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Thursday, December 15, 2011

In the case of books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
Mortimer J. Adler

3 comments:

Lee said...: True!; December 15, 2011 at 2:50 PM
laughingwolf said...: good ones, sure... there are some i'd just as soon chuck, being far from readable :(; December 15, 2011 at 9:39 PM
Trish said...: The ones I'd like to chuck are the ones that get through to my last nerve. But then I don't give them much of a second thought.; December 16, 2011 at 7:04 AM

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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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