A $100 gift will supply 50 books for a mentor to tutor a child in reading for a year.
Oliver Twist is a gripping read for a 15-year-old but can be savoured by a 60-year-old.
"You can research and read for a million years and a zillion books, but it doesn't make it happen in front of a camera.
EnidColeslaw_ shared this reflection on how difficult it is for many of us to get rid of material posessions – and linked it to her recent read: For a few years now I have been trying to let go of my material possessions.
The number of years read: For a male with no, one, or two children 8 years, for males with three or more children 9 years, for women without children 10 years, women with one or two children upon arrival 11 years, and for women with at least three children upon arrival 13 years.
An excerpt from Ellen Page's contribution reads: "For a 16-year-old gay person, she offered something that I could not find elsewhere.
"Only our reviewer has read this record for a year or two and knows this guy is also a sex offender and has charges against him, and he should not be in a home with these children".
Kate Atkinson's Life After Life (Doubleday) is an absolute beauty of a novel and of the novel form, one of the most original and subtle things I've read for years, a shining, kind and quietly uncompromising novel whose own afterlife, I suspect, already involves words such as instant and classic.
He was educated at Solihull college in the West Midlands and read law for a year at Brasenose College, Oxford, before being commissioned to the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles towards the end of the second world war.
Rick Riordan is an amazing author and this book is a must read for 8-10 year olds.
