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Thursday, April 18, 2013

I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust whose smell I carry on my hands to this day.
~Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of The Wind

3 comments:

Harvee said...: One of my favorite writers, he has such excellent quotes.; April 18, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Connie said...: I will be forever grateful to my parents who raised me around lots of books. That is probably one of the best gifts they ever gave me.; April 18, 2013 at 10:41 AM
Trish said...: Book Dilettante - Zafon has quickly become one of my favourite writers as well. He has some wonderfully evocative passages in all of his books.

Daisy - yes, mine too.; April 19, 2013 at 8:40 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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