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Beth said...

I think so! :)

October 21, 2011 at 7:37 AM

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The Reader's Bill of Rights
1. The right to not read
2. The right to skip pages
3. The right to not finish
4. The right to reread
5. The right to read anything
6. The right to escapism
7. The right to read anywhere
8. The right to browse
9. The right to read out loud
10. The right to not defend your tastes
~Daniel Pennac, Better Than Life


further reading

  • AbeBooks
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  • BBToady
  • Bill Bryson
  • Bookaholic
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  • Pop Library
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  • Random House
  • Room to Read
  • Roots of Empathy
  • Shakespeare's Words
  • Simon and Schuster
  • The Indextrious Reader
  • Therapy Through Tolstoy
  • Tiny Library
  • Virtuous Bread
  • Wild Mountain

Guerrilla Reading
Turn off the TV
Turn off the computer
Turn off the game console
Always have a book with you to read ~
~before going to sleep
~before getting up
~in the bathtub
~while waiting for your ride
~while on the bus/train/plane
~while dinner is cooking
~while exercising (audiobooks!)
~while driving (ditto)
~while waiting for an appointment
~while baby is napping
~after kids are in bed
~with kids
~to kids
~while eating lunch
~while eating breakfast
~at the cottage (dock, hammock, screen porch)
~while walking
~while waiting for kids in the mom & dad taxi
~on a park bench
~instead of housework
~in the bathroom
~while on hold on the phone
~on the porch with a cocktail
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The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
~Dr. Seuss

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