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- I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You don't have to…
- As a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to…
- I don't read for amusement, I read for enlightenment. I do a lot of reviewing, so I have a steady assignment of reading. I'm also…
- I don't think I'm morbid by nature. Serious writers have always written about serious subjects. Lighthearted material doesn't appeal to me, and I don't read…
- My students often say, 'My roommate read this story and really liked it,' and it's hard to convince them that there are things wrong with…
- Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own…
- The books I read I do enjoy, very much; otherwise I wouldn't read them. Most of them are for review, for the New York Review…
- Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.
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