Recently, upon reading Deb Nance’s “Readerbuzz,” or her Goodreads reviews, I came across a reminder of a book I’d read some time ago, and like Debbie, it had resonated with me strongly. The book is Ann Hood’s Morningstar, which describes her life-long relationship with books. The passage which follows is Hood’s take on reading:
“This is why we all read, isn’t it? To know the world and ourselves better. To find our place in that world. Even if you did have access to readers and guidance on what to read, even if you grew up in a family that loved to read and owned shelves of books, still, still, one day a book falls into your hands–perhaps it’s Beloved, or A Wrinkle in Time, or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; perhaps it’s Great Expectations or Pride and Prejudice–whatever book it is, it falls into your hands at just the…
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I feel like Ann Hood is my reading twin.
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I got that impression too.
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