Do you know about Goodreads? I use the site to keep track of what I’ve read and what I want to read. We can be friends there and recommend books to each other, if you like. This year I decided to try to write a brief response to each book I read. Here’s one of the more recent ones. I’ll start cross-posting them here on a semi-regular basis. […]
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I can’t remember anyone my own age who was enthusiastic about books. Reading is by nature a solitary act, but just as natural for me was the impulse to share what I was reading, and my excited overtures tended to fall on indifferent ears. I was a very shy child, and books were one of the few things I got excited enough about to try talking with other kids. It was easy to justify retreating back into my imagination when they failed to reciprocate. he reason I kept trying, though, is because I did have powerful proof that some kids were as into books as I was. […] |
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"There are times I've wished I said all the folly in my heart and not the wisdom in my head." ~ A.J. Roach |
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