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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

A book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us. When we read, we do it with all our heart and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day.
Carlos Ruiz Zafin, The Shadow of the Wind

2 comments:

laughingwolf said...: as are great WRITERS! :(; March 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM
Alexis @ Reflections of a Bookaholic said...: Great readers are becoming more scarce. It's sad.; March 11, 2013 at 9:53 PM

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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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