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Do you ever read books that are outside the norm for you? What books are outside the norm for you? Will you ever take the chance and read something outside your normal? Why or why not? This is something that I haven’t done very often. I read “The Diary of Ann Frank” about 3 or…
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Have you ever been able to predict the ending of a book you’ve read? How often does it happen? Does it bother you that you were able to predict the ending or were you happy with yourself for doing so? There have been a few times that I was able to guess the ending of…
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Do you have an ideal setting to read in? If so, what is it? Mine is being at home where I don’t have to worry about being bothered, first of all. I also don’t have to worry about noise or a lot of distractions. My hubby is likely to have the tv on but I…
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Well folks, it’s Christmas Eve. For those of you who celebrate the holiday, you’re probably spending time with family today and tomorrow. I hope you enjoy yourself and have a wonderful Christmas. I stopped by my local bookstore yesterday that I normally like to shop at and it was a mad house. There was a…
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Have you ever experienced any problems with reading? It can be anything from your eyes getting too tired to there being too much noise around you. What have you done to alleviate those problems? How well did that work for you? I tend to read somewhere by myself so that I’m not interrupted by noise…
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Did you ever watch the tv show “Reading Rainbow”? Why or why not? What was your favorite thing about the show? The show started to air in 1983 and ran all the way to 2006 (I had no idea that it aired for that long). LeVar Burton was the host of the show the whole…
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I had previously written an article on books I didn’t like. Here I’m going to write about characters I don’t like, however, this is a little bit different sort of dislike. In this case, the author has written a character well enough to make you feel like you can’t stand this character for one reason…
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For those of you out there who like to read like me, have you ever gotten reader’s block? Have you ever gone a certain amount of time where you couldn’t get into reading? What happened that stopped you from reading for that length of time? How long did it take you to get back into…
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Do you think people who read are smarter than people who don’t read? Why or why not? I think there are benefits to reading, regardless if you are reading for the fun of it or you’re reading for learning purposes. You can broaden your vocabulary/grammar, learn some valuable lessons from the author, etc. But at…
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Have you ever been turned off from reading? Why or why not? I don’t think there was anything that has turned me off of reading. Now, I’ve had books that I’ve lost interest in because they didn’t hold my attention but I’ve never lost interest in reading completely. Even if I wasn’t the fastest reader…
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