Girl Reader

[olugbemisola]

"I Wish I Could Read Like A Girl", by Michelle Slatalla brought back so many memories...and I do think that I've lost a bit of that utterly pleasurable, deep dive in, suspension of disbelief, discover reading -- the critic in me gets in the way too often. But there are still those books that I can burrow myself into (sorry about the grammar), with

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[christine444]

I guess I was lucky, because I discovered a lot of good books last year. :>) Funny that Michelle mentioned "Hurt Go Happy"--I liked that one, too.

Happy New Year!

[lisamullarkey]

GREAT article.

"They drape themselves across chairs and sofas and beds - any available horizontal surface will do, in a pinch - and they allow a novel to carry them so effortlessly from one place to another that for a time they truly don’t care about anything else."

Sigh. Those were the days!

[bridgewriter]

Great article...That kind of reading helped me survive growing up in a small NYC apartment with lots of brothers and sisters!

Happy New Year Gbemi to you & your family!

:)Bridget