Some people are “quiet” people. They like the silence. It calms them, makes them more productive. My husband is such a person. Some people are “noise” people. They like to have something buzzing in the periphery of their hearing. It gets them into their work ‘zone,’ where they can stay for longer. I am such a person. I listen to ... Read More »
I confess: I’m a bookworm. I have no clue how old I was when I started to read, but I do know that I read a lot in Grade 1. We had a reading journal in which we (or our parents?) had to record the titles of books that we read and our teacher awarded us with mini pocket books as ... Read More »
It’s World Book Day today and as I was thinking about what I should write about, I realized that a post on my book club – the Best Book Club in the World – is long over due. Six years ago I sat in the lunch room with three of my co-workers commiserating about our respective book clubs. We ... Read More »
I was once what you’d call an Avid Reader. In elementary school, my mom would limit me to reading one book per day. I was captain of the Battle of the Books team for our school for two years (we won first place, both years, of course!) – would you believe that’s the only team that I was on during ... Read More »
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