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Reading is essential - to relax, to be entertained, to learn, to travel, to walk in someone else‘s shoes.
Probably my mom. I don‘t remember a time when I couldn‘t read & wasn‘t in love with reading & mom was my first teacher. I read all the time. In the morning when I‘m eating breakfast, on audio on my commute, when I have a few minutes of downtime, evenings & weekends, before I fall asleep at night. I get cranky if I can‘t read.

Started this one today. #bookspinbingo #LittenListen #JuneHolidayReads fits the Father's Day prompt.

@TheAromaofBooks

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #NonFiction2021 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Sweet book about a father and daughter and their mutual love of books. Each chapter starts with a book quote from a book the father read to his daughter. Their goal is to read 1000 nights together. The book also deals with family, divorce, and growing up.

#vacationread

#FierceFeb Day 21: After all those books read, I would think Ozma would say something like I am #NoOnesLittleGirl - the premise of this book is fascinating. I acquired this book a few years back and really look forward to reading it.

#heartsandhardcovers #promise

Saw this title on Goodreads, looks interesting.

Disclaimer: I listened to the audiobook. I loved this book. The chapters are quick and insightful. There are scattering of book quotes throughout. And each chapter relates to books the author was reading and how those stories shaped her life and her view on life. Amazing look at the effects reading can have on our children.

I can't stand seeing parents with kids in tow totally occupied my their phones.

1. Road trip to Starved Rock
2. Not really a season...rainy afternoon while the kids are quiet watching a movie
3. WWII
4. Usually 0️⃣ I prefer 🆓at the local library
5. Not a particular place. I just love be transported to somewhere else
6. Kiddos
7. None. Putting tax 💲 to work at the local library
@GypsyKat

#fallintobooks Day 5 #someoneelsereading

This is a fabulous book and something to aspire to with my own kid!

@RealLifeReading

I'd call it a pick. It's a simple and sweet story about a girl and her dad, the importance of reading, and the importance of family. A sweet read for anyone, but especially those who are lucky enough to have a strong father-daughter relationship, or those who did.

A little over halfway, thanks to some #audiomowing. Pushing a mower after working all day is not a good time. Hoping to finish this before I crash for the night.

If you have to work on a Saturday, you may as well have some entertainment.

1. I'm reading at my parents' house (ideally, the porch)
2. This is my first 24in48, but I have done Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon whenever possible for years @DeweysReadathon
3. I heard about it on Litsy
4. Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel Jose Older
5. I'm a YA librarian. Working with teenagers has been a great learning curve about Manga, a genre I knew nothing about before

#17rainbowbooks. I'm starting a day late, but it looked like so much fun that I couldn't resist joining in!

I'm only 38 pages in, but loving this memoir by a daughter whose father read to her nightly for eight straight years. Anybody else read this one?

I enjoyed the last third of the book more than the first two thirds, but I think I'd like the whole thing even more if I read it rather than listened

This book is poignant and funny, recalling the reading streak the author and her dad adhered to for years. The last chapter was especially inspiring in its defense of reading and reading aloud.

"I promise to be there for books, because I know they will always be there for me."