in the text are my own. Any character voices I blame on my encouraging audience who egged me cheerfully on to make some character voices and are undoubtedly my muses. This reading is dedicated to them: Sabrina, Elaine, Camille, Linda and Colleen, and my mom, Leslie, who first read A Christmas Carol to me when I was a lil dibbun and animated it to such liveliness as inspired me to read to my kids and now to you, every book I could lay my hands on. She loaned me that self-same worn copy for this reading. A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 and is in the public domain. It can be read in its entirety, for free, at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24022 If you have suggestions for further public domain reading, or are an author and would like to schedule a reading of your own, please reach out to me here, and get on the e-mail alert list and join us on Zoom! https://infusedoilers.aidaform.com/join-read-alouds