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The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared | Alice Ozma
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When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecutive nights. On the hundreth night, they shared pancakes to celebrate, but it soon became evident that neither wanted to let go of their storytelling ritual. So they decided to continue what they called "The Streak." Alice's father read aloud to her every night without fail until the day she left for college. Alice approaches her book as a series of vignettes about her relationship with her father and the life lessons learned from the books he read to her. Books included in the Streak were: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and Shakespeare's plays.
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Christy2318
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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.

peanutnine I also get cranky when I can't read 😅 2y
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aperfectmjk
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Started this one today. #bookspinbingo #LittenListen #JuneHolidayReads fits the Father's Day prompt.

@TheAromaofBooks

Addison_Reads I listened to this last month and enjoyed it. 😁 3y
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Addison_Reads
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#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.

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megnews
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TEArificbooks
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Tropical chicken salad sandwich and watermelon mojito smoothie and a new read. I am finally getting to my #nonfictionchallenge2018 book for June.

Reviewsbylola Sounds so yummy! 🍉 6y
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GatheringBooks
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#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.

batsy Sounds great! Lovely cover. 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Love the cover 6y
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mrp27
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#heartsandhardcovers #promise

Saw this title on Goodreads, looks interesting.

Chrissyreadit I liked this book a lot. I wish I had been able to read out loud together that consistently with my kids. 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love the cover!!! 6y
smilingshelves I love this book! Maybe I can pull it off with my own kids... 6y
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mrp27 @smilingshelves I hope you can, sounds like a beautiful tradition to share! 6y
mrp27 @Chrissyreadit Glad you liked it. It got some low scoring reviews on Goodreads but I still want to give it a go. That's a crazy commitment to keep up! 6y
Chrissyreadit @smilingshelves go for it! @mrp27 I saw the poor reviews too. I was bummed, it‘s a sweet read and demonstrates a great relationship. I almost thought not life changing, but in reality , if more people had a reading relationship from early years the reading and relationship can be life changing. We might live in a very different culture. Sigh. 6y
mrp27 @Chrissyreadit Thanks for the encouragement, definitely going to read it now, and I totally agree! 6y
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Jschultzems
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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.

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Jensol77
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I can't stand seeing parents with kids in tow totally occupied my their phones.

TrishB In my case its the teenagers on the phone! 7y
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Jensol77
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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

GypsyKat Wow! You are the first person I've seen who doesn't own a single unread book. Kudos for being such a great library patron! 👏👏👏 7y
Jensol77 @GypsyKat I just can't see buying something I can get for free. Once in a while, I'll buy a book if I'm going to share with my mom. I also buy audios that are not available in the library. We have to let those tax dollars work for us 🤑 7y
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smilingshelves
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#fallintobooks Day 5 #someoneelsereading

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

@RealLifeReading

BucklingBookshelves Agreed 100% ! Loved it on audio - intro read by her dad and the rest read by Alice :) 7y
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goodbyefrancie
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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.

BucklingBookshelves Loved this one! 7y
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goodbyefrancie
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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.

cariashley Audiomowing, that's a new one! Good for you! 7y
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goodbyefrancie
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If you have to work on a Saturday, you may as well have some entertainment.

Reecaspieces I am with ya!! 7y
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PatienceFortitude
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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

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

howjessicareads Hooray! 7y
BucklingBookshelves Have you read The Reading Promise yet? I loved it! 7y
smilingshelves I have! Oh, if only I could do the same thing with my son! 7y
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SusaninTX
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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?

Lucylovesreading I used to read to my parents every night before bed as a kid for half an hour. It's one of the things that shaped me into the voracious reader I am today! 7y
GAustin I have. I loved it. I loved it because of the relationship between them. I read it New when they were doing a book tour and Sunday Morning show did a piece on them. It encouraged me to read to my daughter more. I did not beat "The Streak" 7y
SusaninTX @GAustin The relationship was the best thing about it. I'd love to get it into the hands of more young parents to inspire the next generation. 😊 7y
GAustin @SusaninTX Yes! It's on my Favorite shelf for that very reason. I recommend it as much as I can without being obnoxious about it. 😁 7y
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AileenRR
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Mehso-so

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

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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.

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

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