I fell in love with books at an early age. Allegedly my favorite book when I was three was “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” I memorized it. Of course I say allegedly, because I don’t remember this.
I think my book tastes developed normally. I fell in love with Beverly Cleary’s Ramona in grade school. [...]

do you ever get trapped in a book and then find it hard to get back? i am still in the midst of “the fourth hand” and whenever i put it down i have to blink my eyes a few times, trying to reorient myself. it seems i forget where i am.
ya know, i [...]

sometimes i get so caught up in the believablity of books that i lose track of the story. it doesn’t happen with everything i read, just those books where something doesn’t quite ring true or as plausible.
there was one book, the name of which i can’t remember, where i was wrapped up in the [...]

ok, I am thinking of faking sick so I can go home and start in on the irving book. You think they’d catch on? They just might. I did tell them this morning that I was so excited I couldn’t hardly sleep. Curses! Me and my big mouth.

finally! the new john irving novel has arrived into my hot, little hands. guess what i’ll be doing all weekend?