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My father didn’t believe that I should be taught to read before I got to school. He had learned to read when he was three, and by the time his class in school got around to sounding out Dick and Jane, the teacher just let him sit in a corner with Treasure Island while she tended to ( Read more... )

This morning I read this letter from John Steinbeck to his oldest son, away at boarding school. It made me cry, but in a pleasant way. It's really lovely.

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This week in RobPisces Horoscope for week of January 12, 2012 ( Read more... )

I can't stop reading this blog about a reading/writing project. It is thoughtful and hilarious and makes me sad I only have a page or two left to get fully caught up.

A quote: It could not be a slicker, more cynical attempt to capitalize on the publishing trends of the day and get women to the bookstore if it were “Our Year On The Twilight Diet ( Read more... )